industrial regions europe

Question 1

industry is concentrated in —of the9 world regions

Answer 1

3

Question 2

each of the 3 most productive regions accounts for —-of the worlds total industrail output

Answer 2

1/4

Question 3

outside the 3 leading regions, the leading producers are

Answer 3

braxil and india

Question 4

3 industrial regions of the world

Answer 4

europe
north america
east asia

Question 5

oldest indeustrial region

Answer 5

europe

Question 6

youngest industrail region

Answer 6

est asia

Question 7

when did industrial areas emerge in euope

Answer 7

19th-20th centuries

Question 8

UK dominated production of: ——in 19th century

Answer 8

steel and textiles

Question 9

how did UK expand industrial production in late 20 century

Answer 9

attracting high tech industries that serve the european market

Question 10

western europe’s most important and centrally located industrial area

Answer 10

rhine-ruhr valley

Question 11

what was concentrated in the rhine-ruhr valley

Answer 11

iron and steel manufactuing

Question 12

why was iron and steel concentrated in the rhine-ruhr valley

Answer 12

proximity ot large coal fields

Question 13

also located in rhine-ruhr valley area due to iron and steel production

Answer 13

railroads
machinery
armaments

Question 14

worlds largest port

Answer 14

Rotterdam (rhine-ruhr valley)

Question 15

europe’s second mostimportant industrial area

Answer 15

mid rhine

Question 16

german portion of the mid rhine lacks——— but lies at center of europes most important——–

Answer 16

recourses

consumer market

Question 17

french portion of the mid rhine (alsace and lorrain) contains europe’s largest ———- and is the production center for ——-of frances steel

Answer 17

iron ore field

2/3

Question 18

the 3 largest cities in the german portion of mid rhine

Answer 18

frankfurt
stuttgart
mannheim

Question 19

when germany was split into east and west,——-ws west germany’s most important financial and commercial center and the hub of its road , rial, airnetworks

Answer 19

frankfort

Question 20

stuttgart germany of mid rhine specializes in

Answer 20

high value goods
skilled labor force

like merecdes benz and audi automobiles

Question 21

mannheim germany of mid rhine specializes in

Answer 21

chemicals
synthetic fibers
dyes
pharmaceuticals

Question 22

Southern europe’s oldest and most important industrial area

Answer 22

Po Basin

Question 23

Po Basin/ po valley contains ——of italy’s manufactuing

Answer 23

2/3

Question 24

how did modern development inPo Basin start

Answer 24

textile manufacturing in the 19th century

Question 25

2 key assets of Po Basin

Answer 25

1-inexpensive hydroelectricity from the alps | 2- large labor supply

Question 26

west europe's fastest growing industrial area in late 20s

Answer 26

northeastern spain

Question 27

spains leading industrial area

Answer 27

catalonia in barcelona

Question 28

catalonia (northeastern spain) is center for spain's -------industry and location of spain's largest --------plant

Answer 28

textile | motor vehicles

Question 29

second largest motor vehicle plant in europe

Answer 29

northeastern spain behind germany

Question 30

russia's oldest industrail area

Answer 30

moscow

Question 31

moscow specializes in

Answer 31

fabrics and products requirinf skilled labor

Question 32

eeast europe's second largest city

Answer 32

st. petersburg

Question 33

st. petersburg specializes in

Answer 33

ship building and other industries for naval and ports

Question 34

russia's largest petroleum and natural gas fields

Answer 34

volga

Question 35

volga specializes

Answer 35

``` motor vehicle-togliatti oil refining-kuybyshev chemicals-saratov metallugy-volgograd leather and fur-kazan ```

Question 36

most varied collection foundin any mining area in the world

Answer 36

ural

Question 37

ural proximity to minerals encourage communists to locate---------in this area

Answer 37

iron steel chemicals machinery metal fabricating

Question 38

russias most important manufacturing district east of ural mountains

Answer 38

kuznetsk

Question 39

whats found in the kuznetsk-specialties

Answer 39

iron and steel -bc of the coal and iron ore

Question 40

largest producer of iron and steel

Answer 40

donetsk

Question 41

east europe leading industrial area outside of former soviets

Answer 41

silesia

Question 42

silesia special

Answer 42

steel