M1.1: Global Trade PatternsA2
M1.1: Module Intro
M1.1: Global Trade Patterns
Our enquiry
Since 1970, how has world trade changed, and who gains?
Trade basics → Changing patterns → Products → Routes and blocs → Earnings and prices → Unequal gains
Follow the questions towards your final judgement. At selected handovers, pause briefly to think or discuss. On the full module path, keep a written connection after Running to Stand Still and Build the Big Picture.
⭐ Your path13 steps. The important knowledge in this module: the backbone you need to practise. Do them in order.0 of 13 done
Why do countries trade, and how do we measure it?
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I can explain what trade is and tell visible from invisible trade
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I can explain what trade is and tell visible from invisible trade
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I can explain the inequalities in the volume and value of trade
How has the pattern of world trade changed?
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I can describe the flows and patterns of visible trade between types of country and trade blocs
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I can describe growth, falls and recovery in world merchandise export volume since 1970
What kinds of goods cross borders?
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I can describe trade in primary commodities (agricultural, and minerals including oil and gas)
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I can describe trade in primary commodities (agricultural, and minerals including oil and gas) · I can describe trade in manufactured goods (components and finished products)
How do routes and blocs affect access to trade?
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I can identify the major trade routes and the goods that travel along them
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I can describe the flows and patterns of visible trade between types of country and trade blocs
How does what a country sells affect what it earns?
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I can describe trade in manufactured goods (components and finished products)
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I can describe trade in primary commodities (agricultural, and minerals including oil and gas)
Who gains from trade, and what explains the differences?
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I can explain the inequalities in the volume and value of trade
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I can tell the whole story of world trade since 1970 and answer the question asked
🔎 Go deeper · 8
🔎 Go deeperExtension. Pushing for a top grade, or found a step hard? These build on the same ideas, so you can stretch or consolidate.
- I can explain what trade is and tell visible from invisible trade
- I can describe the flows and patterns of visible trade between types of country and trade blocs
- I can describe growth, falls and recovery in world merchandise export volume since 1970
- I can identify the major trade routes and the goods that travel along them
- I can describe trade in primary commodities (agricultural, and minerals including oil and gas)
- I can explain the inequalities in the volume and value of trade
🔎 Go deeperExtension. Pushing for a top grade, or found a step hard? These build on the same ideas, so you can stretch or consolidate.
- I can explain what trade is and tell visible from invisible trade
- I can describe the flows and patterns of visible trade between types of country and trade blocs
- I can describe growth, falls and recovery in world merchandise export volume since 1970
- I can identify the major trade routes and the goods that travel along them
- I can describe trade in primary commodities (agricultural, and minerals including oil and gas)
- I can explain the inequalities in the volume and value of trade