Geography changing places UNIT 1

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What is the Primary Industry?
the extraction of raw materials, e.g. Farming, fishing etc.
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What is the secondary industry?
The manufacturing if goods from raw materials e.g. Steel making, chemical industries etc.
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what is the tertiary industry?
The provision of different servies to people and industries e.g. teachers, banking etc.
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what is the quaternary industry?
The knowledge based sector, mainly found in HICs with technology e.g. research, development etc.
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What does the Clarke fisher model show?
Changing employment structure in countries at different stages of development
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Which description applies to an LEDC?
Poorest countries, mainly primary industries
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Which description applies to an NIC?
Countries that are industrialising, mainly secondary industries
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Which description applies to an MEDC?
Wealthy counties, mainly tertiary and quaternary industries
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Why did the coal industry decline in the UK?
The easy to reach coal was already taken so it became too expensive
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In 1920 how many men were miners?
1.2 million
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Why has the UK only have 10 coal fired power stations left?
Because of the greenhouse gases
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Why was there a miners strike in 1984?
Because due to government investment 20 mines closed
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The use of Tractors and other technology in agriculture has caused what?
An increase in output but decrease in employment
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What is deindustrialisation?
The decline in secondary industry
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What industry only has 30.6% of employment left between 1996 and 2011?
Secondary
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What are the Internal factors for de-industrialisation in the UK?
Loss of competitiveness, lack of investment, human resource issues
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What are the External factors for de-industrialisation in the UK?
Globalisation, multi-national companies, new production technology
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What is globalisation?
Increasing interconnectivity with other countries
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The movement of manufacturing from MEDCs to the developing world is known as what?
Global Shift
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Why do developing countries have advantages over MEDCS?
Lower labour costs
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Why do developing countries have advantages over MEDCS?
Fewer employment laws
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Why do developing countries have advantages over MEDCS?
Cheaper land
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Why do developing countries have advantages over MEDCS?
Less pollution restiarints
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What is robotisation?
Labour being done by robots
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What does loss of competitiveness mean?
Factories no longer compete for space near transport links in the CBD
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What financial factors caused de-industrialisation?
High interest rates and high exchange rates
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how did the exchange rate effect British manufacturers and exporters?
high exchange rates make it expensive to buy from the uk
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Why were there human resource issues in the 1970s?
strikers industries were forced to close
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what case study is used for human resource issues?
Car industry in coventry
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what % of Coventrys workforce were employed in the industry?
40%
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When did the industry decline start in coventry?
1980
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