APHUG Chapter 11

A list of vocab words.  For ap human geography

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`a location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.
Break-of-bulk point
An industry in which the final product weighs less or compromises a greater volume than the imputs.
Bulk-gaining-industry
An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the imputs.
Bulk-reducing theory
Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the industrial revolution.
Cottage industry
Form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly.
Fordist
Series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Industrial revolution
Industry for which labor costs make up a large percentage of total expenses.
Labor intensive industry
Factories built in US companies in Mexico or near the US border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.
Maquiladora
Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid, less skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.
New International Division of Labor
Decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production of independent suppliers.
Outsourcing
Adoption by companies of flexible work rules such as allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks.
Post-fordist
A US state that has passed a law preventing a union and company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment,
Right-to-work-laws
Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital.
Site factors
Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital
Situation factors
A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing
Textile