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Unit Summary

This unit introduces pupils to the concept of globalisation and develops their understanding of how people and places are connected through economics and culture. Pupils will evaluate how the benefits and challenges brought by globalisation differs over global space.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain what a supply chain is and how this impacts the food we eat.

Key Notes

• Supermarkets are the main way that people shop for food.
• Many supermarkets in the UK are global companies and operate in different countries around the world.
• Supermarkets sell many different goods and food items which all have their own complex supply chains.

Vocabulary To Learn

• supply chain: all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers
• import: goods and services brought in from another country
• export: goods and services sold to another country
• processing: making changes to a food's natural state, e.g. cooking beans in tomato sauce and preserving them in tins
• raw materials: things that can be grown or dug out of the ground and processed or used in the manufacture of goods

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Supply chains start at the manufacturing stage.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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