Part 2: The UK Economy and Society Flashcards
- What is migration?
a. When people move from one place to another
- What is internal migration?
a. When people move within the UK
- What is international migration?
a. When people move from one country to another
- What is immigration?
a. When people move into the UK
- What is emigration?
a. When people move from the UK
- What has happened to the size of the population of the UK since 1945?
a. It has increased
- What makes a population increase?
a. Immigration
b. Natural increase
- What is natural increase
a. When the birth rate is higher than the death rate
- Do most people in the UK live in urban or rural areas?
a. Urban
- Has the number of people in urban areas decreased or increased?
a. Increased
- What percentage of people in the UK live in urban areas?
a. 80%
- Where do most people live in the UK now?
a. In the south east of England
- Why has the population of the south east of England increased?
a. Immigration from other parts of the UK
b. Immigration from outside the UK
- What has happened to birth rate in the UK?
a. Decreased
- What has happened to the proportion of older people in the UK?
a. Increased?
- What has the proportion of older people increased?
a. People live longer
b. Less babies are being born
- Why has internal migration to the south east of England increased
a. Jobs in the south east especially London
- Why has immigration to the UK from other countries increased?
a. People coming for work
b. Refugees
- How does the European Union affect immigration?
a. People in European Union countries are allowed to live in any country in the European Union
- What is ethnic and cultural diversity?
a. The number of different nationalities and cultures people come from
- What has happened to ethnic and cultural diversity in the UK?
a. It has increased
- Which countries outside the EU have people come from the to the UK?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Nigeria
- From which European Union countries have the greatest number of people come from to the UK?
a. Poland
b. Lithuania
- What has happened to the number of primary jobs in the UK?
a. Decreased
- Why have primary jobs decreased?
a. More machines used in farming
- What has happened to the number of secondary jobs in the UK?
a. Decreased
- Why have secondary jobs decreased?
a. Factories have closed
b. Jobs have moved to other countries
- What has happened to the number of tertiary jobs in the UK?
a. Increased
- What has happened to the number of quaternary jobs in the UK?
a. Increased
- Which parts of the UK have lost a lot of secondary jobs?
a. The north of England e.g. Sheffield
- Which parts of the UK have increased the number of tertiary jobs?
a. The south east especially London
- What sort of jobs do most people do in the north of England
a. Tertiary
- Where are most quaternary jobs?
a. In the south east e.g. London, Oxford, Cambridge
- Where is unemployment highest?
a. The north of England
- What is globalisation?
a. When countries trade with each other all over the world
- What is free trade?
a. When companies do not need to pay tax to sell things in other countries
- What is privatisation?
a. Companies do things instead of governments
- What is foreign direct investment?
a. When a company opens an office or factory in another country
- What is a transnational company (TNC)?
a. A company which makes or sells things in more than one country
- Why have globalisation and free trade increased foreign direct investment and the number of TNCs in the UK?
a. Because it is easier for foreign companies to open in the UK
- Give an example of a TNC in the UK
a. Virgin
- What do Virgin do?
a. Airlines
b. Trains
c. Gyms
