industrial regions europe Flashcards
industry is concentrated in —of the9 world regions
3
each of the 3 most productive regions accounts for —-of the worlds total industrail output
1/4
outside the 3 leading regions, the leading producers are
braxil and india
3 industrial regions of the world
europe
north america
east asia
oldest indeustrial region
europe
youngest industrail region
est asia
when did industrial areas emerge in euope
19th-20th centuries
UK dominated production of: ——in 19th century
steel and textiles
how did UK expand industrial production in late 20 century
attracting high tech industries that serve the european market
western europe’s most important and centrally located industrial area
rhine-ruhr valley
what was concentrated in the rhine-ruhr valley
iron and steel manufactuing
why was iron and steel concentrated in the rhine-ruhr valley
proximity ot large coal fields
also located in rhine-ruhr valley area due to iron and steel production
railroads
machinery
armaments
worlds largest port
Rotterdam (rhine-ruhr valley)
europe’s second mostimportant industrial area
mid rhine
german portion of the mid rhine lacks——— but lies at center of europes most important——–
recourses
consumer market
french portion of the mid rhine (alsace and lorrain) contains europe’s largest ———- and is the production center for ——-of frances steel
iron ore field
2/3
the 3 largest cities in the german portion of mid rhine
frankfurt
stuttgart
mannheim
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
frankfort
stuttgart germany of mid rhine specializes in
high value goods
skilled labor force
like merecdes benz and audi automobiles
mannheim germany of mid rhine specializes in
chemicals
synthetic fibers
dyes
pharmaceuticals
Southern europe’s oldest and most important industrial area
Po Basin
Po Basin/ po valley contains ——of italy’s manufactuing
2/3
how did modern development inPo Basin start
textile manufacturing in the 19th century
2 key assets of Po Basin
1-inexpensive hydroelectricity from the alps
2- large labor supply
west europe’s fastest growing industrial area in late 20s
northeastern spain
spains leading industrial area
catalonia in barcelona
catalonia (northeastern spain) is center for spain’s ——-industry and location of spain’s largest ——–plant
textile
motor vehicles
second largest motor vehicle plant in europe
northeastern spain behind germany
russia’s oldest industrail area
moscow
moscow specializes in
fabrics and products requirinf skilled labor
eeast europe’s second largest city
st. petersburg
st. petersburg specializes in
ship building and other industries for naval and ports
russia’s largest petroleum and natural gas fields
volga
volga specializes
motor vehicle-togliatti oil refining-kuybyshev chemicals-saratov metallugy-volgograd leather and fur-kazan
most varied collection foundin any mining area in the world
ural
ural proximity to minerals encourage communists to locate———in this area
iron steel
chemicals
machinery
metal fabricating
russias most important manufacturing district east of ural mountains
kuznetsk
whats found in the kuznetsk-specialties
iron and steel -bc of the coal and iron ore
largest producer of iron and steel
donetsk
east europe leading industrial area outside of former soviets
silesia
silesia special
steel
