Unit 2: UK In The 21st Century

Question 1

What is the UK’s population?

Answer 1

≈ 67 million

Question 2

What percentage of the uk lives in towns and cities?

Answer 2

85%

Question 3

Where is the most densely populated in the UK?

Answer 3

South East

Question 4

Where in the UK has the least rainfall

Answer 4

South East

Question 5

What is the fertility rate in the UK?

Answer 5

1.75

Question 6

How is the UK’s population increasing?

Answer 6

Immigration

Question 7

What type of population does the UK have?

Answer 7

Ageing

Question 8

Which stage of the demographic transition model is the UK?

Answer 8

Between 4 and 5

(Low birth rates, women educated, low death rates, high life expectancy)

Question 9

What is the life expectancy of the UK?

Answer 9

81 years

Question 10

How much does it cost to raise a child in the UK?

Answer 10

100,000 pounds

Question 11

What is the distribution of people over the age of 65 in the UK?

Answer 11

Coastal areas = quieter, slower pace

Question 12

What are the challenges of an ageing population?

Answer 12

NHS busier, high number of economic dependents

Question 13

What are the UK government’s response to the ageing population?

Answer 13

Increasing work age to 68 by 2046
Allowing more immigration

Question 14

What type of population does London have?

Answer 14

Youthful

Question 15

How is london’s population increasing?

Answer 15

Natural increase

Question 16

What net migration does London have?

Answer 16

0

Question 17

What percentage of London is “white British”

Answer 17

37%

Question 18

What are the three factors affecting economic change in the UK?

Answer 18

Deindustrialisation, globalisation, government policies

Question 19

Why is deindustrialisation a factor affecting economic change in the UK?

Answer 19

A.C.E

Automation: Machines do the work of employees - fewer people work in secondary sector
Competition: Cheaper goods can be imported - fewer people needed in UK
Exhaustion: Raw materials harder to extract - factories close - mines shut

Question 20

Why is globalisation a factor affecting economic change in the UK?

Answer 20

Manufacturing has risen in EDCs - fewer factories needed in UK
TNCs moved tertiary & quaternary jobs to UK - more people employed in other sectors
Trade - UK invests in higher paying tertiary & quaternary jobs

Question 21

Why are government policies a factor affecting economic change in the UK?

Answer 21

Manufacturing industries privatised - secondary jobs moved abroad
Trade agreements - EU trade block - trade more so fewer primary / secondary jobs required
Taxes, tariffs & quotas - buy more products from abroad

Question 22

What is an economic hub?

Answer 22

Focal point of a country or region’s economy

Question 23

What are the features of an economic hub?

Answer 23

High economic growth, small-medium enterprises, TNCs, dynamic (change over time), strong quaternary industries, skilled workforce, transport connections

Question 24

What are growth corridors?

Answer 24

Transport links that connect economic hubs

Question 25

What is an agglomeration?

Answer 25

Several businesses located together

Question 26

Where are the major growth corridors in the UK?

Answer 26

Coming out of London E.g. M4, M1

Question 28

What percentage of the UK’s population live in London?

Answer 28

13%

Question 29

What percentage of the UK’s wealth is generated in London?

Answer 29

22%

Question 30

What are the changes to transport in London?

Answer 30

2003 congestion charge 40% increase in public transport

Question 31

What are the changes to the economy in London?

Answer 31

House prices doubled since 2000 Living in London more desirable

Question 32

What are the changes to the population of London?

Answer 32

1/2 of Londoners have a degree 1/3 of Londoners were born abroad

Question 33

What is the Untied Nations?

Answer 33

Set up in 1945 International cooperation & peace Promote human rights, economic development, protect environment, provide aid

Question 34

What is the UK’s significance in the United Nations?

Answer 34

On the UN security council

Question 35

What is the group of 7?

Answer 35

Seven most advanced economies US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK

Question 36

What percentage of their GDP must NATO countries spend on defence?

Answer 36

2%

Question 37

What is GDP?

Answer 37

Gross Domestic Product - amount of money made by a country through trade and exports

Question 38

What is ISAF?

Answer 38

International Security Assistance Force - combined army of lots of countries

Question 39

How many troops did the UK have in Afghanistan at the height of the conflict?

Answer 39

9,500

Question 40

How many UK troops were killed in Afghanistan?

Answer 40

453

Question 41

What are the successes of the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan?

Answer 41

1 million -> 6 million children attending school 40% of children at school were girls 9% -> over 50% have access to primary healthcare Infant mortality halved Life expectancy 56 -> 63 GDP $18 billion (seven times higher) First election 2004

Question 42

Why was the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan controversial?

Answer 42

>300 civilians died

Question 43

Why was the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan unsuccessful?

Answer 43

Taliban took over after the UK left Girls now banned from attending school GDP now $14.5bn No longer democratic

Question 44

What examples are there of UK media exports?

Answer 44

James Bond - 102.9 million pounds Harry Potter - 7.7 billion pounds Peppa pig - dubbed into 40+ languages, broadcast in 180 countries, learn English abroad

Question 45

What is the importance of the UK media industry?

Answer 45

1.7 million jobs Contributes 70bn pounds a year

Question 46

What are the examples of how the uk media has been influenced by different cultures?

Answer 46

_BBC Asian Network_ Broadcast in south Asian languages Asian music chart _Citizen Khan_ Combines British sitcom with Pakistani culture _Music_ Drake’s ‘One Dance’ spent 15 weeks as UK No.1