Chapter 12: Secondary Economic Activities Flashcards
Light industry
Goods that are easily transportable e.g. Clothes and healthcare
Industrial inertia
A factory remaining although the reason for its location no longer exists
Multinational company
Businesses that have premises in more than one country
Footloose industry
Manufacturing business that is not tied to one location
Niche product
A good manufactured for a particular use e.g. Surgical instruments used in hospitals
Greenfield site
Land in the countryside that has, until now, been used for agriculture or left to nature
High-tech manufacturing
Industry that is heavily dependent on laboratory discoveries in science and technology
Heavy industry
Manufacturing that uses heavy machinery and huge plants, e.g. Iron and steel smelting and cement manufacture.
Latin America
The region spreading from Mexico south to Chile and Argentina
