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Hertswood Academy Geography GCSE The UK’s evolving human landscape(year 11 revision version) > Part 2: The UK Economy and Society > Flashcards

Part 2: The UK Economy and Society Flashcards

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  1. What is migration?
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a. When people move from one place to another

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  1. What is internal migration?
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a. When people move within the UK

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  1. What is international migration?
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a. When people move from one country to another

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  1. What is immigration?
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a. When people move into the UK

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  1. What is emigration?
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a. When people move from the UK

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  1. What has happened to the size of the population of the UK since 1945?
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a. It has increased

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  1. What makes a population increase?
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a. Immigration

b. Natural increase

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  1. What is natural increase
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a. When the birth rate is higher than the death rate

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  1. Do most people in the UK live in urban or rural areas?
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a. Urban

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  1. Has the number of people in urban areas decreased or increased?
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a. Increased

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  1. What percentage of people in the UK live in urban areas?
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a. 80%

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  1. Where do most people live in the UK now?
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a. In the south east of England

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  1. Why has the population of the south east of England increased?
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a. Immigration from other parts of the UK

b. Immigration from outside the UK

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  1. What has happened to birth rate in the UK?
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a. Decreased

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  1. What has happened to the proportion of older people in the UK?
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a. Increased?

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  1. What has the proportion of older people increased?
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a. People live longer

b. Less babies are being born

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  1. Why has internal migration to the south east of England increased
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a. Jobs in the south east especially London

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  1. Why has immigration to the UK from other countries increased?
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a. People coming for work

b. Refugees

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  1. How does the European Union affect immigration?
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a. People in European Union countries are allowed to live in any country in the European Union

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  1. What is ethnic and cultural diversity?
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a. The number of different nationalities and cultures people come from

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  1. What has happened to ethnic and cultural diversity in the UK?
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a. It has increased

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  1. Which countries outside the EU have people come from the to the UK?
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a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Nigeria

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  1. From which European Union countries have the greatest number of people come from to the UK?
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a. Poland

b. Lithuania

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  1. What has happened to the number of primary jobs in the UK?
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a. Decreased

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  1. Why have primary jobs decreased?
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a. More machines used in farming

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  1. What has happened to the number of secondary jobs in the UK?
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a. Decreased

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  1. Why have secondary jobs decreased?
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a. Factories have closed

b. Jobs have moved to other countries

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  1. What has happened to the number of tertiary jobs in the UK?
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a. Increased

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  1. What has happened to the number of quaternary jobs in the UK?
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a. Increased

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  1. Which parts of the UK have lost a lot of secondary jobs?
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a. The north of England e.g. Sheffield

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  1. Which parts of the UK have increased the number of tertiary jobs?
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a. The south east especially London

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  1. What sort of jobs do most people do in the north of England
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a. Tertiary

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  1. Where are most quaternary jobs?
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a. In the south east e.g. London, Oxford, Cambridge

34
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  1. Where is unemployment highest?
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a. The north of England

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  1. What is globalisation?
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a. When countries trade with each other all over the world

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  1. What is free trade?
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a. When companies do not need to pay tax to sell things in other countries

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  1. What is privatisation?
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a. Companies do things instead of governments

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  1. What is foreign direct investment?
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a. When a company opens an office or factory in another country

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  1. What is a transnational company (TNC)?
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a. A company which makes or sells things in more than one country

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  1. Why have globalisation and free trade increased foreign direct investment and the number of TNCs in the UK?
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a. Because it is easier for foreign companies to open in the UK

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  1. Give an example of a TNC in the UK
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a. Virgin

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  1. What do Virgin do?
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a. Airlines
b. Trains
c. Gyms

Hertswood Academy Geography GCSE The UK’s evolving human landscape(year 11 revision version) (8 decks)

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