Industrial Diffusion

1. What does the word diffusion Mean? 2. What years are represented on this map? 3.Where did the Industrial Revo- lution start? 4. In what direction did the Industrial Revolution spread? 5. In what years did Belgium, Germany, Poland, Russia become Industrialized?

1.In what regions of the United States did Industrialization spread to? 2. What clearly connects these Industrial regions? 3. What advantage is there in industries concentrating or agglomerating in an area?

1.What natural resources are represented on this map? 2. What resources are not on this map that you know helped start the Industrial Revolution in the US? 3. What region were those resources located in? 4. In what region was there industry but few natural resources? 5. Why might industry have developed there? 6.What is used to connect areas with resources to those without resources?

Japan is famous for its industries and their products today. 1. Given the fact it has few natural resources including supplies of energy, can you think of a geographic reason why it became such an industrial powerhouse? 2. What clearly connects Japan’s industrial regions? 3. Can you think of any geographic advantages that Japan has over the United States? 4.To what country did the Industrial Revolution spread from Japan? 5. What connects its industrial regions?

1. What region of the world is represented on this map? 2. To what other countries has the Industrial Revolution spread? 3. Again, what connects the industrial regions of these countries? 4. Thinking back to the factors that contributed to the growth of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what great advantage does our chief largest competitor have? 5. What geographic advantage does this country have that is enjoyed by the western part of the US?

1.Again thinking back to the factors that contributed to the growth of the Industrial Revolution in the US, what advantage does India have that China does?

1.To what other regions of the planet have the Industrial Revolution spread? 2.What factors must these regions have in order to industrialize? 3.Which costs of industrialization; transportation, labor, agglomeration do you think these regions have an advantage of over the United States? 4.Again considering the factors that contributed to the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what can the United States do to compete? 5.Can you think of any geographic reasons why there is such an industrial belt in the Northern hemisphere?