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Which industries are named as having a global market?Read the answer and worked solution →Steel, sugar and cement plants sit near raw material sources. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Dairy products are processed close to milk supply. Which factor explains this?Read the answer and worked solution →Factories cluster near a leader industry to share linkages and savings. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →A small electronics unit could be set up almost anywhere, near a road, with few workers. What kind of industry is it?Read the answer and worked solution →On the basis of size, industries are grouped into which three classes?Read the answer and worked solution →A potter making pots at home with family help for the village market runs which kind of unit?Read the answer and worked solution →A workshop outside the home using simple power-driven machines and semi-skilled labour is:Read the answer and worked solution →Large-scale manufacturing developed in the last 200 years first in which regions?Read the answer and worked solution →Commercial farming on an industrial scale, financed by big corporations, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron and steel supplies raw material for machine tools that make other goods. What kind of industry is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Old heavy industries near coalfields, with pollution and waste heaps, are now nicknamed:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ruhr region produces what share of Germany's steel?Read the answer and worked solution →Iron is extracted from ore by smelting in a blast furnace with limestone and what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can mini steel mills locate near markets rather than near mines?Read the answer and worked solution →The Pittsburgh steel area of the USA, now losing ground, is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The cotton textile industry has three sub-sectors. Which one is most labour intensive?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the basic industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the location factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the industry factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the smokestacksRead the answer and worked solution →Basic or consumerRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by raw materialRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industry bingoRead the answer and worked solution →About 98 per cent of the earth's crust is made up of how many elements?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a single-element mineral?Read the answer and worked solution →At least how many minerals have been named and identified in the earth's crust?Read the answer and worked solution →Coal, petroleum and natural gas are classed as which kind of minerals?Read the answer and worked solution →A mineral's tendency to break along plane surfaces in given directions is called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which industries are named as having a global market?

  1. Bread and biscuits
  2. Bricks and pottery
  3. Sugar and dairy
  4. Aircraft and arms
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Correct answer: D. Aircraft and arms

1. Most goods serve regional markets. 2. Aircraft manufacturing has a global market. 3. So does the arms industry. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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Steel, sugar and cement plants sit near raw material sources. Why?

  1. Raw material loses weight
  2. Raw material is very light
  3. Markets are located there
  4. Labour is more skilled there
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Correct answer: A. Raw material loses weight

1. Cheap bulky weight-losing materials are costly to move. 2. Industries using them locate at the source. 3. Steel, sugar and cement are examples. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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Dairy products are processed close to milk supply. Which factor explains this?

  1. Agglomeration
  2. Perishability
  3. Cheap power
  4. State policy
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Correct answer: B. Perishability

1. Perishable raw materials cannot travel far. 2. Agro-processing and dairy sit near the farm. 3. Milk spoils quickly. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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