Starter quiz
- What is globalisation?
- Countries becoming more interconnected and dependent on each other ✓
- A type of social media
- A new form of government
- A way of growing food
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- What is the term for the exchange of goods and services between countries?
- Travel
- Migration
- Trade ✓
- Sport
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- Which of the following is an example of global trade?
- A local farmer selling their bread only in their town.
- A company in the UK buying laptops made in Thailand. ✓
- A library organising a book swap within the local area.
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- Which of the following is an example of a product that might be traded internationally?
- A locally made bench
- A smartphone ✓
- A homemade knitted jumper
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- How has globalisation affected the UK?
- It has made trade with other countries easier and faster ✓
- It has made the UK more isolated
- It has stopped the UK from trading at all
- It has decreased the number of jobs in the UK
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- What is a trade agreement?
- A deal between two or more countries to make it easier to buy and sell goods ✓
- A list of rules about which products can be sold
- A competition between countries to make the best products
- A document saying which country has the most resources
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Exit quiz
- Which of these is an example of an import for the UK?
- Cars made in the UK
- Chocolate from Belgium ✓
- Wool from the UK
- Apple juice made in the UK
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- ______ is the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people.
- 'Trade' ✓
- A lot of the things we buy in the UK come from other countries in the world. These are called ______.
- 'Imports' ✓
- Why does the UK import many products from other countries?
- The UK doesn’t have enough workers
- To offer a variety of goods to consumers ✓
- The UK doesn’t have its own industries
- The UK only trades with neighbouring countries
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The UK trades goods and products with countries around the world.
- The UK imports food, products and other goods that it does not produce itself.
- The UK exports goods and manufactured products produced here to other countries that want to buy them.
Common misconception
Most of our imports in the UK come from China.
Most of our imports in the UK come from the US and EU countries.
Keywords
Trade - the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people, companies and countries
Import - goods and services brought in from another country
Export - goods and services sold to another country
Manuacturing - the making of goods on a large scale, often using machinery
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