Jobs and Employment
What type of jobs are short-term and often found through online platforms rather than long-term contracts?
gig economy jobs
What is the term for the world becoming more connected through the movement of goods, people, money, and information?
Globalisation
How can automation affect jobs in the short term?
It can replace human workers, reducing some types of jobs before creating new ones.
What historical shift allowed humans to settle, farm, and begin primary-sector work, and when did this happen?
The Agricultural Revolution, around 10,000 years ago
What are the three main forces that change employment patterns?
Technology, government, and gloablisation
What kinds of jobs are specifically aimed at protecting the environment and combating climate change?
green jobs
What is a tariff?
Bonus: give an example
a tax a country places on imports or exports to protect its own industries
Bonus: EU's tax on bananas imported from non-EU countries
What is an example of a technological advance that changed how people work globally?
air travel, computers, factory machines, robotics
What caused the secondary sector of work to emerge, and when?
The Industrial Revolution, starting in the 18th century
What's an example of how technology affects jobs?
Automation can replace some manual jobs while creating tech-focused jobs
Which sector involves work like farming, fishing, and mining?
primary sector
What is it called when one country punishes another by restricting trade or applying economic penalties?
sanction
How did technology affect traditional sea trade routes like the Suez and Panama Canals?
Containerisation means more goods can be transported through these routes
Air travel, trucking, and trains reduced reliance on some major maritime routes (to an extent)
How has the tertiary sector grown over time, and why?
More people now work in services due to industrialization, urbanization, and global trade.
How can the government affect jobs?
Policies or laws, like minimum wage changes or trade agreements, can create or reduce employment opportunities
Which sector developed when countries began building factories and producing goods on a large scale?
Bonus: What major event caused this and when?
Secondary Sector
Bonus: Industrial Revolution, 18th century
What is a trade war?
when countries try to harm each other’s trade by increasing taxes on the other’s exports
Can technological advances instantly create more jobs?
No, they often replace jobs first, with new jobs taking time to appear.
What caused the quaternary sector to emerge, and when?
Computerisation in the 1970s
Companies may move production overseas or expand international trade, creating new jobs in some countries and reducing them in others
(Going further back, gloablisation through the Columbian Exchange brought reources to new places, leading to farming and businesses being created around new crops/goods [like coffee, potatoes, tomatoes, horses])
What kind of work is done in the quaternary sector?
highly specialized, knowledge-based work like IT, research, and financial services
Why were trade routes like the Silk Road historically important?
200 Bonus: Name one thing Europe got from the Columbian trade and one thing the Americas got
They were early examples of global trade (and globalisation) connecting different regions.
Bonus: potatoes, tomatoes, corn; coffee, horses, cows
How did the COVID-19 pandemic permanently change the workforce?
Increased remote work, accelerated store closures, more online-based jobs, and automation
Give one example of a job in each of the four sectors
Multiple variations acceptable :)
How are the four sectors of work used to make something like an iPhone?
Primary – mining raw materials; Secondary – assembling parts in factories; Tertiary – selling/marketing the product; Quaternary – designing software and technology