By the End of This Unit You Should Know the Following

By the end of this unit you should know the following:

The four classifications of industry

How industry has changed within Britain since the industrial revolution

The factors that influenced the location of old industry

The factors that influenced the location of new industry

The reasons why location factors changed

The difference between an old industrial landscape and a new industrial landscape

Case studies of old and new industrial landscapes

The environmental and social consequences of industrial activity

How maps show industrial location/landscapes

How to annotate field sketches and photos

How to analyse industrial and employment survey results

Task 1

Use the book entitled ‘higher geography course notes’ pages 128 –145 to answer the questions:

1)What is a primary industry? Give examples

2)What is a secondary industry? Give examples

3)What is a tertiary industry? Give examples

4)What is a quaternary industry? Give examples

Task 2

It is important to understand that all industries operate as systems with inputs, processes and outputs. To highlight this copy the diagram (figure 7.1) from the bottom of page 128.

Task 3

It is important that you understand the factors that influence location of an industry. These factors can be both human and physical. Copy the table below and use pages 129 and 130 to complete it.

Location factor / Human/physical / Explanation of factor
Raw materials / Physical / Materials used to make products. Includes basic products i.e. coal and semi finished materials i.e. strips of steel
Labour supply
Power
Transport
Market / Human / Place where a product or service is delivered.
Government and EU policy
Improved technologies

Task 4

Make a table as shown to the right.

Write down in each column the factors that you think are most

Important to the location of each type of industry.

Task 5

You must be aware of how industry has changed through out time. Read the following note and use it to create a short paragraph that describes the basic changes though time.

Task 6

Look at the graphs below showing changes in employment over the last 200 years.

1)Describe the changes in employment structure since 1700.

2)Explain why these changes took place.

Task 7

You will need to be able to identify the differences between old and new industrial landscapes. You will need extension sheet 1 for this. On the sheet there is a picture of an old industrial landscape and a new industrial landscape. Annotate (label) the picture to identify the differences between the two types of areas.

Task 8

You have to know a case study of an old industrial landscape and a new industrial landscape. Get extension sheet 2 and look at the changes that have occurred.