The cards Question What is de-industrialisation? Tap to flip Answer The decline and loss of traditional forms of industry. Question Give one example of a traditional industry. Tap to flip Answer e.g. coal mining, steel, textile production or ship building. Question What is globalisation? Tap to flip Answer Increased connectedness between countries that spreads money, ideas, goods and people. Question What is privatisation? Tap to flip Answer The takeover of state-run industries by private corporations. Question Give one cause of economic change in the UK. Tap to flip Answer e.g. de-industrialisation, globalisation or government policies. Question Did economic change affect all UK regions equally and at the same time? Tap to flip Answer No. Some areas, such as the north east, relied on traditional industries into the 1980s and 1990s; London moved to tertiary industries much earlier. Question What is a post-industrial economy? Tap to flip Answer A phase in which manufacturing jobs are replaced by jobs in services and knowledge economies. Question What are financial services? Tap to flip Answer Industry that manages money and wealth, such as banking, insurance, fund management and taxation. Question What is disposable income? Tap to flip Answer Money left over after paying for essentials such as food, bills and housing. Question What is a science park? Tap to flip Answer An area of land for businesses specialising in science and technology. Question Give one development that has contributed to the UK's post-industrial economy. Tap to flip Answer e.g. information technology, growth of services, finance and research, or science and business parks. Question Why is research counted as an industry? Tap to flip Answer Because it creates wealth through innovation and knowledge, which have value. Question What is contamination? Tap to flip Answer Pollution of air, water or land with something unnatural and harmful. Question What does sustainable mean? Tap to flip Answer Meeting one's needs without compromising the ability to meet future needs. Question What does energy efficient mean? Tap to flip Answer Producing the same level of output while using less energy. Question Is manufacturing the only industry that can harm the environment? Tap to flip Answer No. All sectors can harm the environment, though manufacturing remains highly wasteful. Question What is counter-urbanisation? Tap to flip Answer The movement of people from urban areas to rural areas. Question What is a commuter? Tap to flip Answer Someone who lives at a distance from work and regularly travels between the two. Question What is a greenbelt? Tap to flip Answer Green space around cities with strict planning controls to preserve nature and prevent urban sprawl. Question Which rural area has changed because of population growth: South Cambridgeshire or Gwynedd? Tap to flip Answer South Cambridgeshire. Question Which rural area has changed because of population decline: South Cambridgeshire or Gwynedd? Tap to flip Answer Gwynedd. Question Does everyone in a rural area have a higher standard of living? Tap to flip Answer No. Retirees may live comfortably, but local people may face stagnant job opportunities and be unable to afford to live where they grew up. Question What is infrastructure? Tap to flip Answer Networks that keep homes and businesses working, such as roads, rail lines, pipelines and energy grids. Question In infrastructure projects, what is compensation? Tap to flip Answer Money given to someone in recognition of losing something, such as their land, when it is needed for building. Question What does transatlantic mean? Tap to flip Answer Crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Question Do infrastructure building projects usually create long-term jobs? Tap to flip Answer No. In most cases the jobs are short term and highly specialist. Question What is regional inequality? Tap to flip Answer Differences in standard of living and wealth between two areas of the same country. Question In the UK, which place is the economic core? Tap to flip Answer London. Question What is the periphery of a country or region? Tap to flip Answer The area that serves the core and so has a weaker economy. Question Does everyone in the north of the UK have a lower standard of living than everyone in the south? Tap to flip Answer No. There are pockets of great wealth in the north and areas of extreme poverty in the south. Question What is the Commonwealth? Tap to flip Answer An international association of countries that were previously part of the British Empire. Question How often do Commonwealth states meet? Tap to flip Answer Every two years. Question What is interdependence? Tap to flip Answer When two or more countries rely on each other. Question What is international migration? Tap to flip Answer The movement of people from one country to another. Question Give one way the UK is linked to the wider world. Tap to flip Answer e.g. trade, culture, transport or electronic communications. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Geography Unit Economic futures in the UK Exam boards AQA England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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