unit 5 economic activity-vocabulary

Prof. Mariluz Maldonado Rodríguez Geography 3rd year of ESO

1. Read and listen to your language assistant:

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT (convenio colectivo):

Contract that sets out the working conditions for emplyees that have been agreed between trade unions and employers' associations (for a particular industry or a large company). Both employers and employees must fulfil their sides or the agreement.

DEMAND:

Goods and services that consumers want to buy.

ECONOMY:

System that organises the use of a country's resources.

ECONOMIC SYSTEM:

Way a society organises its economy.

ECONOMIC AGENT:

People, groups or institutions that activate the economy.

EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION:

Organisation that represents the interests of employers.

FACTOR OF PRODUCTION:

Resource used to produce goods or offer services.

GLOBALISATION:

Process of integration that affects economic, political and cultural systems across geographical boundaries.

GOODS (pl.: only):

Objects that have a use or value for the person who possesses them.

MULTINATIONAL:

Company or organisation that operates in several or many different countries.

RELOCATION:

Moving a company or factory to another country or area, e.g. Because costs are cheaper there.

RESOURCE:

Thing a person or country has that can be used for economic benefit.

STATE:

Political organisation of a country; its government.

SUPPLY:

Goods and services that are available for sale.

TARIFF:

Tax on a product imported from another country.

TRADE:

Activities related to buying and selling goods and services.

UNEMPLOYMENT:

Situation of people of working age who do not have a job but would like to have one.

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT:

Money unemployed people receive from the government.

TELEWORKING:

Working from home or another location using telecommunications (telephone, fax, internet, etc.) to communicate with the company.

TRADE UNION:

Organisation that defends workers' rights.

UN (United Nations):

International organisation that was founded in 1945. It has 192 member states, and promotes world peace and international cooperation.

Prof. Mariluz Maldonado Rodríguez Geography 3rd year of ESO

2. Translate all the vocabulary given into Spanish. You can ask to your language assistant.

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT:

DEMAND:

ECONOMY:

ECONOMIC SYSTEM:

ECONOMIC AGENT:

EMPLOYERS' ASOCIATION:

FACTOR OF PRODUCTION:

GLOBALISATION:

GOODS (pl.: only):

MULTINATIONAL:

RELOCATION:

RESOURCE:

STATE:

SUPPLY:

TARIFF:

TRADE:

UNEMPLOYMENT:

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT:

TELEWORKING:

TRADE UNION:

UN (United Nations):

3. Look at the following picture and talk with your partner. What does this

4. Find the ten hidden words in the following alphabet soup.

E D E M A N D J G N X

R C W B R U M Y E O B

E N O J E T U T D I A

S I L N R W L A A T S

O R L A O Y T R R A I

U E D S L M N I T C L

R E R P T M Y F V O S

C F P O R A K F U L D

E U P K O U T O S E O

S A R I F F B E Y R O

T E L E W O R K I N G

Solution: ECONOMY, SUPPLY, TRADE, RELOCATION, DEMAND, TARIFF, RESOURCE, TELEWORKING, STATE, GOODS

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