Trade and Transport 🥲 Flashcards

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1
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What does it mean to import? :)

A
  • to bring goods into a country
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What does it mean to export?

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  • to send goods out of a country
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3
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What is trade?

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  • Activity or process of buying and selling goods or services
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4
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What is “mode of transport” (RIP english 💀)

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  • a type of transport (duh?) e.g. ( Shan don’t say e g out loud :) )road, rail, or sea
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5
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List some types of transport (pretty easy)

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  • road🚗
  • rail🛤
  • sea⛴
  • air✈️
  • pipeline🚽
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6
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What do we exchange goods for?

A

mOnEy

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7
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Why do we import goods from other countries?

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Because we are useless and can’t make them ourselves 😃

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Why do we export good to other countries?

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Because they are useless and cant make it THEMselves 😃🔪

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9
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Find the wrong word/words and correct it/them:

Fighting other countries provide important links between people all over the word.

A

Wrong word: Fighting

TRADING WITH other countries creates important links between people all over the world

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10
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Is trade possible without transport

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The answer is obvious bye 🕳🏃‍♀️

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What are the paths that ships, planes, trains and trucks take called?

A

rOuTeS

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12
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What is a factor (?) about a route?

Ik it doesn’t make sense ^

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Route availability e.g. ships cant transport stuff inland (I thought they could 🥲)

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13
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What is a factor (?) about speed?

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Urgent and perishable goods need to be transported quickly and this is easier via plane ✈️🍓🥓🫐🍪

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What is a factor (?) about price?

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Bulky products (e.g coal) are cheaper to transport via sea than air ⛴>✈️

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What is a factor (?) about time?

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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 😑

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16
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Wo’ i’ car’o

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Commercial goods that are transported by ship, truck, sail, air

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17
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Wot is bulk cargo

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Cargo that is transported in bulk (duh), sugar, oil, iron, ore and coal.

18
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What is a railway link?

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A railway line that links two important places.

19
Q

Can cargo be transferred from one mode of transport to another?

A

Yes, ship container to truck etc.

20
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Give 3 advantages of road transport

A
  • quicker
  • smaller loads
  • loads and unloads quickly
21
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Give 2 disadvantages of rail transport

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  • not flexible (only delivers to railway station)

- takes time

22
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Give 3 disadvantages of road transport

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  • expensive (lost of fuel needed)
  • damages road
  • limited load
23
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Give 2 advantages of rail transport

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  • handles heavy loads and bulk

- cheaper than road transport

24
Q

What is MTS?

A

Mass
Rapid
Transit
System

25
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What are commuters?

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People who travel from their homes to work each day.

26
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What is the metrorail?

A

Commuter rail service in South Africa 🇿🇦

27
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What is BRT?

A

Bus rapid
Transit
System

28
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Gautrain

A

Mass Rapid Transit system in Gauteng

29
Q

List three types of private transport 🔪

A
  • Cars
  • Bicycles
  • minibus/taxi/uber (privately owned companies)
30
Q

Cars can be found in low/middle/high and low/middle/high areas

A

Middle and high (🚬😃) income areas

31
Q

What are disadvantages and advantages of owning a car.

A
  • expensive
  • comfortable
  • convenient
32
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How are bicycles dangerous

A

Dangerous in busy cities

33
Q

True/false

South African population rely heavy on private cars as transport

A

FALSE (DUH)

they rely on taxis and minibuses (sometimes ubers)

34
Q

Are taxis/minibuses/Uber’s privately owned or provided by the government?

A

Privately owned (sElFiSh BaStArDs)

35
Q

Taxis are cheap and reduce congestion

A

Thats just a statement no answer needed

Have a cookie for ur good work 🍪

36
Q

List transport issues

A
Traffic congestion 🚗🚙🚕🚗🚋🚓🏎🚗
Pollution 🚗💨
Rising costs💰🪙💳💶
Not enough routes 
Inconvenient routes
37
Q

List stuff about rapid transport systems ig (4)

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  • runs all day
  • cheap
  • comfortable
  • safe and stops frequently
38
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List stuff about subsided transport systems (3)

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  • passenger busses and trains
  • no minibuses or taxis
  • pedestrian streets
39
Q

List stuff about cycle and bus lanes (3)

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  • dangerous in busy cities
  • cheap and environmentally friendly
  • cycle lanes for bus lanes (idk i had it written down)
40
Q

List stuff about park and ride systems (2)

Lmao it sounds so wrong

A
  • park at special carparks and take bus

- useful during sport snd music events

41
Q

List stuff about car free zones (2)

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  • cities become congested so cars are excluded 😢 poowah wittle caws
  • rather take any public transport
42
Q

We are done so begone

A