Economic World: UK economy (26th April)

Question 1

Describe the Primary Sector in the UK?

Answer 1

Primary Sector- extraction of raw materials from the ground, e.g. agriculture, mining.

• Pre 1700s, 90% of the population were employed in primary (agriculture)
• WHY? Limited technology, limited globalisation. Good was from/produced in UK, so thousands of people had to work here.

Question 2

Describe the Secondary Sector in the UK:

Answer 2

• When people, migrated to cities (mechanisation replaced jobs)….
• Secondary- processing of raw materials, into a use, e.g. manufacturing.
• 1800s
• Industrial Revolution.
• Mechanisation.

Question 3

Describe the Tertiary Sector in the UK:

Answer 3

Tertiary (after 1950s)- providing service to someone else.

• Today, 82% people employed here.
• “Caring Society”
• 1948-NHS founded- free healthcare
• Education i score up to age 14
• Councils started to grow.
• DeIndustrialisation
• Luddite Revolt.

Question 4

Describe the Quaternary Sector in the UK:

Answer 4

Quaternary- where technology and the use of science.

• Post 2000s
• 3% employed here
• In UK this is growing slowly. More people getting higher education.
• Cancer researching
• IT developer
• Software
• 5G/fibre
• 6G!!