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Industry Location
Where industry, natural resources, and products are located.
Question | Answer |
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England | coal, iron ore, many ports, near large market |
England | now high-tech industries, but, during the industrial revolution, steel and textiles were here |
Rhine-Ruhr Valley | near river, iron, and coal |
Rhine-Ruhr Valley | heavy-metal industries: iron, steel, trains, machinery, etc. |
Mid-Rhine Valley | near river, large workforce, skilled workers, iron ore, large market |
Mid-Rhine Valley | consumer goods, luxury cars, synthetic fibers, dyes, pharmaceuticals, steel |
Northern Italy | large workforce, hydroelectricity |
Northern Italy | raw-material processing and mechanical-parts assembly |
Central Industrial District in Eastern Europe | large market, many skilled workers |
Central Industrial District in Eastern Europe | linen, cotton, wool, silk, chemicals, light industry |
St. Petersburg, Russia Industrial District | near ports, large workforce, large market |
St. Petersburg, Russia Industrial District | shipbuilding, food processing, textiles, chemicals |
Volga Industrial District | petroleum and natural gas fields |
Volga Industrial District | making cars, refining oil, chemicals, metallurgy, leather, fur |
Ural Industrial District | minerals |
Ural Industrial District | iron, steel, chemicals, machinery, metal |
Kuznetsk Industrial District | coal, iron |
Kuznetsk Industrial District | iron, steel |
Eastern Ukraine | coal, iron, manganese, natural gas |
Eastern Ukraine | pig iron, steel |
Silesia | coal |
Silesia | steel |
NE U.S. and SE Canada | large workforce, large market, iron, coal, access to Great Lakes for transportation |
New England | during Industrial Revolution, lots of cheap labor; now, lots of skilled labor, a large market, and ports |
New England | cotton textiles |
Middle Atlantic | large market, ports |
Middle Atlantic | financial, communications, and entertainment |
Mohawk Valley | hydroelectricity |
Mohawk Valley | aluminum, paper, electrochemicals |
Pittsburgh-Lake Erie | coal, iron |
Pittsburgh-Lake Erie | steel |
Western Great Lakes | near Great Lakes, large market, central location |
Western Great Lakes | machine tools, transportation equipment, clothing, furniture, agricultural machinery, food products |
Canada | near Great Lakes, hydroelectricity, large market |
Canada | steel, cars, aluminum, paper, flour, textiles, sugar |
East Asia | large labor force, cheap labor, skilled labor, ports |
East Asia | high-tech products, mass-produced products |