Flashcards: Industrial Development and Location Strategies — 10 cards

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1Question

Cottage Industry — definition?

Answer

Small-scale, home-based manufacturing relying on manual labor.

2Question

Industrialization Types — focus?

Answer

Methods and strategies of developing industrial economies.

3Question

Industrial Revolutions — key change?

Answer

Technological breakthroughs transforming industry over time.

4Question

Industrial Clusters — benefit?

Answer

Shared resources and innovation through geographic concentration.

5Question

Site Factors — influence?

Answer

Resources like land, labor, capital affecting industry location.

6Question

Situation Factors — focus?

Answer

Proximity to transportation, raw materials, markets.

7Question

Fordist Production — characteristic?

Answer

Standardized mass production on assembly lines.

8Question

Post-Fordist Production — feature?

Answer

Flexible, technology-driven, customizable manufacturing.

9Question

Bulk-Reducing Industry — location?

Answer

Near raw materials to minimize transportation costs.

10Question

Break-of-Bulk Point — purpose?

Answer

Transfer location between transportation modes.

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1. Who is credited with founding or formalizing the concept of cottage industry according to the source?

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