World transport and international economic relations
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find the Suez and Panama canals and the Gibraltar, Hormuz and Malacca straits on a map; for one, write which waters it links.
For example the Strait of Malacca links the Indian Ocean with the Pacific (South China Sea).
2
A country’s exports are 210 billion and imports 180 billion. Find the trade balance.
30
3
A country’s exports are 64 billion and imports 96 billion. State the trade balance and conclude.
64 − 96 = −32 billion: the balance is negative; the country buys more than it sells.
4
Write 3 historic cities of Uzbekistan and 3 sights that attract tourists.
Samarkand (Registan), Bukhara (the Ark, Poi Kalon), Khiva (Itchan Kala).
5
Write 2 benefits and 2 risks of tourism for a country’s economy.
Benefits: foreign-currency income, jobs; risks: pressure on nature and monuments, seasonality and dependence on outside events.