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Sort by raw materialRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industry bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The first public railway line opened in 1825 between which two English towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Which continent holds about 33 per cent of the world's 15 million km of motorable roads?Read the answer and worked solution →The Trans-Canadian Highway links Vancouver with which east coast city?Read the answer and worked solution →The Stuart Highway in Australia connects Darwin with which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian highway, from Varanasi to Kanya Kumari, is named the longest in the country?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the width of a standard railway gauge?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country has the world's highest railway density, one km of track for every 6.5 sq km?Read the answer and worked solution →The Channel Tunnel, run by the Euro Tunnel Group, connects London with which city?Read the answer and worked solution →In Russia railways carry about what share of total transport?Read the answer and worked solution →The only trans-continental railway in South America crosses the Andes through which pass?Read the answer and worked solution →The Qinghai-Tibet railway from Xining to Lhasa is how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The Benguela Railway runs through Angola to which mining belt?Read the answer and worked solution →The Blue Train in South Africa runs between Cape Town and which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the world's longest double-tracked electrified railway, at 9,332 km?Read the answer and worked solution →The Trans-Canadian Railway, built in 1886, runs from Halifax to which Pacific port?Read the answer and worked solution →The Orient Express runs from Paris to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sea route carries one fourth of the world's foreign trade and is called the Big Trunk Route?Read the answer and worked solution →The Suez Canal, built in 1869, links the Mediterranean Sea with which sea?Read the answer and worked solution →How long is the Suez Canal?Read the answer and worked solution →The Panama Canal shortens the sea distance between New York and San Francisco by how much?Read the answer and worked solution →The Rhine is navigable for 700 km from Rotterdam to which Swiss city?Read the answer and worked solution →The Volga, a navigable waterway of 11,200 km, drains into which sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Siberian stopsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Suez factsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the transport numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the waterwaysRead the answer and worked solution →Suez or PanamaRead the answer and worked solution →

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Sort by raw material

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Items
  1. Group
    Agro based
    Item
    Sugar
  2. Group
    Agro based
    Item
    Tea
  3. Group
    Agro based
    Item
    Cotton cloth
  4. Group
    Mineral
    Item
    Steel
  5. Group
    Mineral
    Item
    Aluminium
  6. Group
    Mineral
    Item
    Cement
  7. Group
    Forest
    Item
    Furniture
  8. Group
    Forest
    Item
    Paper
Groups
  1. Item
    Agro based
  2. Item
    Mineral
  3. Item
    Forest
Instructions
Drop each industry onto the raw material base it uses.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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Type the number

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Questions
  1. Answer
    10
    Question
    Land share of major manufacturing centres, under this per cent
  2. Answer
    200
    Question
    Years over which large-scale manufacturing developed
  3. Answer
    80
    Question
    Ruhr share of German steel, per cent
  4. Answer
    3
    Question
    Sub-sectors of the cotton textile industry
  5. Answer
    3
    Question
    Size classes of industry
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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Industry bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Industry that can locate almost anywhere.
    Item
    Foot loose
  2. Clue
    Savings from clustering near other firms.
    Item
    Agglomeration
  3. Clue
    Old heavy industry near coalfields.
    Item
    Smokestack
  4. Clue
    German region making 80 per cent of its steel.
    Item
    Ruhr
  5. Clue
    Declining Pittsburgh steel area.
    Item
    Rust bowl
  6. Clue
    Moulded molten iron from the blast furnace.
    Item
    Pig iron
  7. Clue
    Steel plant fed on scrap near markets.
    Item
    Mini mill
  8. Clue
    Corporate farming on industrial scale.
    Item
    Agri-business
  9. Clue
    Machines working without human thought.
    Item
    Automation
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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