Trade and Transport 🥲 Flashcards
What does it mean to import? :)
- to bring goods into a country
What does it mean to export?
- to send goods out of a country
What is trade?
- Activity or process of buying and selling goods or services
What is “mode of transport” (RIP english 💀)
- a type of transport (duh?) e.g. ( Shan don’t say e g out loud :) )road, rail, or sea
List some types of transport (pretty easy)
- road🚗
- rail🛤
- sea⛴
- air✈️
- pipeline🚽
What do we exchange goods for?
mOnEy
Why do we import goods from other countries?
Because we are useless and can’t make them ourselves 😃
Why do we export good to other countries?
Because they are useless and cant make it THEMselves 😃🔪
Find the wrong word/words and correct it/them:
Fighting other countries provide important links between people all over the word.
Wrong word: Fighting
TRADING WITH other countries creates important links between people all over the world
Is trade possible without transport
The answer is obvious bye 🕳🏃♀️
What are the paths that ships, planes, trains and trucks take called?
rOuTeS
What is a factor (?) about a route?
Ik it doesn’t make sense ^
Route availability e.g. ships cant transport stuff inland (I thought they could 🥲)
What is a factor (?) about speed?
Urgent and perishable goods need to be transported quickly and this is easier via plane ✈️🍓🥓🫐🍪
What is a factor (?) about price?
Bulky products (e.g coal) are cheaper to transport via sea than air ⛴>✈️
What is a factor (?) about time?
Teachers notes answer: A cruise could be much more pleasurable than flying even tho is is slower (makes no sense)
Answer: SOME STUFF LIKE PERISHABLE GOODS NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED QUICKLY BUT SOME ACTIVITIES DON’T RQUIRE QUICK TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS A CRUISE 😑
Wo’ i’ car’o
Commercial goods that are transported by ship, truck, sail, air
Wot is bulk cargo
Cargo that is transported in bulk (duh), sugar, oil, iron, ore and coal.
What is a railway link?
A railway line that links two important places.
Can cargo be transferred from one mode of transport to another?
Yes, ship container to truck etc.
Give 3 advantages of road transport
- quicker
- smaller loads
- loads and unloads quickly
Give 2 disadvantages of rail transport
- not flexible (only delivers to railway station)
- takes time
Give 3 disadvantages of road transport
- expensive (lost of fuel needed)
- damages road
- limited load
Give 2 advantages of rail transport
- handles heavy loads and bulk
- cheaper than road transport
What is MTS?
Mass
Rapid
Transit
System
What are commuters?
People who travel from their homes to work each day.
What is the metrorail?
Commuter rail service in South Africa 🇿🇦
What is BRT?
Bus rapid
Transit
System
Gautrain
Mass Rapid Transit system in Gauteng
List three types of private transport 🔪
- Cars
- Bicycles
- minibus/taxi/uber (privately owned companies)
Cars can be found in low/middle/high and low/middle/high areas
Middle and high (🚬😃) income areas
What are disadvantages and advantages of owning a car.
- expensive
- comfortable
- convenient
How are bicycles dangerous
Dangerous in busy cities
True/false
South African population rely heavy on private cars as transport
FALSE (DUH)
they rely on taxis and minibuses (sometimes ubers)
Are taxis/minibuses/Uber’s privately owned or provided by the government?
Privately owned (sElFiSh BaStArDs)
Taxis are cheap and reduce congestion
Thats just a statement no answer needed
Have a cookie for ur good work 🍪
List transport issues
Traffic congestion 🚗🚙🚕🚗🚋🚓🏎🚗 Pollution 🚗💨 Rising costs💰🪙💳💶 Not enough routes Inconvenient routes
List stuff about rapid transport systems ig (4)
- runs all day
- cheap
- comfortable
- safe and stops frequently
List stuff about subsided transport systems (3)
- passenger busses and trains
- no minibuses or taxis
- pedestrian streets
List stuff about cycle and bus lanes (3)
- dangerous in busy cities
- cheap and environmentally friendly
- cycle lanes for bus lanes (idk i had it written down)
List stuff about park and ride systems (2)
Lmao it sounds so wrong
- park at special carparks and take bus
- useful during sport snd music events
List stuff about car free zones (2)
- cities become congested so cars are excluded 😢 poowah wittle caws
- rather take any public transport
We are done so begone
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