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Cottage Industry

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Manufacturing based in homes rather than in factories, commonly found prior to the Industrial Revolution.

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Nonferrous

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Metals utilized to make products other than iron and steel.

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Vertical Integration

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An approach typical of traditional mass production in which a company controls all phases of a highly complex production process.

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Air Pollution

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Concentration of trace substances, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and solid particulates, at a greater level than occurs in average air.

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Labor-Intensive Industry

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An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses.

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Maquiladora

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A factory built by a U.S. company in Mexico near the U.S. border, to take advantage of the much lower labor costs in Mexico.

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Nonpoint-Source Pollution

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Pollution that originates from a large, diffuse area.

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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

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A gas used as a solvent, a propellant in aerosols, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and fire extinguishers.

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Industrial Revolution

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A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

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Just-in-Time Delivery

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Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed.

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Outsourcing

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A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers.

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Situation Factors

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Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory.

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New International Division of Labor

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Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid, less-skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.

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Right-To-Work Law

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A U.S. law that prevents a union and a company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join the union as condition of employment.

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Bulk-Reducing Industry

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An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.

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Textile

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A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing.

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Fordist Production

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A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly.

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Point-Source Pollution

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Pollution that enters a body of water from a specific source.

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Apparel

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An article of clothing.

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Sanitary Landfill

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A place to deposit sold waste, where a layer of earth is bulldozed over garbage each day to reduce emissions of gases and odors from the decaying trash, to minimize, fires, and to discourage vermin.

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Ozone

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A gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation, found in the stratosphere, a zone 15 to 50 kilometers (9 to 30 miles) above Earth's surface.

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Post-Fordist Production

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Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks.

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Bulk-Gaining Industry

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An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs.

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Site Factors

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Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside a plant, such as land, labor, and capital.

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Ferrous

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Metals, including iron, that are utilized in the production of iron and steel.

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Break-of-Bulk Point

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A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.

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Greenhouse Effect

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The anticipated increase in Earth's temperature caused bu carbon dioxide (emitted by burning fossil fuels) trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface.

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