A supply chain is all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers.

Natural resources are those that come from Earth without human influence and can be used for human needs.

Transport is a way of travelling between places and methods of transport include cars, buses, trains, bicycles.

Working conditions are the physical and mental conditions that people experience in their jobs.

Patterns of production

Geography

Global trade

Imports and exports

Supermarkets and global supply chains

Global transportation of goods

Ethical trading

This unit provides a foundation for moving on to 'Around the world in 80 days: What have we learned in primary geography?'.

This unit builds directly on 'Natural resources: What are they, where are they and why are they important?', extending and deepening pupils’ understanding of global interconnectedness by investigating how their everyday lives are linked to distant people and places through trade, technology and culture.

This unit explores global trade and how goods are produced, transported and consumed around the world. Pupils investigate imports, exports, supply chains and the role of ethical trading in shaping how we access everyday items.

Global trade: how do we get our stuff?

Electronic devices have complex __________ supply chains.

manufacturing of the different components

Which of these is not part of the supply chain?

things found in nature which can be used by humans

things that are made through the process of manufacturing (often in factories)

the physical and mental conditions that people have to work in

Working conditions are {{}} in lots of phone factories

a person that earns money from doing a job

a device that uses electricity to power it to do a task

a device that uses electricity to provide heat or light

the producing, transporting and selling goods in one country

the producing, transporting and selling goods in many countries

Which of the following is not a definition of a global supply chain?

Which of the following is not a manufactured good?

a company, person, etc. that provides things that people want or need

a company, person, etc. that buys things that people want or need

a company, person, etc. that shares things that people want or need

Exit Quiz

Electronic devices have complex __________ supply chains.