Theme 3 Keywords

Question 0

Secondary sector

Answer 0

Involved in processing the raw materials and manufacturing. And example of employment in this sector is clothing manufacturing.

Question 1

Primary sector

Answer 1

Involved in producing raw materials. An example of employment in this sector is farming.

Question 2

Tertiary sector

Answer 2

Provides a service to other industries or individuals like you. An example of employment in this sector is a sales assistant.

Question 3

Public sector

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This where the person is employed by the national, regional or local governments

Question 4

Private sector

Answer 4

This is where the person is employed by themselves or a company not owned by the government

Question 5

Percentage of people (globally) who works in the primary sector

Answer 5

43% of people

Question 6

Reasons for employment change?

Answer 6

Deindustrialization in the UK, humans being replaced by machines, cheaper manufacture goods in LEDC’s, wages cheaper in LEDC’s, LEDC countries are more relaxed health and safety laws, countries such as china and South Korea offer incentives to MNC’s to set up their country.

Question 7

Mechanisation

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Increased use of machines to replace humans

Question 8

Deindustrialization

Answer 8

Change in employment from secondary industries to tertiary industries

Question 9

Knowledge economy

Answer 9

Jobs which require high levels if education and training

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Formal occupation

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Workers who have a contract of employment giving them rights such as a regular wage

Question 11

Acid rain

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Unnaturally acidic rain caused by a high concentration of certain pollutants (especially nitrogen dioxide and sulpher dioxide) in the atmosphere

Question 12

Adult literacy

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The percentage of the adult population who can read and write

Question 13

Biodiversity

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The variety of living things

Question 14

Brain drain

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The reduction in the number of highly qualified workers due to emigration

Question 15

BRICM

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico. Large and growing economies that contribute towards global patterns of trade and interdependence

Question 16

Carbon neutral

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A product or development that does not add any extra any carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere over its lifetime

Question 17

Carbon sinks

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Places where carbon is stored over very long periods of time, for example fossil fuels

Question 18

Climate

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Taking weather readings over long periods of time and then working out averages, patterns and trends

Question 19

Climate change

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A long term change in the annual weather conditions. These changes can be natural or caused by human actions

Question 20

Clone town

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Towns with retail areas that consist mainly of chain stores but have few independent retailers

Question 21

Commute

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When people who live in rural areas travel everyday to jobs in urban areas

Question 22

Debt for nature swap

Answer 22

An agreement between poorer nations that owe money to richer nations. The poorer nation agrees to send money on a conservation project. In exchange the richer country agrees to cancel part of the debt of money that is owed

Question 23

De-industrialisation

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A shift in employment from manufacturing to jobs that provided a service

Question 24

Depravation

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To lack some basic needs of life, such as education, clean water, enough food or equality

Question 25

Development gap

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The difference in wealth between rich and poor countries

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Emergency aid

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Help that is given urgently after a natural disaster or a conflict to protect the lives of survivors

Question 27

Emissions

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Chemicals released into the atmosphere by industry such as nitrogen oxide

Question 28

Fair trade

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An organisation that aims to guarantee that the producer of goods, such as foodstuffs and clothing, gets a fair price for their goods

Question 29

Free trade

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When countries trade without any limits to the amount of goods that can be exported and imported

Question 30

Greenhouse effect

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A natural process in which gases such as carbon dioxide trap heat energy in the atmosphere

Question 31

Green house gases

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Gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane that are able to trap heat in the atmosphere

Question 32

Gross national income (GNI) per person/ gross national product (GDP)

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The average income in a country per person

Question 33

High tech industries

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The use of advance technology in manufacturing such as defence systems and medical equipment

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Knowledge intensive service

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Industries such as finance and education

Question 35

Labour intensive

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Work that is still done by hand rather than using labour saving machines

Question 36

Manufacturing

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The production of goods and processes materials by secondary sector economy

Question 37

Mechanisation

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The increased use of machines to replace human labour

Question 38

Millennium development goals

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Development targets set by the United Nations with aims to meet by 2015

Question 39

Multilateral aid

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Funding that involves many donor countries

Question 40

MNC's multinational companies

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Large businesses, such as Sony, Microsoft, McDonalds that have branches in several countries

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TNC'S transnational companies

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Large businesses, such as Sony, Microsoft, McDonald's that have branches in several countries

Question 42

Negative multiplier effect

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A downward spiral of decline in the economy. Negative multipliers may be triggered by the closure of a large employer

Question 43

Newly industrialised country (MIC)

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Newly industrialised countries such as India, Thailand or Indonesia have a large percentage if the workforce working in the secondary (manufacturing) industry

Question 44

Overseas development aid

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Government funding given to many different long term development projects abroad

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Positive development aid

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A positive chain of events triggered by the creation of new jobs I'm a region

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Poverty

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People who live below a certain income level

Question 47

Poverty line

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A level of income. If someone earns less than this amount they are said to be poor

Question 48

Primary commodities

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Raw materials that have not been produces raw materials such as food stuffs, timber or minerals

Question 49

Quotas

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Restrictions on the number of particular goods that can be imported each year

Question 50

Remittances

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The return of money sent by migrant workers to support their families who have remained at home

Question 51

Sanitation

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The safe removal of waste water