3.1b developments in transport and trade

Question 1

Railways

Answer 1

• in the 1800s, railway networks expanded globally
• by 1904, the 9000km Trans-Siberian Railway connected Moscow with China and Japan
• the proposed High Speed 2 railway linking London and northern England will half some journey times

Question 2

Container ships

Answer 2

• containers are intermodal –> efficient
• transport costs of moving an iPhone from China to the UK is less than £1
• around 200 million individual container movements take place every year
• the Chinese vessel Cosco is 366m long, 48m wide and can carry 13,000 containers

Question 3

Jet aircrafts

Answer 3

• the arrival of the Boeing 747 in the 1960s made international travel more commonplace
• the recent expansion of the cheap flights sector has made travel by air more accessible in developed countries

Question 4

Telephone and Telegraph

Answer 4

• the first telegraph cables across the Atlantic in the 1860s replaced a 3-week boat journey with instantaneous communication

Question 5

how does transport development affect TNCs

Answer 5

• TNCs prosper as transport development occurs
• in the 1900s, large manufacturing companies e.g. Ford and General Motors were able to export more widely
• connectivity allows multiple sites of production to be established, so TNCs can take advantage of cheaper sites of production where wages are lower

Question 6

link between transport and trade

Answer 6

development in transport technology has made it cheaper to transport goods and people around the world

this has encouraged growth in trade