The UK's evolving human landscape

Question 1

What is rural settlements?

Answer 1

Settlements with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Question 2

What is conurbation?

Answer 2

When a city has expanded outwards and absorbed smaller settlements that used to be separate

Question 3

What is the urban core?

Answer 3

The central part of a conurbation: high population density

Question 4

What is the urban fringe?

Answer 4

The settlement areas around the edge of the urban core: lower density

Question 5

What is population density?

Answer 5

The number of people per square kilometre

Question 6

Where do many people who live in rural areas work?

Answer 6

Urban areas

Question 7

What do people who work in rural areas work in?

Answer 7

The primary sector: fishing, forestry, agriculture

Question 8

In 1961 what percentage of people living the UK who were born in another country?

Answer 8

3%

Question 9

In 2015 what percentage of people living the UK were born in a different country?

Answer 9

13%

Question 10

In 2015 how many people living in the UK were born in another country?

Answer 10

8million

Question 11

What is the current UK government policy aiming to reduce the level of migration to?

Answer 11

1million per year

Question 12

What is the UK apart of that restricts the UK from stopping/reducing migration?

Answer 12

EU

Question 13

How is the UK planning to reduce migration?

Answer 13

To make immigration by non-EU migrants more difficult

Question 14

Where are the top 5 places immigrants comes from?

Answer 14

India
Poland
Pakistan
Ireland
Germany

Question 15

What are immigrants usually and why is this bad?

Answer 15

Young so therefore they are likely to have children

Question 16

What economic changes has there been in the UK?

Answer 16

There has been a big growth in tertiary and quaternary industry

Question 17

Why was there a decline in the coal industry in the UK?

Answer 17

Even though coal is still a very important fuel it is cheaper to import from other countries

Question 18

What replaced the coal mines and why is this bad?

Answer 18

New service industries have grown, such as warehouses however they pay much less than what the coal miner had been earning

Question 19

What is globalisation?

Answer 19

The process by which trade and investment build more and more connections between countries

Question 20

What is foreign direct investment (FDI)?

Answer 20

When people in one country invest in businesses in another country to extent that they gain significant control over how those businesses run

Question 21

What is transnational corporation (TNCs)?

Answer 21

Businesses run from one country that have control over enterprises in other countries

Question 22

How has globalisation increased FDI in the UK?

Answer 22

Globalisation is strong in banking an finance because money can be moved electronically around the world so London is a global centre for finance

Question 23

How has trade deals increased FDI in the UK?

Answer 23

Trade deals with developed and emerging countries make imports and exports cheaper and easier and create UK jobs

Question 24

How has the EU increased FDI in the UK?

Answer 24

The EU encourages free trade between member states and sets up good trade deals for the whole EU with other countries

Question 25

How has the UK government increased FDI in the UK?

Answer 25

UK governments have encouraged FDI by privatising industries and allowing foreign companies to buy them