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Slice the waterwaysRead the answer and worked solution →Suez or PanamaRead the answer and worked solution →Which railwayRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →World transport bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A potter swaps pots for a plumber's work with no money involved. What is this system called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Assam fair, held every January near Guwahati, still keeps the barter system alive?Read the answer and worked solution →The word salary comes from the Latin salarium. What did it originally mean payment in?Read the answer and worked solution →The Silk Route was an early long distance trade route of about 6,000 km connecting which two places?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country abolished the slave trade first, in 1792?Read the answer and worked solution →Countries first imposed trade taxes and quantitative restrictions during which period?Read the answer and worked solution →International trade rests on which economic principle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which are the three important aspects of international trade?Read the answer and worked solution →A country's imports are worth more than its exports. What kind of balance of trade does it have?Read the answer and worked solution →Two countries agree to trade specified goods only with each other. What kind of trade is this?Read the answer and worked solution →A country grants a trading partner special terms under multilateral trade. What is this status called?Read the answer and worked solution →Opening up an economy by lowering tariffs and barriers is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A firm sells the same shrimp cheaper abroad than at home for reasons unrelated to cost. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade formed?Read the answer and worked solution →GATT was transformed into which permanent body from 1 January 1995?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are the headquarters of the World Trade Organisation?Read the answer and worked solution →Was India a founder member of the WTO?Read the answer and worked solution →About 120 regional trade blocs generate what share of world trade?Read the answer and worked solution →A port handling bulk cargo like grain, ore and oil is classed as which type?Read the answer and worked solution →Athens has a deep water port built away from it to receive very large ships. What is such a port called?Read the answer and worked solution →Singapore collects goods from many countries for re-export. What kind of port is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Dover in England and Calais in France face each other and carry passengers and mail. They are:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the old moneyRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the port typesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the trade yearsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the waterways

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Does not match the category
  1. Sahara
  2. Andes
  3. Gobi
  4. Alps
Matches the category
  1. Rhine
  2. Danube
  3. Volga
  4. Lawrence
  5. Ohio
Instructions
Slice only the inland waterways named.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 8, Transport and Communication._

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Suez or Panama

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Upper category
Suez
Lower category
Panama
Items
  1. Category
    Suez
    Item
    1869
  2. Category
    Suez
    Item
    160 km
  3. Category
    Suez
    Item
    Port Said
  4. Category
    Suez
    Item
    No locks
  5. Category
    Panama
    Item
    72 km
  6. Category
    Panama
    Item
    Six locks
  7. Category
    Panama
    Item
    Colon
  8. Category
    Panama
    Item
    13,000 km
Instructions
Send each fact to the canal it describes.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 8, Transport and Communication._

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Which railway

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Items
  1. Group
    Siberian
    Item
    Moscow
  2. Group
    Siberian
    Item
    Irkutsk
  3. Group
    Siberian
    Item
    Vladivostok
  4. Group
    Canadian
    Item
    Halifax
  5. Group
    Canadian
    Item
    Winnipeg
  6. Group
    Canadian
    Item
    Vancouver
  7. Group
    Orient
    Item
    Vienna
  8. Group
    Orient
    Item
    Istanbul
Groups
  1. Item
    Siberian
  2. Item
    Canadian
  3. Item
    Orient
Instructions
Drop each city onto the trans-continental railway it lies on.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 8, Transport and Communication._

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