APHG INDUSTRIALIZTION: HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

Note: shift from wood to coal slide in this ppt. Do not use this ppt if an Indutry reading quiz is given. This was to include questions from the quiz we didn’t give in 2014.

APHG INDUSTRIALIZTION: HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

‘Machines replace Hands’

In the 18th century, markets for European goods were growing and better machines were needed for production.

The water powered looms were the first improvement in providing power for the new “factories.”

HEARTH of the Industrial Revolution: England

*All Factors of Production present for first time!! (LLCT)

Land, labor, capital, transportation

London became the major industrial location due to its site and situation (location along the Thames River, center of transportation in U.K. and proximity to raw materials)

The machine that propelled the Industrial Revolution.

James Watts original steam engine.

The steam engine filled the dream of inanimate power on a large and flexible scale.

Animate power Inanimate power

The steam engine forever changed the face of transportation.

The shift from wood burning industries to coal burning allowed factories to create hotter and more efficient heat to power machines

Higher levels of heat produced better grades of steel and more efficient power for steam engines.

DIFFUSION of the Industrial Revolution

Note dates of diffusion

*UK first

*Russia about the same time as USA….

Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution was slowed across Europe by wars and political unrest on the continent

While it took longer for the Industrial Revolution to diffuse to the USA, it grew much faster here.

By 1860, the United Kingdom and the USA were the one and two industrial powers of the world.

The Industrial Revolution coincided with and advanced the other “revolutions”. The Medical and Second Agricultural Revolutions occurred at the same time.

This convergence was a critical factor in the development of the modern world.

Major manufacturing regions of the world: ‘The CORE’

Europe’s Economic Core and Regions

North America’s Manufacturing Regions

Russia’s Manufacturing Regions

East Asian Manufacturing Centers

*NIC

*Asia’s Tigers/Dragons

*SEZ’s in China

MDC economies today are built on “consumer products.” This involves people buying goods that are produced in factories.

Factories are basic industries while the dealers that sell their products are the non basic industries.

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