ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - industry

Question 1

what does primary sector of industry do?

Answer 1

• extraction of raw materials from land

- growing, mining, fishing etc

Question 2

what does secondary sector of industry do?

Answer 2

• process and manufacture products from raw materials

- textile, automobile production of parts

Question 3

what does tertiary sector of industry do?

Answer 3

• provide a service and selling

- education, transport, entertainment, tourism

Question 4

what does quaternary sector of industry do?

Answer 4

• incorporate a high degree of research and tech and employ highly qualified people
• science, research, development etc

Question 5

what is a sector shift?

Answer 5

changes in the relative importance of the economic sectors over time

Question 6

what is an input?

Answer 6

things needed to make or create a product, may be physical or human, money or raw materials

Question 7

what is the processes part?

Answer 7

the events or activities that take place to make a product, eg assembling a car

Question 8

what are the outputs?

Answer 8

the finished product that is sold to a consumer

Question 9

what is a global shift in manufacturing?

Answer 9

• where operations are re-locating to developing countries

Question 10

what is the primary sector in apple products?

Answer 10

cobalt and metal

- mined from democratic republic of the Congo

Question 11

what is cobalt used for in phones?

Answer 11

key element in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries

Question 12

how many child labourers work in the DCR mines?

Answer 12

40,000

- work for 12 hrs a day sums up to 1 pound of work

Question 13

are cobalt mines dangerous?

Answer 13

• no safety measures or protective gear that follow regulations
• health problems caused from mining + drinking water that was mixed with minerals and cobalt
• can cause tumours

Question 14

why do they use cheap child labour?

Answer 14

• Chinese and Indian companies profit from this

Question 15

what are the environmental impacts of cobalt mining?

Answer 15

• tropical rainforest areas being destroyed

- gorilla habitats

Question 16

why doesn’t apple bring manufacturing to US?

Answer 16

cost then $4.2 billion, because of high taxes and labour costs

Question 17

what is the secondary part of apple?

Answer 17

• Foxconn, Shenzhen

- has 12 factories inside

Question 18

why is the secondary sector located in china, Shenzhen?

Answer 18

big population

• relatively skilled
• pearl delta river near to easy distribution
• flat = developed
• no extreme weather
• close to hong kong

Question 19

what is the Foxconn factory like?

Answer 19

• covers around 3km2
• swimming pools
• dorms
• stores
• 1/4 of working population in the factory lives in these dorm
• near lots of small towns

Question 20

what is an agglomeration?

Answer 20

when similar companies work together, advantages

Question 21

what are the push and pull factors of working in Foxconn?

Answer 21

• young migrant workers in rural areas get $2 per day compared to $1.75 an hour

Question 22

what is the huko system?

Answer 22

migration control system

- can only get jobs at the province you were born in

Question 23

what are the disadvantages to Foxconn?

Answer 23

• lost of suicides, bad working conditions
• there was explosions because there were no regs
• combustible gases and dust explosion because of cut costs

Question 24

what is the tertiary part of apple?

Answer 24

everywhere that sells apple products

- mainly more developed countries

Question 25

what is the quaternary part of apple?

Answer 25

apple headquarters

• Silicon Valley
• its a footloose industry= not tied to any location in particular

Question 26

what does the headquarters do?

Answer 26

• use highly advanced tech to make products or designs

- employ high tech workers

Question 27

how do they attract highly educated workers?

Answer 27

○ Good working conditions
○ Located in a good city
○ High pay
○ Good machines/equipment

Question 28

what is attractive about Silicon Valley that apple put their headquarters there?

Answer 28

○ Close to airports san Francisco
○ Large urban markets
○ Companies clustered together to share ideas: agglomeration
○ Close to beach
○ Close to universities, stanford so they get the grads from them

Question 29

positives about the industry?

Answer 29

Employment,
Development of economy,
Infrastructural development,
Development of transport – roads/railways/airports Development of skills
Income generation and multiplier effect Increased taxation