Where Did the Industrial Revolution Begin, and How Did It Diffuse?

Ch. 12 - Industry: Key Issue 1

Where Did The Industrial Revolution Begin, And How Did It Diffuse?

De Blij, p. 403-411

FIELD NOTE: BRANDING THE BACKBOARD

1. Using the chart below, how has Nike developed into a global multi-billion dollar brand?

ORIGINS / GLOBAL EXPANSION / EMPLOYMENT

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOUTION

2.Regarding the Industrial Revolution:

What?

Where?

When?

3.List the various inventions that led to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

4. According to map figure 12.2, where did most of the world’s capital / exports come from?

5. According to map figure 12.4, what observations can be made from the map of England from the time of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

DIFFUSION TO MAINLAND EUROPE

6. Use the map below & figure 12.5 (Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution) in order to illustrate the eastward diffusion of the Industrial Revolution that occurred during the 2nd half of the 19th century.

7. How did railroads influence the development of the European cities of London & Paris?

LONDON / PARIS

DIFFUSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEYOND EUROPE

8. Use the space below in order to describe how the Industrial Revolution spread outside of Europe into North America, Russia/Ukraine & East Asia.

INDUSTRIALIZATION
NORTH AMERICA
RUSSIA / UKRAINE
EAST ASIA

Ch. 12 - Industry: Key Issue 2

How Have The Character & Geography Of Industrial Production Changed?

De Blij, p. 411-426

9. Using figure 12.7 and the blank map below in order to illustrate the major industrial regions of the world. Be sure to include a key.

Weber’s Least Cost Theory

10. Define Weber’s Least Cost Theory

11. In the chart below briefly discuss/describe the 3 categories of cost in Weber’s Least Cost Theory.

TRANSPORTATION / LABOR / AGGLOMERATION

FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE

12. Use the chart below in order to describe the following terms in regards to product production.

Flexible Production Systems
Commodification
Product Life Cycle

13. Although American company Zenith was the dominant producers of TV’s until the 70’s, what caused it to shrink in size in the decades to follow?

14. Use the chart below in order to describe the shift in production/manufacturing of TV’s in the 70’s to the 80’s & 90’s.

MANUFACTURING IN THE 1970’s / MANUFACTURING IN THE 1980’s & 1990’s

THE GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOR

15. How has Time-Space Compression altered the division of labor?

JUST-IN-TIME DELIVERY

16. What is “just-in-time” delivery?

17. What to benefits are there to manufacturers who operate just-in-time?

18. Major ______, including General Motors, Philips, Union Carbide, and Exxon, take advantage of ______, favorable governmental regulations, and ______to construct vast economic networks in which different facets of production are carried out in different places in order to benefit from the ______of specific locations.

19. What have multinational corporations done in regards to the recent changes in labor? Why?

MADE IN AMERICA OR DESIGNED IN AMERICA?

20. Using the Apple iPod, is it better for the American economy for a good to be made in or designed in America?

21. What surprised you the most from figure 12.10 (Breakdown of the Cost of a $299 iPod)?

22. What did you find the most interesting from figure 12.11 (Inside an iPod: The PortalPlayer World)?

MAJOR INFLUENCES ON THE CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY OF MANUFACTURING

23. In the chart below, how are the following serving as major influences on the contemporary geography of manufacturing?

HOW? WHY? KEY ROLE? (Provide Examples)
TRANSPORTATION
REGULATORY CIRCUMSTANCES
ENERGY

THE FOUR TIGERS OF EAST & SOUTHEAST ASIA

(South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Singapore)

24. Use the charts below to describe how each of the countries developed into a global economic power.

SOUTH KOREA / HONG KONG
TAIWAN / SINGAPORE

THE RISE OF CHINA

25. What were the reasons that led to China becoming an industrial juggernaut during the middle of the 20th century?

26. Describe the rise and leading industrial role of the following regions in China

CITIES (AREAS) / INDUSTRIAL ROLE
NORTHEAST DISTRICT (MANCHURIA)
SHANGHAI / CHANG JIANG

27. What steps has the current Chinese government done in order to expand industrialization to different parts of the country?

28. Describe the current economic situation China is encountering and where it is projected to be in the future.

CHINA -- PRESENT / CHINA -- FUTURE

29. What does BRICS mean? What countries make up this group?

30. How has India become a driving industrial force for the future?

INDIA – CURRENT DESCRIPTION / INDIA – FUTURE POTENTIAL

31. Top 10 Oil Producers – Using figure 12.12 & the blank map below, with one color identify/locate the top 15 oil producing countries in the world. Include the top-15 list to the right of the map.

Ch. 12 - Industry: Key Issue 3

How Have Deindustrialization & The Rise Of Service Industries Altered Global Economic Activity?

De Blij, p. 411-426

GEOGRAPHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SERVICE ECONOMY

32. In the chart below, define each of the 2 regions below and their present state.

DEFINITION / PRESENT CONDITION
THE RUST BELT
THE SUN BELT

33. Use figure 12.17 and the blank map below in order to illustrate the major industrial regions of the USA, specifically the Rust Belt & Sun Belt. Be sure to include a key.

NEW PATTERNS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

34. In the chart below briefly revisit an understanding of the differences among tertiary, quaternary, and quinary industries. Be sure to include examples or cities/businesses where we would see this in the United States.

TERTIARY SECTOR / QUATERNARY SECTOR / QUINARY SECTOR
DESCRIPTION
CITIES / BUSINESSES

35. In the chart below describe the new patterns of economic activity between High-Technology Clusters & Tourism Services. BE DETAILED!!!

HIGH-TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS / TOURISM SERVICES