TRADE
TECHNOLOGY
TOURISM
PRODUCTION / CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTION/CONSUMPTION
100
Name one of Australia's top trading partners
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- United States
- Taiwan
- New Zealand
- Vietnam
100
Provide a disadvantage to social media.
Misinformation, online bullying, addiction, mental health issues.
100
Where are the Twelve Apostles located
Victoria
100
What is the first stage in production and consumption?
Extracting or growing raw materials.
100
True/False Australia consumes fast fashion
True
200
What cargo do tankers typically carry?
Crude oil, chemicals and petroleum.
200
What does ICT stand for?
Information Communication Technology.
200
What trend is observed in international tourist arrivals between 1950 and 2018?
Tourist arrivals have generally increased.
200
What is unethical about cacao farming?
Child labour.
Underpaid/exploited workers.
200
Why has Vodafone relocated some of its call centres from Australia to the Philippines?
Lower wages
300
What is the term used to describe the exchange of goods and services between different countries?
International trade
300
List two types of transport technology.
Container ships
Bulk carriers
Tankers
Aeroplanes
Speed trains
300
Define ecotourism.
A form of tourism where the focus is on preserving the natural environment.
300
Define a sweatshop.
Unsafe, large warehouses with illegal working conditions.
300
5.2% of the waste in the world's landfill is textiles.
What is the main impact of textile waste in landfills?
Land pollution
400
Provide a reason why goods and services are traded in Australia.
Improve the economy, create international relations, provide jobs, more access to resources.
400
The global growth of companies always leads to improved levels of efficiency.
False
400
What are some examples of tourist attractions?
Museums, historical sites, and natural wonders.
400
How does manufacturing contribute to environmental degradation?
Pollution, toxic waste and water contamination.
400
How do government initiatives, like the Return and Earn scheme, encourage individuals to minimise waste?
Through financial incentives.
500
What is Australia's main importing sector?
Manufactured good
500
Complete the sentence:
Due to transportation improvements, international migration has…
increased.
500
What are the positive impacts of tourism on a destination?
Cultural exchange and economic growth.
500
Factories alone are to blame for one-third of the pollution that has contributed to climate change.
False
500
What percentage of global manufacturing does China account for?
5%, 10%, 20%, 30%
20%
600
A _________________________ is an international treaty between two or more economies that reduces or eliminates certain barriers to trade in goods and services, as well as investment.
Free trade agreement (FTA)
600
A system of freight transport for use in sea shipping that has reduced the transport costs of moving thousands of different goods across the globe.
Containerisation
600
What is sustainable tourism?
Tourism that prioritizes the needs of local communities and the environment.
600
In Brazil, landowners in the Amazon are legally required to maintain 35% to 80% of their land under native vegetation in an effort to reduce land clearing.
What is this an example of?
Governments responding to deforestation impacts.
600
How does the Australian government typically manage high inflation?
Increasing interest rates.