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The UK's imports and exports

Globalisation: Is the world shrinking?

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 describe the UK's main imports and exports and can explain why we trade those products.

Key Notes

  • The UK trades goods and products with countries around the world.
  • The UK imports food, products and other goods that it does not produce itself.
  • The UK exports goods and manufactured products produced here to other countries that want to buy them.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • trade: the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people, companies and countries
  • import: goods and services brought in from another country
  • export: goods and services sold to another country
  • manuacturing: the making of goods on a large scale, often using machinery

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Most of our imports in the UK come from China.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

The UK trades goods and products with countries around the world. The UK imports food, products and other goods that it does not produce itself.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'trade'

the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people, companies and countries.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: Most of our imports in the UK come from China. Correction: Most of our imports in the UK come from the US and EU countries.

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