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| 13558210092 | Break-of-bulk point | a place where goods are transferred from one mode of transport to another | 0 | |
| 13558224652 | Problem with just in time delivery | If a company runs out of stock, they have no inventory left to stock the store | 1 | |
| 13558246219 | In the US, most textiles jobs moved __________ to __________ | northeast to southwest | 2 | |
| 13558256197 | Which of the following are perishable products? | Milk and newspaper | 3 | |
| 13558263248 | What is an example of bulk reducing industry? | Steel | 4 | |
| 13558268780 | Which of the following site factors are important today? | Labor | 5 | |
| 13558286767 | Which of the following is not an industrial region located in Eastern Europe | Rhine-ruhr | 6 | |
| 13558295544 | Why would industries choose to locate in the Middle Atlantic region of the US? | Cheap labor from immigrants | 7 | |
| 13558334184 | Maquiladora | A factory of an American company, located in Mexico - for cheap labor and market proximity | 8 | |
| 13558337860 | market proximity | the state of being near to the customers that you want to sell to | 9 | |
| 13558346103 | Outsourcing | obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source. Sending industrial processes out for external production | 10 | |
| 13558355508 | Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? | United Kingdom (England) | 11 | |
| 13558361870 | Which of the following are most closely related to the transportation of materials to and from factories? | Situational factors | 12 | |
| 13558364130 | Situation factors | Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory. | 13 | |
| 13558371226 | Site factors | Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital. | 14 | |
| 13558374123 | Least Cost Theory | Model developed by Alfred Weber according to which the location of manufacturing establishments is determined by the minimization of three critical expenses: labor, transportation, and agglomeration. | 15 | |
| 13558377585 | Which of the following is not associated with Fordism? | wide variety of products | 16 | |
| 13558383222 | Which of the following is not regarded as site factor - related to the costs of factors of production inside a plant? | transportation | 17 | |
| 13558388399 | What is the transfer of low-paid, less skilled workers from MDCs to LDCs - in order to produce more cost-effective goods? | New international division of labor | 18 | |
| 13558400909 | Fordist production | Form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly. | 19 | |
| 13558402974 | Post-Fordist Production | Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks. | 20 | |
| 13558444514 | proximity | (n.) nearness, closeness | 21 | |
| 13558456180 | Significant site factors include all but which of the following? | transportation | 22 | |
| 13558467586 | acid precipitation | Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to Earth as rain, snow, or fog | 23 | |
| 13558478466 | biomass | Fuel derived from wood, plant material, or animal waste | 24 | |
| 13558483346 | Capital | Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing. | 25 | |
| 13558486454 | Fission | The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy. | 26 | |
| 13558486455 | Fussion | Smaller nuclei fusing together to form a large nucleus | 27 | |
| 13558489730 | Labor-intensive industry | An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses. | 28 | |
| 13558491777 | Passive solar | Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices. | 29 |
