Secondary Economic Activities Flashcards

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1
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What is light industry?

A

Where the products are small and light

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2
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What are Multinational corporations?

A

Companies based in different countries

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3
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What estuary is RUSAL Auginish located on

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The Shannon Estuary

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4
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Where is Intel located?

A

Leixlip, Co. Kildare

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5
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What do Intel make?

A

Intel make Microprocessors

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6
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How much did the IDA give Intel?

A

€110 Million

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7
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What are footloose industries?

A

Industry that isn’t tied to one place

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8
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Where do footloose industries usually locate?

A

Industrial Estates

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9
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Where does secondary economic activities usually take place?

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Factories and Workshops

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10
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What are inputs?

A

What we put in the start

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11
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What are processes?

A

What happens to the input?

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12
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What are outputs?

A

What we have at the end

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13
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What are secondary economic activities?

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Taking raw materials or semi finished products and turning them into finished products or semi finished products

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14
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What are the inputs at RUSAL Augnish?

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Bauxite, Labour, Electricity and Maintenance

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What process takes place at RUSAL Augnish?

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A chemical process turns the Bauxite into Alumina

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16
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What is the output of RUSAL Augnish

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Alumina

17
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What size is the site at Augnish

A

4 squared kilometres

18
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How deep is the water at Augnish?

A

22m

19
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What road connects Augnish with Limerick City and Shannon Airport?

A

The N69 National Secondary road

20
Q

What is heavy industry?

A

The resource material is big and heavy

21
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What universities is Intel close to?

A

DCU, Trinity College and Maynooth University

22
Q

What is industrial inertia?

A

When a factory remains although the reason for it’s location doesn’t still exist

23
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What did Britain develop in the late 1700s?

A

Its Iron and Steel industry.

24
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When did the British Iron and steel industry peak?

A

1913

25
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What is a niche product?

A

A good manufactured for a particular use.

26
Q

When did the Communist party take over in China

A

1949

27
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What was China like in 1949?

A

China was mostly agricultural in 1949.

28
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When was the One Child Policy adopted in China?

A

1979

29
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Since when did China industrialise?

A

1980

30
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What are industrialised regions?

A

Countries that were industrialised during the industrial revolution.

31
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What are incinerators?

A

Factories that burn waste.

32
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How many hours did people work 50 years ago?

A

50 hours a week for 50 years