Industry Flashcards
Regarding the Industrial Revolution: What? Where? When?
It was a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. It started in the United Kingdom in the 1700’s with the creation of the steam engine.
Define cottage industry:
Home based manufacturing. Make your own stuff. geographically dispersed across the landscape.
How did the iron industry benefits from the steam engine?
The steam engine provided the constant heat that iron needed to be produced.
How is the distribution of steel and iron industry influenced by coal?
Replaced scarce wood supply, and was the principal energy in ovens and steam engines.
Why was development in transportation necessary?
To attract large amounts of workers, to bring in bulky material, and to be able to ship products to consumers.
What two forms of transportation grew rapidly?
Ships and Trains, with the creation of canals and railroads - trains were delayed 50 years after their debut because of political disputes.
How did the Industrial Revolution change textiles?
Transformed from dispersed cottage industry to a concentrated factory system in 18th century.
How did the Industrial Revolution and factory system contribute to the need for food processing?
n 1810, Nicolas Appert canned food in glass bottles and sterilized them in boiling water. Used to feed workers.
United Kingdom –
19th Century - Textiles and Steel. Now - Attract International Investments through new high tech industries that serve the European market.
Rhine-Ruhr -
Concentration of iron and coal, from being near coalfields. Rotterdam, Largest port, lies at the Rhine river and flows into the North Sea
Mid-Rhine –
Europe’s most centrally located industrial area. Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Mannheim are all important hubs and ports.
Po Basin -
Textiles and other industries are attracted to the numerous low wage workers and inexpensive cost hydroelectricy from nearby alps.
Northeastern Spain –
Leading industrial area - Catalonia, centered on the city of Barcelona, which was the center of textile and motor vehicle plant.
Moscow -
Russia’s oldest industrial region centered around the largest city and capital.
St. Petersburg –
Specialize in shipbuilding and serving Russia’s navy, and is also Russia’s second largest city.
Urals –
Contains the worlds most varied collection of minerals, for this reason it has attract a variety of different plants.
Volga -
Contains Russia’s largest natural gas fields and petroleum. The Ural mountains 1,000 different types of minerals
Kuznetsk -
Russia’s most important manufacturing district, east of the Ural Mountains with coal and iron resources.
Donetsk –
In Eastern Ukraine, has one of the worlds largest coal reserves.
Silesia -
Growing industrial area, low paid workforce and close proximity to wealthy western European market.
New England –
Was a cotton textile center in the early 19th century. Raw materials would go south, Manufacturing would take place in the north, Products would go to Europe. Middle Atlantic - Largest US market, attracts industries that need close proximity to consumers and depend on foreign trade from ports.
Mohawk Valley –
A linear industrial belt in upper New York state, takes advantages inexpensive electricity generated at Niagara falls.
Pittsburgh.Lake Erie -
Was a leading steel - producing area in the 19th century because of it’s proximity to Appalachian coal and iron ore
Western Great Lakes –
Centered on Chicago, is the hud of the nations transportation network and is now the center of steel production.