Industry

Industrial Revolution What was it? What did it do? What caused it? What did people do before?

What was it? A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods What? Made it easier to make things in larger amounts and faster

What did it do? Made it easier for people to obtain goods How? They could buy things for much cheaper

What caused it? Technology Inventions Steam Engine

What did people do before? Cottage Industry system Home-based manufacturing

What impact did James Watt have?

Picture is of the expansion of industries across Europe Picture is of the expansion of industries across Europe. Students should be familiar of what this graph represents. I will ask the students what they remember about the expansion from their reading. Students will also be asked about there the major industrial areas popped up along the way.

Where is Industry distributed today?? Largest Markets North America Europe East Asia Why are these three the largest markets? Largest population centers and most advanced technology.

Europe-West and Central Home of the Industrial Revolution Where does most of the industry in western and central Europe come out of? Rhine-Ruhr River Valley Note location of Rhine River and how it converges in one center. Also state how this was the base of most industry in Europe outside of Great Britain. What did the river provide the people of Europe? Do you see any foreseeable problems for the region?

What is so essential about the East Asia manufacturing center? Why is it so successful?(Hint: Think East coast America) Why is it so remarkable that Japan is successful? Limit of natural resources

East Asia Japanese manufacturing belt Kanto Plain Kansai District Why is the Kanto Plain so successful? It’s location to harbor Kansai district-Steel Mills, also located close to rivers

What can you observe from this map in terms of where the majority of manufacturing takes place? Do you see this changing at all today? Is this at all indicative of anything economic?

Leading areas of Industrialization New England-Skilled but expensive labor Middle Atlantic-Shipyards receiving foreign markets Mohawk-Upper New York valley, connects to Great Lakes Pittsburgh-”Steel city” Western Great Lakes-Detroit, Chicago, Toledo Pittsburgh-Three elements. Sports teams in the area-how important it is for those people Can you think of any developing areas from the map?