Economic Change in the UK Quiz

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Which industry dominated the UKs economy during the mid-nineteenth century?

Agriculture (primary)

Knowledge (quaternary)

Manufacturing (secondary)

Services (tertiary)

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How did the UK’s industrial structure change during the twentieth century?

Primary declined, secondary increases, tertiary increased and quaternary declined.

Primary and tertiary declined, secondary and quaternary grew.

Primary and secondary declined, tertiary and quaternary grew.

Primary and secondary and tertiary declined and quaternary grew.

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What proportion of the UK’s workforce was employed in the service sector in 2015?

58 per cent

68 per cent

88 per cent

78 per cent

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Which of the following is not one of the three main causes of economic change in the UK?

Government policies

International aid

Deindustrialisation

Globalisation

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What is deindustrialisation?

Deindustrialisation is the decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEEs.

Deindustrialisation is the growth of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to an increase in availability of raw materials, growth of markets and reduced competition from other countries.

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True or false? Deindustrialisation is one of the most significant economic processes to have taken place in the UK.

True

False

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Which of the following regions has been least affected by deindustrialisation?

South Wales

North East England

Yorkshire

London

Clydeside

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Which of the following is not a legacy of the decline in heavy industry and closure of coal mines in the 1970s and 1980s?

Environmental dereliction

Unemployment

Low-incomes

Low social deprivation

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Which of the following best describe globalisation?

Globalisation means free trade can occur between every country in the world.

Globalisation means it is easier to travel around the world.

Globalisation means that the world is becoming interconnected by trade and culture exchange.

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Which of the following has transformed the global economic landscape? (select 2 answers).

Please select 2 correct answers

The growth of TNCs.

The increase in the number of LICs.

Rapid economic growth in Africa.

Rapid economic growth in Asia.

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Which of the following is not a government policy that has sought to address economic change in the UK?

Financial incentives to invest in agriculture.

The establishment of state-run industries e.g. British Steel Corporation.

The transformation of many former industrial areas such as London’s Docklands.

The encouragement of investment in the high-tech manufacturing sector.

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True or false? Since 2010 the UK government has sought to rebalance the economy by investing in high-speed rail connections with the Northern Powerhouse.

False

True

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