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This GCSE Geography quiz looks at the service industries, exploring how jobs in sectors like retail, finance, health, and tourism shape modern economies and people’s everyday lives.

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Fascinating Fact:

Globalisation and improved communications have allowed some services, for example call centres and IT support, to be located in lower cost countries.

In GCSE Geography, service industries are part of the tertiary and quaternary sectors. Students study how services such as banking, healthcare, education, tourism, and ICT create jobs, support manufacturing, and connect people and places at local, national, and global scales.

Key Terms

Service industry: Part of the economy that provides services, such as retail, transport, finance, and healthcare, instead of making physical goods.
Tertiary sector: The part of the economy that offers services to people and businesses, for example shops, banks, hotels, and schools.
Quaternary sector: High-skill service activities based on knowledge and information, such as research, ICT, and specialised business services.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are service industries in GCSE Geography?

In GCSE Geography, service industries are jobs that provide a service rather than a product, such as shops, banks, hospitals, hotels, schools, and online support services.

Why have service industries grown in many developed countries?

Service industries have grown because incomes have risen, more people work in offices, technology has created new services, and many manufacturing jobs have moved to lower cost countries.

How does globalisation affect service industries?

Globalisation allows companies to locate some services, such as call centres and IT support, in other countries where labour costs are lower, while still serving customers worldwide.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Tertiary and quaternary industries are often referred to as being footloose. What does that mean?

They could be based anywhere in the UK

They have a high turnover of staff

They employ mainly migrant workers

They are manufacturers of shoes

They require very few raw materials and any they do need are not bulky and can easily be transported to wherever a footloose business has been established

2 .

A characteristic of an MEDC is:

almost all of the population is involved in growing cash crops

At least one third of the population are involved in manufacturing

It no longer has any primary sector industry

the tertiary sector accounts for a significantly large proportion of the economy of a nation

In an MEDC such as the UK or the USA, the primary and secondary sectors of the economy account for only about a quarter of the labour force. In an LEDC such as Nepal or many of the African nations, the opposite is true

3 .

Which of the following words is associated with the increase in service industries in the UK?

Globalisation

Ratification

Dessication

Industrialisation

Cheaper and faster transport plus cheaper workforces in LEDCs has forced UK industries to focus more on services. It is often cheaper to manufacture abroad than in Britain

4 .

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Construction is a services sector industry

In the UK, most people work in manufacturing

Retail is a regarded as being a primary sector industry because everyone needs to buy food and other items

In the UK, most people work in the tertiary and quaternary sectors

Construction and retail are secondary sector industries

5 .

The biggest expansion in the tertiary sector of the UK since the 1990s has been:

Financial and business services

Retail

Transport

Oil refining

The number of people working in this sector has doubled

6 .

R&D stands for:

Rabbit and duck (seen on a menu)

Research and development

Receipts and development

Research and delivery

Some R&D is carried out by universities but there are also commercial companies who sell this as a service

7 .

Which of the following is not a service industry?

A shop

A sales office

A company selling medical insurance

Farming

Farming is a primary sector industry

8 .

In the UK, approximately what proportion of the working population is involved in service industries?

One fifth

One half

Three quarters

Nine tenths

Manufacturing in the UK has steadily declined since the second world war

9 .

Tertiary and quaternary sector businesses can be found:

in city centres

on business parks

at out-of-town retail centres

at all of the above

Businesses in the services sector can be established almost anywhere

10 .

Many businesses in the financial services industry have grouped themselves together with their headquarters in the City of London. This is referred to as:

regrouping

industrial bonding

agglomeration

egglomeration

Examples of financial services industries are banks and insurance companies

Author: Kev Woodward (PGCE, Science & Chemistry Teacher, Quiz Writer)