geo unit 3

industries that extract raw materials from the environment

industries that process primary industry goods into finished products

industries that sell a finished product or service to the consumer

• wood

• minerals

• agriculture

• construction

• cars

• furniture

• walmart

• fast food

• banks

renewable resources regenerate themselves so they can be used forever if managed properly. non-renewable resources have a fixed amount, once they run out they’re gone forever.

1. location of customers

2. proximity of raw materials

3. Availability of water and power

4. labor supply

5. transportation

6. political factors

7. circumstance

effects delivery time and cost; Just-In-Time is when parts/products are delivered just in time for them to be added to the assembly line so companies don’t have to pay for storage of parts. ex: auto manufacturing

in some cases the manufacturing must be near the raw materials because they are hard/costly to ship or perish easily

power is necessary to process and produce goods and water is used for cooling and cleaning

in some cases the product needs a lot of labor/people to produce or needs specially trained people

transportation effects how quickly factories will get goods, effecting the time it will take to create a product and how much countries will trade with each other. Shipping containers help move lots of goods quickly

governments encourage companies to manufacture in their city by offering a lower tax rate for a period of time, grants or subsidies, good infrastructure to support operations, and reliable cheap electricity.

some things are out of the control of the manufacturer. Ex: a small company just happens to start manufacturing in a city with a lot of resources, allowing them to grow quickly

when a company relocates their factory to a place where the labor is cheap.

industries that require workers to be especially trained/educated for a job. ex: auto parts, pharmaceutical,

manufacturing often leaves canada due to the cost, it is cheaper to access resources and labor in other countries

jobs that bring money into the community. a 1:3 ratio of basic to non-basic jobs are needed for a healthy community

miner, producers, Hi-tech workers

they sell services to the community but do not create wealth, they only recycle the money

hairdresser, bank teller, teacher

tourism sells/exports a country to bring in money for that country. Many countries and communities rely on tourism for money

industries based on technology and knowledge

biotech, info tech (IT), aerospace tech

biotech, info tech (IT), aerospace tech, ocean research tech

they are more accessible because nowadays every industry requires technology

networks that form between locations that want to buy and sell goods and services with each other

when the dollar value of exports is higher than imports

when the dollar value of imports is higher than exports

the network of people, organizations, resources, and tech involved with creating a product

a tax that is added to the cost of any foreign items or services bought in a country

a good/service brought into a country from another

a good/service sent to a country from another

when countries decrease or remove the tariffs of items that they sell between each other. ex: USMCA

1. exporting goods helps pay for the things imported from other countries

2. to keep the economy healthy, 50% of the goods and services canada creates are exported. exporting provides people jobs which fuels the economy

3. importing cheaper versions of goods from other countries allows for more canadians to buy them

pros

• inexpensive to operate

• can carry a lot of cargo

cons

• have a fixed route and therefore cannot go as many places

pros

• overall building and maintence is cheaper

• do not have a fixed route

• good for light cargo

cons

• cannot carry heavy cargo

• highway accidents

• heavy trucks damage roads

pros

• good for international trade

• can carry a lot of bulky low value cargo\

cons

• weather can cause problems

pros

• quick

• can transport goods to hard to reach areas

• good for light, valuable, and perishable goods

cons

• very expensive

pros

• good for moving large amounts of liquids and gases. ex: natural gas and crude oil

cons

• very expensive

• can only be build if there is a large amount of the resource and if there is no other way of transportation

designing products that are meant to be thrown away quickly so they can be bought again

convincing consumers that their perfectly fine products do not have value anymore by changing things like their design

1. extraction

2. production

3. distribution

4. consumption

5. disposal

• natural resources are removed from the earth to create our products.

• We take too many resources which depletes the earth of what it needs.

• This destroys the environment and the people living there, they are forced to move and get a job at a factory because it is their only option.

• natural resources are processed with toxic chemicals which harms the environment, factory workers, and consumers.

• during the process of creating goods factories pollute and destroy the environment

• the goods are sold quickly at low prices.

• companies lower prices by not fairly paying for the process it took to create the product.

• consumers are convinced to buy a lot of products quickly and dispose of them to buy new ones.

• This causes happiness to go down because people always feel the need to buy the next newest thing to feel valued.

• This also causes the amount of waste to increase by a lot.

• Waste is dumped in landfills and burned which harms the environment.