Refer to figure 14.5 on page As distance increases from d1to d3, how is the cost of hairstyling affected?

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1 Read page 244 The Location of tertiary Activities Refer to figure 14.5 on page As distance increases from d1to d3, how is the cost of hairstyling affected? 2. How is the demand for the service affected as a result? 3. What is the relationship between settlement size and the number of businesses providing services? Read pages According to figure 14.6(a) on page 246, how much did international tourism increase between 1970 and 1996? 5. Currently developed countries dominate the trade in international tourism. What changes do you see in the percentage shares of international tourism in figure 14.6(b)? 6. Why is international tourism particularly important to less developed countries?

2 7. What factors have lead to the recent growth in international tourism? 8. What type of sites attract tourists? 9. Match each photograph in figure 14.7 on page 247 to one or more types of sites. Left picture Middle picture Right picture Read the case study The Costa Del Sol on page What type of site is Costa del Sol? 11. What natural conditions make the Costa Del Sol this type of site? 12. How do these natural conditions influence tourist activities? 13. What role can a government have in promoting tourism? 14. Outline problems that can result from heavy tourism.

3 15. Do you think that these problems are unique to costal Del Sol or might they occur elsewhere? Explain. Read The Quaternary Sector and the Information Age pages The term industrialization has been defined as the force that changed how goods were produced after the eighteenth century. A term coined recently describe the force operating in today s economy is information. Comment on how fitting you think this term is and explain your comments. 17. Define the term telesphere. 18. Figure on page 295 shows the connectedness already present in today s telesphere. Compare figure with figure 13.6 on page 223. Account for the similarities and differences. Read pages Examine figure 14.2 on page What factors explains the drop in motor vehicle registrations in the 1930's? 20. Why did registrations also decline during the 1940's?

4 21. How are trends in motor vehicle registrations a useful indicator of trends in the tertiary sector? 22. Describe the employment pattern shown in figure 14.3 on page What developments in Canada s economic history help explain this trend? Refer to figure on page Select a less developed country and a more developed country. How do their employment structures compare? 25. What changes would have to occur in the less developed countries for its employment structure to resemble that of the developed country. 26. Using figure 14.4 on page 243, describe the distribution pattern of countries with a welldeveloped service sector. 27 How can this pattern be explained? (You may wish to refer to figure 13.6 on page 223)

5 Read Information Technology and Economic Development p Why is information technology expected to be a crucial factor in the economic development of some countries? 29. How do less developed countries particularly stand to benefit from information technology? 30. What measures will such countries have to take to participate in the information technology industry? 31. Why are poorer countries unable to get online with the information highway? 32. While lesser developed nations may be preoccupied with providing the basic needs of life for their people some economists say investing in the information highway would be a smart move and would help develop the economy. Write out the two examples from the book providing support for this position. Propose another advantage yourself. 33. Economists traditional view has been that undeveloped countries must follow a single path to move their economy from primary activity to quaternary activity. In two or three sentences describe that path.

6 34. Economists now believe that an undeveloped country can drastically increase its rate of economic development through development of tertiary and quaternary activities despite the lack of secondary activities. Name two countries they point to as examples. 35. Lesser developed nations might actually have two distinct advantages as the Information age progresses. Name two ways lesser developed nations are in good position to take advantage of the Information technology boom. 36. Well developed nations might actually have social implications due to the move away from primary activity and toward Quaternary activity. What might be the effect on rural communities, loggers, fishers and farmers? Read Pages "Employment Structures as Development Indicators" Define the term employment structure. 38. Using figure on page 231 react tot he following statement and explain your position. "As a nation becomes more developed, the percentage in the secondary and tertiary/quaternary sectors increase".

7 39. In which countries, less developed or more developed would you expect human activity to provide the greater value added? 40. Steel production is often taken as a strong economic indicator. More specifically, countries with a large output of steel tend to have strong economies. Can you find evidence for this correlation between steel production and economic development when you compare figure 13.5 on page 222 and figure on page 231. Explain. 41. Define the term GNP per capita. 42. Why is this figure not always a reliable indicator of standard of living? 43. Describe the relationship between employment structure and standard of living. Use information from figure on page 231 and figure on page 232 to support your decisions.

8 44. The figure below gives three lists of development indicators. A B C gender equity out-migration rates % employed in agriculture literacy rate per capita GNP Gross national product number of people per doctor birth rate share of world coal production life expectancy family size % employed in manufacturing number of people per telephone volume of oil imports volume of transportation exports Identify which lists contains 1. economic indicators only 2. social indicators only 3. both social and economic indicators 45. Which list would be most useful in assessing a country s level of development? Explain. 46. How does standard of living relate to development? 47. Using figure on page 231, evaluate the validity of the following statements and explain your answer. "Most African countries have a low standard of living"

9 48. "Some of the world s most developed countries are in North America and Europe" 49. "The countries of South America could be described as moderately developed" Turn to page 232 and look at the list of countries in figure For the purposes of this activity we will consider: all countries from Burundi - Philippines inclusive to be underdeveloped nations all countries from China - Russia inclusive to be developing nations all countries from New Zealand - Sweden inclusive to be developed nations Using the atlas find each country and color it in on the map below using the following coloring scheme: underdeveloped nations B RED developing nations B YELLOW developed nations B BLUE 50. How does this map you have colored compare with the map in figure 13.6 (world manufacturing regions) on page 223 of your text