APHG Ch. 12.1 DeBlij

Nearly ______% of long-distance cargo is now shipped in standard containers.

• 90

• 50

• 25

• 70

In the early eighteenth century (1700s), British textiles were manufactured

• in India.

• early rural factories.

• in large urban factories.

• in homes on hand looms.

Who actually laid the groundwork for the colonial expansion of Europe?

• the British Government

• the French Government

• Europe’s commercial companies

• Europe’s military forces

The first power source of the Industrial Revolution was

• running water.

• steam engines.

• electricity.

• windmills.

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

• super coal.

• coke.

• charcoal.

• Bessemer fuel.

The first commercial railroad in England was opened in

• 1750.

• 1800.

• 1830.

• 1875.

British investors and businesses held a near monopoly over __________________________

• international transportation.

• the sources of raw materials.

• the manufacture of products that were in demand.

• all available labor.

In Britain, the proximity of what three things gave an unsurpassed advantage to the development of early industry?

• forests for charcoal, domestic markets, and iron ores

• coal fields, iron ores, and coastal ports

• an internal railroad system, cotton for textiles, and domestic markets

• good highways, coal fields, and coastal ports

Industry diffusing to Western Europe involved, as in Britain, the locational criteria: coalfields, water communication, and ____________

• iron ore.

• markets.

• labor.

• ports.

Some industrial regions emerge because of their raw materials combinations. Which of the following is not an example of such a region?

• the Ruhr

• Saxony

• the Donbas

• London