Chapter 11: Industrialization

What to do?

• Get a whiteboard, eraser and marker

• Sit with the partner of your choice

• If you do not choose a partner, I will choose for you

Today’s L

esson

• Objective• Learn how site and situation

factors affect the location of industry

• Activities• 1. Review• 2. Notes/Partner work• 3. Computer Lab—Google

Earth

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution:

Improvements in technology that changed how goods were manufactured.

How were goods manufactured before the Industrial Revolution?

Cottage Industry

Factory system

Steam E

ngine

• The steam engine was not just a transportation device. It ran entire factories the way rivers used to.

Steam engine

Railroads

Iron and Steel

• Steel Mill at night.

Coal

• Coal

• Factories and mines were unsafe

• Coal miner boys

Coal

• Young miner

Textile F

actories

Review

•

• 1. How were goods manufactured before the Industrial Revolution?

Review

• 2. What was the form of transportation during the Revolution?

Review

• 3. What invention “powered” the Industrial Revolution? What fuel did it use?

Review

• 4. What was the first big industry of the Industrial Revolution (hint—its another word for cloth)?

Industrial Regions

• ¾ of the worlds industry is located in 3 regions:

• North America

• East Asia

• Europe

• Why?

Situation and Site F

actors

• A combination of situation and site factors make some places more attractive for industry.

• Situation: one place compared to another (relative location)

• Site: the physical character of a place

Situation Factors

• Location of a factory based on transportation of goods to and from the factory

•

• What are the 4 major types of transportation for moving goods to and from a factory?

Photo 1 Q

uestion

• 1. Look at photo 1. Would this be a good place to locate a factory/ Why or why not? Look at situation factors.

Photo 2 Q

uestion

• 2.. Look at photo 2. Would this be a good place to locate a factory/? Why or why not? Look at situation factors.

3 Site Factors

Site Factors

• Land—think about the price of the land, the weather, the physical characteristics of the land—is this a good place for a factory?

• Labor—think about the availability of workers, whether they will want expensive or cheap wages

• Capital—are there banks here to lend money? Is it too risky here to loan money?

Question for P

hoto 3

• 3. Look at photo 3, which is NYC. Think about land, labor and capital. Explain why this would be a good or bad place to locate a business. Think about site factors.