Unit 9. The EU
secondary sector
1.
What are the
main problems in the European mining sector?
2.
What are the
effects of problems in the European mining sector?
3.
Look at the
diagrams. What European country is the principal producer of energy minerals?
4.
Look at the
diagrams. What country is the second largest producer of crude oil in Europe?
5.
Look at the map.
How many people work in the industry in Spain? Say it in millions, please.
6.
Look at the
chart. What is the most industrialized EU country?
7.
Look at the
chart. What position does Spain occupy on the chart?
8.
What percentage
of EU population work in industry?
9.
What are the
most important EU industries?
10.
Why is
industrial employment decreasing in Western Europe?
11.
How is the
industry in Eastern Europe today?
12.
What are the
challenges facing EU industries?
13.
What are the
results of co-operation between EU enterprises?
14.
What mining
products are not sufficient to cover Spain’s needs?
15.
Why does Spain
have a shortage of energy resources?
16.
What is the
most-consumed energy in Spain? What countries are our suppliers?
17.
What is the
situation of nuclear energy in Spain?
18.
Why had Spanish
coal production declined in the last years?
19.
Look at the map.
Mention in alphabetical order the Spanish towns with refineries.
20.
Look at the map.
What Spanish nuclear plants are closed?
21.
Look at the map.
From which Spanish town does the pipeline with Algerian oil come?
22.
Look at the diagram.
What renewable energy was most consumed in Spain in 2010?
23.
Look at the
diagram. What renewable energy was least consumed in Spain in 2010?
24.
Look at the time
line. Why did the industrial process begin later in Spain than in Great Britain
or France?
25.
Look at the time
line. Where was Spanish industry concentrated at the beginning of 20th
century?
26.
Look at the time
line. When did Spanish industry recover from Spanish Civil War destructions?
27.
Look at the time
line. What were the Spanish industry weak points at 1970?
28.
Look at the time
line. Explain the Spanish industry second restructuring at 1990s.
29.
Look at the map
13. What are the Spanish communities most industrialized?
30.
Look at the map
13. What are the Spanish communities least industrialized?
31.
Look at the map
13. In which products is Andalusian industry specialized?
32.
Look at the map
12. What are the Spanish large industrial centers?
33.
Look at the map
12. What is the name of industrial region from Girona/Gerona to Murcia?
34.
Look at the map
12. What is the name of industrial region from Bilbao to Barcelona?
35.
Look at the map
12. What are the areas of urgent reindustrialization in Spain?
36.
How could Spain
modernize its industries in 1980s and 1990s?
37.
What are the
weaknesses of Spanish industry?
38.
Is Spain an
industrial power? Why?
Unit 10. The tertiary
sector
1.
Explain the
tertiary sector.
2.
Explain the
‘tertiarization’ of economies in developed countries. Long answer.
3.
Who are services
providers?
4.
What are the
differences between traditional and advanced services?
5.
Mention the
factors of dominance of the service sector in developed countries.
6.
Explain the
tertiarization of industries.
7.
Why have
services of developed countries been outsourced?
8.
What percentage
of European jobs could be outsourced in the future?
9.
What are the
Indian advantages to receive those jobs?
10.
What is the
transport?
11.
Explain that is
infrastructure.
12.
What are the
economic functions of transport?
13.
What is the
transport network? What elements form it?
14.
Name the types
of transport networks.
15.
Explain the
transport networks in developed countries.
16.
Explain the
transport networks in less developed countries.
17.
Name the
transport systems.
18.
What are the
main disadvantages of road transport?
19.
Explain the rail
transport.
20.
Look at the map.
What towns must you cross in a rail trip from Chicago to El Paso? Name them.
21.
Look at the map.
What part of United States has more roads?
22.
Look at the map.
Name the main ports in Europe in alphabetical order.
23.
Look at the map.
What continent has more main ports?
24.
Look at the map.
What is the ocean with more commercial shipping routes?
25.
Why is the water
transport less developed in Spain than in other European countries?
26.
Why are the
airports very large and they occupy so much space?
27.
Why are the
airports transport nodes?
28.
Where are the
main air transport nodes located? Why?
29.
What European
countries have more than 500 airports?
30.
What country in
the world has the most airports?
31.
What is the
first city in the world by total movements of freight and passengers?
32.
What is the
first city in Europe by total movements of freight and passengers?
33.
What is
attracted by the airports?
34.
What is trade?
35.
What are the
main elements of trade?
36.
Explain domestic
trade.
37.
Who is a
wholesaler?
38.
Who is a
retailer?
39.
What is foreign
trade?
40.
What are
imports?
41.
What are
exports?
42.
What is the
balance of trade?
43.
When is the
balance of trade positive?
44.
When is the
balance of trade negative?
45.
What are the
main exports of developed countries?
46.
What are the
main exports of less developed countries?
47.
Look at map 8.
What are the main buyers of EU products? Think it.
48.
What is tourism?
49.
How was tourism
before the mid-twentieth century?
50.
What are the
three phases in development of contemporary tourism?
51.
What is the most
common type of tourism?
52.
What are the
reasons for the rapid growth of tourism in developed countries? Explain it.
53.
Mention the
positive effects of tourism.
54.
Mention the negative
effects of tourism.
55.
How are the jobs
in the tourist sector?
56.
What are the
main environmental impacts of tourism?
57.
Look at the map
about world tourism. How many people visit China?
58.
Look at the map about
world tourism. How many people visit Italy?
59.
Look at the map
about world tourism. How many people visit France?
60.
Look at the map
about world tourism. How many people visit Spain?
61.
Look at the map
about world tourism. How many people visit United States?
