Lesson Y9-U01-L08

The UK in a Globalised World Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 13

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U01-L08, The UK in a Globalised World: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 13: Year 9: A Globalised World: Economies, Trade and Power, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the long-term decline of a country's manufacturing industry?

    • Globalisation
    • Tertiarisation
    • Urbanisation
    • Deindustrialisation

  2. What type of economy generates most of its wealth from services like banking?

    • Manufacturing economy
    • Primary economy
    • Agricultural economy
    • Service economy

  3. What does FDI stand for?

    • Fixed development index
    • Free domestic income
    • Foreign direct investment
    • Final delivery item

  4. What do food miles measure?

    • Transport distance
    • Retail price
    • Carbon absorption
    • Food weight

  5. In the Clark-Fisher model, which sector grows most as a country develops?

    • Tertiary sector
    • Secondary sector
    • Primary sector
    • Quaternary sector

  6. About what share of UK jobs were in manufacturing in 1980?

    • About 75 percent
    • About 25 percent
    • About 10 percent
    • About 50 percent

  7. What share of UK jobs is in manufacturing today?

    • About 75 percent
    • About 25 percent
    • Under 10 percent
    • About 50 percent

  8. Roughly how many people does London, as a world financial centre, employ?

    • Over 500,000
    • Under 5,000
    • About 50,000
    • Exactly one million

  9. In which year did the Japanese car firm Nissan build its plant in Sunderland?

    • 1956
    • 1996
    • 1976
    • 1986

  10. Roughly how many people does Nissan's Sunderland plant employ?

    • About 600,000
    • About 600
    • About 6,000
    • About 60,000

  11. Why are foreign-owned factory jobs in the UK often considered vulnerable to sudden loss?

    • Local council policies
    • Domestic tax rates
    • External decision-making
    • UK worker strikes

  12. Which transport method allows UK supermarkets to sell out-of-season foreign food?

    • Canal barges
    • Local delivery vans
    • National railways
    • Air freight

  13. Distances food travelled to a UK shop: Kenya beans 6,800 km, Peru asparagus 10,200 km, Spain tomatoes 1,500 km, UK apples 50 km. Which food travelled furthest?

    • UK apples
    • Peru asparagus
    • Spain tomatoes
    • Kenya beans

  14. Distances food travelled to a UK shop: Kenya beans 6,800 km, Peru asparagus 10,200 km, Spain tomatoes 1,500 km, UK apples 50 km. Which food travelled the least?

    • UK apples
    • Kenya beans
    • Spain tomatoes
    • Peru asparagus

  15. Roughly how far do green beans flown from Kenya travel to reach a UK shelf?

    • About 6,800 km
    • About 10,200 km
    • About 680 km
    • About 1,500 km

  16. When a factory relocates overseas, which group typically gains new employment?

    • Local town residents
    • Overseas workers
    • Domestic trade unions
    • Former factory staff

  17. How are the economic costs usually distributed geographically when a major factory closes?

    • Concentrated locally
    • Spread evenly nationally
    • Borne by global consumers
    • Absorbed entirely abroad

  18. Which of the following is a major economic cost of globalisation for the UK?

    • Greater food choice
    • Industrial job losses
    • Cheaper consumer goods
    • Increased service wealth

  19. What is the best overall verdict on globalisation's impact on the UK?

    • Complete economic stagnation
    • Unmitigated disaster
    • Mixed outcomes
    • Universal benefit

  20. Why do high food miles present a negative environmental impact?

    • Plastic packaging
    • Soil erosion
    • Water pollution
    • Carbon emissions

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