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Slice the retail formsRead the answer and worked solution →Low or high orderRead the answer and worked solution →Which knowledge sectorRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Services 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 →

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Slice the retail forms

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Does not match the category
  1. Smelting
  2. Mining
  3. Sowing
  4. Weaving
Matches the category
  1. Peddling
  2. Handcart
  3. Mail-order
  4. Vending
  5. Internet
  6. Doorstep
Instructions
Slice only the forms of retail trading named.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 7, Tertiary and Quaternary Activities._

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Low or high order

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Upper category
Low-order
Lower category
High-order
Items
  1. Category
    Low-order
    Item
    Grocery
  2. Category
    Low-order
    Item
    Laundry
  3. Category
    Low-order
    Item
    Barber
  4. Category
    Low-order
    Item
    Gardener
  5. Category
    High-order
    Item
    Accountant
  6. Category
    High-order
    Item
    Consultant
  7. Category
    High-order
    Item
    Physician
  8. Category
    High-order
    Item
    Lawyer
Instructions
Send each service to low-order or high-order.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 7, Tertiary and Quaternary Activities._

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Which knowledge sector

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Items
  1. Group
    Tertiary
    Item
    Shopkeeper
  2. Group
    Tertiary
    Item
    Bus driver
  3. Group
    Tertiary
    Item
    Barber
  4. Group
    Quaternary
    Item
    Researcher
  5. Group
    Quaternary
    Item
    Software dev
  6. Group
    Quaternary
    Item
    Statistician
  7. Group
    Quinary
    Item
    CEO
  8. Group
    Quinary
    Item
    Policy maker
Groups
  1. Item
    Tertiary
  2. Item
    Quaternary
  3. Item
    Quinary
Instructions
Drop each worker onto the sector they belong to.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 7, Tertiary and Quaternary Activities._

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