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Unit VII. Industry (2 1/2 weeks)
Textbook: Rubenstein, Chapter 11: “Industry” pp.364-392
Essential Outcomes:
7.1 Distribution of industry (at different scales): Where does industry take place? Where is industry expanding?
7.2 Location factors: Why do certain industries locate in certain places? How are these factors changing
Vocab and Concepts:
Industrial revolution
Maps of industrial regions
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Situation factors
Bulk-reducing industry(& examples)
Bulk gaining industry(& examples)
Break-of –bulk point
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Labor intensive industry (& examples)
Cottage industry
Land
Labor
Capital
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“Right to Work” laws
[unions, organized labor]
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Outsourcing
New international division of labor
Fordist
Post-Fordist
AP Skills:
-Recognize and Interpret at Different Scales Relationships Among Patterns and Processes
Example: How do international trade practices affect people at the local level? What site and situation factors do industrialized areas have in common at the global, national, and local scale?
-Define Regions and Evaluate the Regionalization Process
Examples: Why are some regions developed and others not? How do we measure different developmental characteristics of regions?
-Characterize and Analyze Changing Interconnections Among Places
Example: How has international trade increased and what is the effect on developed and less developed nations?
Key Maps:
The major industrial areas of the world today (regional and global scale).
The major industrial areas of the US today
Distribution of industry: What products are made where?
Areas of industrial expansion
Key Models: Weber’s “Industrial Location theory”