TRANSPORT
Answer the questions
true (T) or false (F)
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100

Most common type of transport used for transporting people and goods, especially over short distances

Road Transport

100

State     two ways that transport has improved as a result of technological     advances.

It´s faster and safer

100

Tertiary     sector services are located near consumers and provided on demand.     

TRUE

100

The ____________________ network in Spain is made up of 165 686 km of roads. It’s a radial network with Madrid at its centre. However, the government intends to expand this network to improve direct links between other cities. 

Road

200

Important for transporting within cities.

Rail Transport

200

State     the three important areas where tourism has an impact.     

Economy, landscape and environment

200

Transport     infrastructure takes care of natural landscapes.       

False

  1. Transport     infrastructure led to drastic changes in the landscape.       

200

Spain’s ____________________ network has 16 000 km of track, of which 3 000 km is high-speed track. Spain has the most extensive high-speed rail network in Europe. It’s the second biggest in the world, after that of China. 

railway

300

Slower form of transport, but it’s cheaper and can carry heavy or bulky loads.

Maritime transport

300

Name     some of the different types of tourism.

Cultural, nature,, beach theme parks and cruises

300

Foreign     or international trade takes place within a country.     

false

Foreign     or international trade takes place between two or more countries

300

Spain has 52 ____________________. The busiest, Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport, is used by more than 53.4 million passengers each year. Barcelona-El Prat is used by 47.2 million, and Palma de Mallorca 27.9 million. Along Spain’s approximately 8 000 km of coastline, there are important ____________________, such as in Valencia, Algeciras, and Bilbao. 

Airports

Ports

400

Most expensive type of transport.

Air Transport

400

What’s     the name given to buying and selling products and services on the     Internet?

E- commerce

400

More     than 75% of the active population in Spain work in the tertiary     sector.       

true

400
  1. Trade     and retail employs more than 7% of Spain’s active population. More     than half of these people work for small     ____________________businesses.     Spain has a trade ____________________:     there are more imports than exports. Most of Spain’s foreign trade     is with other ____________________     and the UK. There’s also trade with Latin America, Japan, China     and the United States.     

retail

deficit

EU members

500

Made up of hubs and spokes.

Transport links

500

What’s     trade?     

buying and selling of products or services

500

Manufacturing generates more money than trade and employs many people.     

false:

Trade     generates more money than manufacturing and employs many people.     


500

Spain     ____________________     energy sources and industrial machinery. Its ____________________     include fruit, vegetables and other food products such as wine,     olive oil and cheese. Spain also exports transport     ____________________     and equipment

import

export

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