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Secondary Economic Activities Flashcards

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1
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What is light industry?

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Where the products are small and light

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What are Multinational corporations?

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Companies based in different countries

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What estuary is RUSAL Auginish located on

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The Shannon Estuary

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Where is Intel located?

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Leixlip, Co. Kildare

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What do Intel make?

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Intel make Microprocessors

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How much did the IDA give Intel?

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€110 Million

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What are footloose industries?

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Industry that isn’t tied to one place

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Where do footloose industries usually locate?

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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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What are inputs?

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What we put in the start

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What are processes?

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What happens to the input?

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What are outputs?

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What we have at the end

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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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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

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4 squared kilometres

18
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How deep is the water at Augnish?

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22m

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

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The N69 National Secondary road

20
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What is heavy industry?

A

The resource material is big and heavy

21
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What universities is Intel close to?

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DCU, Trinity College and Maynooth University

22
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What is industrial inertia?

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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?

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Its Iron and Steel industry.

24
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When did the British Iron and steel industry peak?

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1913

25
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What is a niche product?

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A good manufactured for a particular use.

26
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When did the Communist party take over in China

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1949

27
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What was China like in 1949?

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China was mostly agricultural in 1949.

28
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When was the One Child Policy adopted in China?

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1979

29
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Since when did China industrialise?

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1980

30
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What are industrialised regions?

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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?

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50 hours a week for 50 years

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