Secondary Economic Activities: Industry In Ireland

Question 1

Raw materials

Answer 1

Inputs
Need to make factories near them

Question 2

Market

Answer 2

Where companies sell their products

Question 3

Factors that influence where the location of a factory will be

Answer 3

Raw materials
Transport facilities
Services
Person preferences
Markets
Labour force
Goverment policy
Language

Question 4

Goverment policy

Answer 4

To encourage companies to set up in their country, the goverment might offer a grant or tax cut.
Deterrants (environmental laws and fines) that will influence the development of industry

Question 5

Corporation tax

Answer 5

A tax companies pay on their profits

Question 6

Incinerator

Answer 6

Burns waste

Question 7

Positives of incinerator

Answer 7

Sustainable option compared to landfills
Can provide sustainable energy
More jobs

Question 8

Negatives to incinerators

Answer 8

May be an easy option and other environmentally friendly options are then not explored
Carcinogenic from the fumes
Contributes to global warming with their smoke

Question 9

Carcinogen

Answer 9

Cancer causing substance that can lead to people developing various types of cancer

Question 10

Secondary economic activity

Answer 10

People processing or manufacturing products

Question 11

Secondary economic activity example

Answer 11

Wheat being processed into flour

Question 12

How are secondary economic activities shown?

Answer 12

By looking for warehouses or factory buildings on a map

Question 13

Labour

Answer 13

By looking for warehouses or factory buildings on a map

Question 14

What is capital?

Answer 14

The money required to set up a business

Question 15

Transport types

Answer 15

Road, rail, air and sea

Question 16

Transport

Answer 16

Road, rail, air and sea

Question 17

Entrepreneur

Answer 17

A person who takes on the risk of setting up a business

Question 18

What are services and give an example

Answer 18

Services are something industry use e.g. energy, water, telecommunications etc.

Question 19

Industrialised region

Answer 19

Countries where labour costs are generally high e.g Australia, Japan

Question 20

Newly industrialised

Answer 20

Countries with cheap labour cost. Products made in these regions would include shoes, clothes and electronic goods e.g. Brazil

Question 21

Industrially emergent

Answer 21

Very little manufacturing in these regions. However these regions are becoming attractive to MNC’s as they can take advantage of low costs e.g. Uganda

Question 22

Gases released from factories

Answer 22

Gases released from factories

Question 23

Fossil fuels

Answer 23

Oil, coal, gas

Question 24

Problems with acid rain

Answer 24

Washes nutrients from soil, damages fish stocks, disease spreads easily through forests
One impact of industrial activity on the environment