Across
- 2. An industry in which the inputs weigh more than the final products.
- 3. A service that primarily meets the needs of other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation services.
- 6. A community’s collection of basic businesses.
- 8. Manufacturing based in homes rather than in factories, most common prior to the Industrial Revolution.
- 10. area The area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services (also known as hinterland).
- 12. the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
- 13. A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area.
- 14. The minimum number of people needed to support a service.
- 16. Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed.
- 17. A service that primarily meets the needs of individual consumers, including retail, education, health, and leisure services.
- 18. A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers.
- 19. A theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther.
- 20. These factors result from the unique characteristics of a location. These are labor, capital, and land.
Down
- 1. These factors involve transporting materials to and from a factory. A firm seeks a location that minimizes the cost of transporting inputs to the factory and finished goods to consumers.
- 4. An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses.
- 5. The area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services (also known as market area).
- 7. The period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organization of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing
- 9. International trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions.
- 11. Makes something that gains volume or weight during production.
- 14. The transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. A system or network that allows trade is called a market.
- 15. A business that sells its products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement.