SECTOR SHIFTS CASE STUDIES

Question 1

How has China’s economy shifted

Answer 1

China’s economy has shifted from the primary to the secondary sector

Question 2

Positive impacts on China’s sector shift

Answer 2

• Higher wages

- Higher living standard (more wages)

Question 3

Negative impacts on China’s sector shift

Answer 3

• Pollution

- People in rural areas and poor people now have worse quality of life - widened gap between rich and poor

Question 4

Sector shift in UK

Answer 4

The UK has experienced deindustrialization. It has changed its economy from the secondary sector to the tertiary sector.

Question 5

Reason why UK shifted

Answer 5

• global shift
• other countries have cheaper labour and land
• Easy to now transport goods from place to place due to tech

Question 6

Negative impacts of deindustrialisation in UK

Answer 6

Higher unemployment levels
Families lost homes
Large urban areas that used to be factories were demolished
Cities in the North of UK had to reimage themselves

Question 7

Positives f UK sector shift

Answer 7

• Agriculture still produces 60% of the country’s food supply - mechanisation has taken over