Economic Activity And Energy

Question 1

The classification of employment by sectors.

Answer 1

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary.

Question 2

The relative importance of these economic sectors changes with development and varies between and within countries. Tell me the stages of the economies.

Answer 2

Pre-Industrial, Industrial, Post-Industrial.

Question 3

Informal employment: definition, characteristics and causes.

Answer 3

1. Is the part of an economy that is not taxed, monitored by any form of government, or included in any gross national product (GNP), unlike the formal economy. For example, street vending, shoe shinning.
2. A large number of working-age people migrate to urban areas searching for work, therefore the labour becomes surplus causing high unemployment because the competition for jobs increases. People can’t find jobs so they start their own informal businesses which bring low profit.

Question 4

Factors affecting the changing location and growth of economic activities.

Answer 4

Raw materials, cheap land, customers, good transport, amenities, employees, infrastructure.

Question 5

The rising demand for energy and the energy gap. Causes of the rising demand.

Answer 5

Population, industrialisation, technological developments, increase in disposable income.

Question 6

The locations experiencing an energy cap.

Answer 6

HICs due to depletion of resources, and LICs due to lack of development of infrastructure.