Industry C11K1
K1: Where is Industry Distributed? Objectives: 1) origin of Industry 2) Industrial Regions.
Origin of Industry Industrial Revolution: series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. Economic, social, and political effects on society. Slowly diffused from United Kingdom in late 1700’s.
Industries impacted by IR were…. Iron Coal Transportation Textiles Chemicals Food processing
Industries impacted by IR were…. Coal
Industries impacted by IR were…. Transportation
Industries impacted by IR were…. Textiles
Industries impacted by IR were…. Chemicals
Industries impacted by IR were…. Food Processing
Diffusion of IR Europe first US later but spread faster
¾ of the industrial output is N. America, Europe, and East Asia.
Europe’s 12 Industrial Areas UK (Britain, Scotland) Rhine-Ruhr Valley (N. Western Germany Mid-Rhine (Mid. Western Germany & Eastern France) Po Basin (Northern Italy) NE Spain (Barcelona) Moscow (Russian capital) St. Petersburg (Russia) Volga (Russia) Urals (Russia) Kuznetsk (Russia) Donetsk (Ukraine) Silesia (southern Poland and northern Czech Republic)
North America’s Industrial Areas New England Middle Atlantic Mohawk Valley Pittsburgh-Lake Erie Western Great Lakes Southern California Southeastern Ontario
East Asia’s Industrial Areas Japan (Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto) China (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Yangtze River valley) * (South Korea & Taiwan)