Exam 12: Industry and Services

Manufacturing in North America began in _____ as early as late colonial times.

Nike,headquartered in Oregon,employs 20,000 people in that state. What percentage are employed in shoe manufacture/assembly?

The shift from coal to oil explains the recent industrialization of the Middle East.

Europe's greatest industrial complex is _______________

Service industries are commonly referred to as _____ industries.

Japan's dominant industrial region is ____________

Japan has developed its industrial economy due to its abundant supplies of coal and iron ore.

China is a major recipient of industrial work outsourced from other countries.

In 2008,Saudi Arabia and _____________ were the world's two largest oil producers.

The most important locational factor for the service sector is _________________

The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as ________________

Fayetteville,Arkansas has become a ________________ because of Wal-Mart.

Between 1940 and the early 1960s,China's industrial growth was aided by ______________

After World War I,this region produced about 90 percent of the coal needed to help the then Soviet Union industrialize.

This area is one of Russia's oldest manufacturing centers.

Japan became the world's second largest economy with 1/2 of the population of the United States and _____ of the land area.

The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is ____________

Saxony (Leipzig and Dresden)emphasize this type of manufacturing:

The tertiary sector of economic activity is often broken down into three categories.Identify the categories. How is this tied to deindustrialization? What was the relation between the rise of these tertiary activities and the explosion of high-technology usages in the past couple of decades?

Burning coal in a near vacuum produced a much hotter burning,pure carbon fuel called: