Deck 5: Evolution of the Core Regions

Question 1

What was "machinofacture"?

A) labour tending machines rather than directly operating them
B) the replacement of labour with machines
C) making products with machines
D) automation of production

Answer 1

A

Question 2

"Fordism" is a term used to describe:

A) the way a factory making cars works
B) a means whereby production is stimulated by paying workers more so they can buy what they produce
C) assembly-line production
D) consumer capitalism

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Late first-wave industrialization in Britain and second-wave industrialization in Europe as a whole depended very much on steam power. This biased the location of textile and iron industries to:

A) existing urban centres
B) near rivers to exploit the water
C) coalfields
D) areas of proto-industrialization

Answer 3

C

Question 4

From the 1870s until the 1960s most US manufacturing industry was located within a Manufacturing Belt. Why was this so?

A) initial advantage
B) specialization
C) multiplier effects
D) historical path dependence

Question 5

"Organized capitalism" involved most of all:

A) big business
B) government regulation and stimulus
C) powerful trade unions
D) growth of empires