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Causes of economic change

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Primary Industry in the UK

Declined from 55% in 1750 to 1.3% in today

a)

Declined from 75% in 1791 to 1.3% in today

b)

Increased from 55% in 1791 to 1.3% in today

c)

Declined from 55% in 1791 to 1.3% in today

d)

Increased from 75% in 1750 to 1.3% in today

2.

Tertiary industry in the UK

a)

Decreased from 10% in 1791 to 57% in today

b)

Decreased by 17% in 1791 to 57% today

c)

Increased from 10% in 1750 to 57% in today

d)

Increased by 17% in 1971 to 57% today

3.

Secondary industry in the UK

a)

Peaked in 1791 and been in decline ever since

b)

Peaked in 1891 and been in decline ever since

c)

Peaked in 1991 and been in decline ever since

d)

Peaked in 2011 and been in decline ever since

4.

Quarternary industry

a)

Is in decline

b)

Is now the highest generator of jobs

c)

Is low paid

d)

Is a new way of generating wealth from the "knowledge economy", at around 25% in the UK

5.

The decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEEs

a)

Globalisation

b)

Mechanisation

c)

Quaternary industry

d)

Deindustrialisation

6.

Many factories have shut down and production has continued in low income countries, which have less educated workforces, limited health and safety or no minimum wage laws

a)

Negative impact globalisation on the UK

b)

positive impact globalisation on the UK

c)

Is industrialisation

d)

Happened during the industrial revolution

7.

An area of the UK that has suffered deindustrialisation

a)

SE

b)

SW

c)

NE

d)

London

8.

____________is the process which has created a more connected world, with increases in the movements of goods (trade) and people (migration & tourism) worldwide

a)

Mechanisation

b)

Globalisation

c)

Deindustrialisation

d)

Tourism

9.

The decline of the country's traditional manufacturing industry is due to _______________

a)

Exhaustion of raw materials

b)

Loss of markets

c)

Competition from NEEs

d)

No need for farming

10.

Globalisation in the UK has led to....

a)

Boosted world trade

b)

The decline of manufacturing

c)

Explosion of the quaternary sector

d)

Enabled more imported products to the UK.