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Unit IV Quizzes Flashcards

1
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Western European country that has experienced the most rapid manufacturing growth sine the late 20th century

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Spain

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2
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Industrial areas outside NA and Europe have become increasingly important in recent years primarily beause of

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Site Factors

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Among the surviving steel plants in the US, production concentrated in the southern Lake Michigan area has increased its share of national production, primarily because of access to…

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Markets

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4
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Metal Fabrication plants are an example of a bulk-gaining industry because…

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Separate parts are combined to make a more complex and massive product

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5
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A copper concentration mil tends t locate near a copper mine because it is…

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A bulk-reducing industry

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6
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The lowest-cost form of transporting goods very long distances is by…

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Boat

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7
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A company which uses more than one mode of transportation ill often locate near…

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Break-of-Bulk points

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Compared to other industries, aluminum manufacturers are more likely to locate near sources of…

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Low-cost energy

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9
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Which industry is most dependent on low-cost labor?

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Textile

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10
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Significant site factors include…

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Land, Labor, and Capital

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11
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The average wage in MDC’s compared to the average wage in LDC’s is about…

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4 times larger

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12
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Central Europe offers an attractive combination of important site and situation factors:

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More expensive, but more skilled labor than in Asia or Latin America
Less skilled but cheaper labor than Western Europe
Proximity to markets

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13
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The US Gulf coast has become an important industrial area because of…

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Access to oil and natural gas

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14
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Between 1950 and 2009, the northeastern Us region lost ____ jobs and gained ___ jobs.

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6 million; 2 million

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15
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Maintaining control over all phases of a highly complex production process is known as…

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Vertical Integration

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16
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A main benefit for manufacturers of just-in-time delivery is…

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It reduces the money a manufacturer uses for wasteful inventory AND it allows the manufacturer to reduce factory size

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17
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The US government distinguishes between foreign and domestic cars…

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For the US Dept. of Treasury Customs Service to set tariffs, for the US EPA to measure fuel efficiency, and for informing customers under the American Automobile Labeling Act

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18
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What two location factors influence industries to remain in the northeastern US and northwestern Europe?

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Skilled labor and rapid delivery to market

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19
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In contrast to Fordist production, Post-Fordist production is more likely to…

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Introduce more flexible work hours

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20
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The new international division of labor reflects the growing importance of…

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Outsourcing

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21
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An example of primary sector activity:

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Mining

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22
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The large percentage of population involved in agriculture in china indicates:

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Most people produce food for their own survival

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23
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The NA region is the world’s leading provider of entertainment, financial and management services, sports, and food, but not what?

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Petroleum

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24
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The diffusion of Walmart around the globe is an application of which concept?

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Distance-decay

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25
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Japan’s principal asset for promoting development is what?

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Abundant supply of labor

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26
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The highest level of development w/in Latin America is found where?

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Southern South America

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27
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Population was traditionally low in Southeast Asia because of what?

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Inhospitable environment

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28
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Agricultural output in South Asia each year depends primarily on what?

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Arrival of monsoon rains

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29
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Development prospects are limited in Sub-Saharan Africa because of overworked agricultural land and declining output, poor leadership, colonial legacy, and capacity of land to produce food, but not what?

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Lack of monsoon rains

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30
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The GDI…

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Compares the levels of indicators for females to those males within a country

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31
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The GEM…

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Compares the levels of indicators for females to those of males w/in a country

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32
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According to Rostow’s development model, the process of development begins when…

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An elite group initiates innovative activities

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33
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Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the international trade alternative primarily because of…

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Petroleum Reserves

34
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Traditional barriers to international investment have included…

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Requiring licenses for importers

35
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Female life expectancy is NOT an indicator of what?

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Global Gender Inequality

36
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The biggest problem faced by less developed countries is what?

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Inability to repay loans

37
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GDP is…

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Total value of outputs of goods and services produced in a country during a year

38
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In 2008, the per capita GDP in Sudan was about $1500, which indicates that it is an…

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LDC

39
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Per capita GDP is a god indicator of all but what?

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The distribution of wealth w/in a country

40
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In MDC’s, employment is increasing in what sector?

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Tertiary

41
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Prior to the IR, the distribution of industry was:

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Dispersed

42
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The IR Revolution in Europe diffused…

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West to East

43
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The major contribution made by the chemical industry to the textile industry was what?

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Bleaching

44
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The IR began where?

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Great Britain

45
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Proximity to Russian consumers is the most significant industrial asset of which region?

A

Volga**

46
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the most important transportation improvement in the 18th century was what?

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Canal

47
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The IR originated in Great Britain in approximately what year?

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1750

48
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The cottage industry system involved manufacturing where?

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In the home

49
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Today, the most significant industrial asset of the Western Great Lakes area is its what?

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Large market area

50
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The first industries to increase production through extensive use of the steam engines were…

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Textile and Iron

51
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In order to become a major industrial power, Japan had to overcome…

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Distance from consumers

52
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Europe’s principle industrial areas include Northester Germany and southern Netherlands, west-central Germany and northeastern France, and northern England and southern Scotland. Which is not a principle industrial area?

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Southwestern France and northeaster Spain

53
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Approximately 3/4’s of the world’s industrial production is concentrated in which regions?

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Japan, Eastern NA, Eastern Europe

54
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A copper concentration mill tends to locate near a copper mine because it is a…

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Bulk-reducing industry

55
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Russian manufacturers were more likely than American manufacturers to locate near…

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Raw Materials

56
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The growth of manufacturing was retarded in the US during the 19th century, primarily because of…

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Distance from Market

57
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Eastern NA is the continent’s manufacturing center in part because it has access to the continent’s…

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Largest Markets

58
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Proximity to European consumers is the most significant industrial asset of the…

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Mid-Rhine region

59
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Today, New England’s most significant industrial asset

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Skilled Labor Force

60
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The main source of power for steam engines and blast ovens is produced

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Coal

61
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The capacity to do work

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Energy

62
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Concentration of a trace substance at a level greater than occurs in average air

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Air Pollution

63
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A substance in the physical environment that has value to human beings

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Resource

64
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Which group consumes 1/4th of the world’s energy, while only making up 1/20th of Earth’s population

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North America

65
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Prior to the Industrial Revolution, humans relied mostly on what kind of power?

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Animate

66
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Before the Industrial Revolution, the most important source of fuel was…

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Biomass

67
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Fossil Fuels are…

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Unevenly distributed around the world, finite resources, and plants and animals buried millions of years ago

68
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The most common energy source for home heat and hot water is…

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Natural Gas

69
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Most nonrenewable energy sources are…

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Formed very slowly

70
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The amount of energy in fields not yet identified but thought to exist

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Potential Reserve

71
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Unconventional sources of oil like shales and tar sandstone are…

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Accessible by damaging the environment

72
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Saudi Arabia has relatively large proven reserves of…

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Petroleum

73
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The US has a relatively large proven reserve of…

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Coal

74
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China has a relatively large proven reserve of…

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Coal

75
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The most dramatic example of a country that consumes more energy than it produces is…

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Japan

76
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To protest the US;s support for Israel in its 1973 war against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, during the inter of 1973-1974, OPEC members…

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Refused to sell petroleum to the US

77
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Greater dependence on coal is likely to occur by…

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Expanding use of electricity

78
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NA are less dependent that Europeans on nuclear energy primarily because of…

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More abundant coal reserves

79
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What are examples of renewable resources?

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Geothermal/Fusion

80
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Mexico City’s Air pollution problem is caused by…

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Burning of fossil fuel from roughly 8 million vehicles and 50,000 factories
Lack of oxygen at high altitude that results in less efficient burning of fossil fuels
Surrounding mtns. that trap polluted air

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