Which region in North America is known as the hub of electronic and computer industries?
Correct Answer: Silicon Valley in California
Subject: geography
- Detroit
- Pittsburgh
- Silicon Valley in California
- The Canadian Shield
Explanation: • Silicon Valley in California has emerged as the hub of electronic and computer industries in the USA.
• It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Detroit is a major automobile manufacturing center, not electronics.
• Pittsburgh was known for steel; Canadian shield is known for minerals like Nickel, Silver, Gold.
• Silicon = Tech = Silicon Valley (California).
• Kanto Region in Japan and Shanghai in China are also major global electronics hubs.