Read Pages 223 to 227 1. Assume the role of an entrepreneur setting up a plant to process oranges into canned or frozen concentrate. Your product is to be shipped to a foreign market. Carefully examine figure 13.8 on page 226 and select the least costly site for your plant. Explain your choice. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. For each of the following pairs, why would it be advantageous for the two manufacturing operations to be located near each other • a shipyard and a steel plant • a food processing plant and a factory making tin cans ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is this way of grouping industries called? ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. On the copy of the figure below, indicate the best site for the following manufacturing operations. Explain your choice. A. A plywood manuf acturing mill B. A dairy C. A wet cement batch plant ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Respond to the following statement “human factors are more important than physical factors when choosing a location for a factory.” ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read the case study “Human and Physical Factors In Japan’s car Industry” on pages 227228 6 Why has Japan’s rise to the status of economic superpower sometimes be described as an economic miracle? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. What factors have contributed to this rise? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. What physical factors account for a thriving auto-manufacturing industry in Hiroshima? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. What human factors support this industry? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. How does this industry benefit from agglomerating tendency? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read pages 237 - 239 11. Refer to figure 13.16 on page 237, figure 9.13 on page 157 and figure 6.8 on page 102. What would be the likely effect of a doubling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide on: • the production of wheat • the distribution of equatorial rainforest ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Examine figure 13.17 on page 238 and figure 13.6 on page 223. List the areas of the world that are experiencing pronounced levels of acid rain pollution. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 13. List the world’s industrialized areas. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. How do the two lists relate? Explain why this relationship exists. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Using figure 13.18 on page 239 to evaluate the validity of the follwoing statement and defend your position. “Countries that are industrialized are the most responsible for ozone depletion” ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read the case study “When Children Do Not Play” on pages 235-236. 16. Is this issue of child labour solely the responsible of industry? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 17. Do we have any role to play? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 18. Does government have any role to play? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 19. Do you agree with Craig Kielburger that issue must be addressed internationally? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 20. Are there other industry issues that need to be addressed globally? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________