Lesson Y9-U01-L03

Y9-U01-L03 Global Trade and Trade Flows Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 13

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U01-L03, Global Trade and Trade Flows: 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 are imports?

    • Goods a country sells out to other countries
    • Goods that are never traded between countries
    • Goods that a country makes and stores at home only
    • Goods a country buys in from other countries

  2. Which of these is an example of a UK export?

    • Crude oil bought from Norway
    • Smartphones made in China
    • Bananas bought from Costa Rica
    • Scotch whisky sold to China

  3. Which of these is an import for the UK?

    • Cars sold to Germany
    • Medicines sold to the USA
    • Bananas from Costa Rica
    • Scotch whisky sold to India

  4. What is a trade flow?

    • The speed at which a ship sails through a canal, measured in knots for every single voyage made
    • The number of workers in a single factory
    • The movement of goods from one place to another, often shown as a line
    • The total weight of a country's annual rainfall

  5. On a flow-line map, what does a thicker arrow show?

    • A longer period of time without any trade
    • A larger flow of goods or money
    • A place that is further from the equator
    • A cheaper product in the shop

  6. On a flow-line map, what does the direction of an arrow show?

    • The time of day that trade takes place
    • The height of the land along the route
    • The number of people living in each country
    • The direction in which the goods travel

  7. In the China to Europe example, which place is the exporter?

    • The UK only
    • Neither country
    • China
    • Europe

  8. Which goods are typically exported from China to Europe in a trade-flow example?

    • Coal and timber only
    • Wheat and sugar beet
    • Electronics and clothing
    • Gold and silver bullion

  9. Where does coffee mainly grow?

    • In the tropics
    • In the middle of deserts
    • On the polar ice caps
    • Only in heated greenhouses in the UK

  10. Why can making goods in some countries be cheaper?

    • Lower wages make goods cheaper to produce there
    • Wages decide the colour of a shipping container
    • Wages stop goods from being exported at all
    • Higher wages make goods travel faster by ship

  11. Why do container ships make long-distance trade cheap?

    • They sail only during the summer months
    • They carry only small parcels one at a time
    • They move huge loads cheaply, so distance adds little to the price
    • They must stop at every port along the way to refuel, load and unload before they continue

  12. UK goods imports by region: EU 42%, China 13%, USA 10%, rest of Asia 13%, rest of world 22%. Which region supplies the largest share?

    • The EU, at about 42 percent
    • China, at about 13 percent
    • The rest of the world, at about 22 percent
    • The USA, at about 10 percent

  13. UK goods imports by region: EU 42%, China 13%, USA 10%, rest of Asia 13%, rest of world 22%. What share came from the USA?

    • About 42 percent
    • About 22 percent
    • About 10 percent
    • About 13 percent

  14. UK goods imports: about 42% from the EU and about 13% from China. Roughly how many percentage points more came from the EU?

    • About 39 percentage points
    • About 19 percentage points
    • About 52 percentage points
    • About 29 percentage points

  15. Why does the UK trade most with the nearby EU?

    • It is close, so transport costs and journey times are lower
    • It is the only region that grows coffee
    • It is the only region the UK is allowed to trade with
    • It is the largest region on the planet by area

  16. Which regions do the thickest trade-flow arrows connect?

    • Small islands in the Pacific only
    • Europe, North America and East Asia
    • Antarctica and the Arctic
    • Central Africa and the Sahara

  17. Why are the thickest trade flows usually between wealthy, industrialised regions?

    • They both produce and buy large amounts of goods
    • They have no ports, so goods must travel by air
    • They trade only in raw materials, never in finished goods
    • They have banned trade with all other regions

  18. A thick arrow runs from Peru to the UK. What does its thickness show?

    • The distance between the two countries
    • The price of the goods in the UK shop
    • A small flow of goods that is rarely used
    • A large flow of goods, such as avocados

  19. Which statement best judges whether distance or cost matters more in trade?

    • Distance always matters most, so no far-away country can ever trade with the UK
    • Cost often matters more: China is far away yet still supplies goods because production and shipping are cheap
    • Distance and cost never influence where goods come from
    • Cost has no effect at all, because every good is priced the same everywhere in the world, wherever it is made and sold

  20. A product travels 9,000 km but is still cheaper than a local one. What best explains this?

    • Local products must always be made by hand at high cost, with no machines or workers involved at all
    • Distance makes goods lighter so they cost less to move
    • Long-distance goods are always paid for free by governments
    • Cheap production abroad and low shipping cost per unit outweigh the long journey

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