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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