MAJOR INDUSTRIAL REGIONS

WESTERN & CENTRAL EUROPE

• Major products are coal and steel
• The major manufacturing belts are in Germany: Ruhr, Saxony and Silesia
• Tanks, weapons, optical equipment, cameras, textiles, and ceramics
• WWII was hard-hitting but factories were built because of America

NORTH AMERICA

• Major products are coal and steel
• The northeastern seaboard to Iowa; from the St. Lawrence Valley to the Ohio & Mississippi rivers
• Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, optical products, electrical appliances, steel, aluminum, & paper
• Industrialization began in New York and there are ports and rivers from there

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

• Major products were metallic ores, coal, timber & water
• Largest manufacturing belt was Ukraine
• Machines, medical equipment, ships, chemicals, food, & textiles
• Rich resources allowed for it to become a major industrial power

EASTERN ASIA

• Most natural resources come from other countries
• The Kanto Plain which includes Tokyo–Yokohama–Kawasaki metropolitan area
• Steel, chemicals, automobiles, ships, & textiles
• Highly skilled labor force in Japan

WEBER'S THEORY

• As little spending as possible
• Agglomerations occur in this theory; Schenectady, NY

HOTELLING'S THEORY

• Locating near similar businesses
• Algonquin Commons

LOSCH'S THEORY

• Equal income and cost
• Caldwell, Oklahoma