Topic 5: The UK’s evolving human landscape

Question 1

What are the impacts of international migration?

Answer 1

1. Growth and enlargement of the european union
2. Increase in workers
3. Increase in immigrants
4. More diversity.

Question 2

What does inequality mean?

Answer 2

Lack of consistent equality between sets of people in areas, cities, or across whole countries.

Question 3

How can we measure inequality?

Answer 3

Statistics, surveys, salaries, wealth, health, house prices, jobs, food quality, pollution, life expectancy.

Question 4

What is it called when there are inequalities between different areas of one country?

Answer 4

Regional disparities.

Question 5

What are examples of regional disparities?

Answer 5

Lack of transport, income, weather, relief, factories closed

Question 6

List some places that suffer from regional disparities.

Answer 6

Sheffield, Scotland, wales, north England.

Question 7

How does the government try and solve regional disparities?

Answer 7

Donations to the north to spend on improving the cities infrastructure.

Question 8

What are the 3 types of migration affecting the UK?

Answer 8

Retirement, International, Rural to Urban

Question 9

What does assisted area status offer?

Answer 9

Less wealthy areas get government funding.

Question 10

What are assisted areas?

Answer 10

Areas of highest need.

Question 11

What are the different industry sectors>

Answer 11

Primary - agriculture
Secondary - Manufacturing (light, etc)
Tertiary - Services(NHS, keyworkers, banking, police)
Quarternary - highly skilled (research and development)

Question 12

Define ‘deindustrialization’

Answer 12

Decreased activity in manufacturing and the closure of industries, leading to unemployment.

Question 13

Define ‘industrialization’

Answer 13

An increase in the popularity of the secondary sector of the economy (manufacturing)

Question 14

How has the economy in the North East changed over time?

Answer 14

The North East used to be dominated by heavy industry but in the last 50 years has declined due to foreign competition, high land, and labor costs.

Question 15

How has the economy in the South East changed over time?

Answer 15

There has been economic growth in the South East as there are important oil refineries at Southhampton, and the M4 corridor become a center for light industries

Question 16

Why is the South East so attractive to industries?

Answer 16

Has a network of motorways and railways, has a large market, close to the decision-making centre of London and the region is close to the channel tunnel, giving access to Europe.

Question 17

What is the North/South Divide?

Answer 17

Wealth divide between the North and the South.

Question 18

Why is there a North/South Divide?

Answer 18

Many businesses choose to set up in the south instead of the North.

Question 19

What is the economic difference in the North compared to the South?

Answer 19

Lower incomes, higher unemployment, lower house prices, worse education, lower life expectancy.

Question 20

What is the economic difference in the South compared to the North?

Answer 20

Private sector dominant, higher incomes, lower unemployment, higher house prices, better education, higher life expectancy.

Question 21

What is globalisation?

Answer 21

increased connections between countries

Question 22

What are TNCS (Transnational companies)?

Answer 22

a company that operates in multiple countries