Chapters 1,2,3

Question 1

Primary economic activities

Answer 1

Working with natural things eg farmer

Question 2

Secondary economic activities

Answer 2

Making or manufacturing something

Factory worker

Question 3

Tertiary economic activities

Answer 3

Providing a service
Baker
Teacher
Police

Question 4

Blanket bog

Answer 4

3-4 meters deep
Found In the west coast
Mostly family owned and harvested

Question 5

Raised bogs

Answer 5

8 meters deep
Mostly found in Midlands
Family and industrially harvested

Question 6

Ditcher

Answer 6

Used to drain the bog because water content usually 95%

Question 7

Grader

Answer 7

Used to level the bog

Question 8

Miller

Answer 8

Harvests the bog by scraping loose thin layer on top of the bog

Question 9

Harrow

Answer 9

Used to drain out loose peat

Question 10

Ridger

Answer 10

Gather loose dried peat

Question 11

Reasons for over fishing

Answer 11

Ireland joining the EU in 1973. We then lost control of our waters so other countries could fish

Modern technology
With radar and sonar technology fish can be found a lot faster so more can be caught

Modern technology
Now with factory boats fish can be froze and package at sea which eliminated the need for factory’s at the docks

Mesh sizes
Mesh sizes are small and baby fish which get caught these fish are not wanted so the population can’t repopulate

Quotas
Scientist have warned us saying we can only catch 10,000 tonnes but 60,000 were caught that year

Fishing seasons
Fish were allowed to be caught all year round which didn’t allow the fish time to repopulate

Question 12

Types of farms

Answer 12

Dairy ,milk butter cheese
Cereal,tillage maize wheat barley
Market,vegetables flowers fruits
Pastoral,cows calves 
Mixed all of the a both