1. Name three industries in Thailand Identify the site and situation factors involved in each industry’s location.
2. Choose one of these industries and describe how its closing would affect the economy of the scale
3. Would the jobs lost in the closing be the only effects? Explain.
4. Give an example of an industry that is likely to locate close to inputs. Explain.
5. Give an example of an industry that is likely to locate close to markets. Explain.
6. If industrial location is chosen according to situation factors in order to minimize transportation costs,
explain why many industries are locating in East and Southeast Asia and shipping goods to markets
in North America.

7. Given current trends in the movement and growth of industry, is industry likely to remain important as
a source of employment in our country? Why or why not?