APHG Chap 11 Industry

What multi-country treaty allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?

• NAFTA
• NATO
• ANSEAN
• HDI
• UN

Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 

• An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
• An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
• A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
• An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies 
• A European company goes out of business from competition of a US company

Which statistic tells you how much is produced in a country in a year? 

• HDI
• PPP
• GNP
• WTO
• NAFTA

Where was the hearth (the starting point) of the Industrial revolution? 

• Germany
• USA
• Russia
• England
• China

Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant? 

• Because Coca Cola is a Bluk Reducing Industry
• Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry 
• Because Coca Cola is a Footloose industry
• Because Coca Cola is a Basic Industry 
• Because Coca Cola is a primary industry

Which resource has produced the most energy over the last 200 years? 

• Uranium
• Coal
• Gas
• Oil 
• Hydro

Soda bottling is an example of a

•  perishable industry.
•  labor intensive industry.
•  bulk-gaining industry.
•  communications-oriented industry.
• bulk-reducing industry

 Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to

• government subsidies.
• raw materials
• water transportation.
•  labor markets.
• Consumers

1.  Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to

•  avoid skilled laborers.
• minimize production costs inside the plant.
•  minimize transport costs.
• identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.
• Bring a new product to market

A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?

• Factory
• Consumer market

• Raw materials 
• Break-of-bulk Point
• Labor sources