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10 marks
10 marksStudy Fig. 5, which is a photograph of a factory.
Fig 5.1
(i) The factory shown in Fig. 5.1 puts together components for machines which are then used in other industries. What type of industry is this?
Circle one answer from the words below:
| assembly | high technology | processing | service |
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(ii) Suggest two reasons why the factory was located close to the canal.
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(iii) In which sector, primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary, would the following people who are employed by the factory shown in Fig. 5.1 work?
- workers who carry out research and use it to design new machines
- drivers of lorries transporting products from the factory
- people operating machines in the factory
- drivers of lorries transporting products from the factory
- people operating machines in the factory
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(iv) Explain how the location of manufacturing industry may be influenced by political factors.
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