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WorksheetsEconomic Change in the UK
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which industrial sector is described as the service sector?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
What term is used to summarise the decline of shipbuilding, coalmining, iron & steel in areas like North East England?:
Economic Growth
Industrialisation
De-industrialisation
Bankrupcy
Which car manufacturer opened a new car plant in Sunderland in 1986 to help with the local economy?
Hyundai
Toyota
Daewoo
Nissan
What is the name of the UK’s most famous growth corridor?: It has become synonymous with hi-tech industry
M4 Corridor
M5 Corridor
M6 Corridor
M7 Corridor
What is the term given to “an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology:
Science Hub
Science Park
Science Lab
Science Centre
Name this process: “When large numbers of people move from urban areas into surrounding countryside or rural areas”
Urbanisation
Immigration
Emigration
Counter-urbanisation
What is the name given to a region that is given special help from the UK government to help reduce the North-South divide?:
Assisted Area
Special Needs Area
Benefits Area
Improvement Area
What is ‘HS2’, scheduled to open in 2026? (phase 1)
A High Speed motorway
A High Speed cycle lane
A High Speed ferry boat
A High Speed railway
Name the new port that opened in 2013 on the Thames Estuary in London:
Thames Safeway
Thames Gateway
Thames Freeway
Thames Cargoway
Which airport is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the UK?:
London Heathrow
Manchester
Birmingham
London Gatwick
In which year did the UK join the European Union?
1963
1973
1983
1993
To the nearest 10%, what percentage of the UK’s population used the internet in 2020?
70%
80%
90%
100%
