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This Treasure Trail is all about the South Australian economy.

I know some of you are pretty busy getting things finished before the end of term, so you have 2 weeks for this Treasure Trail. Be sure to send your answers to sapp2002@senet.com.au before the end of the term.

Your starting point is an interesting trade report on South Australia available here. (You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to open it.) You will be doing a lot of work based on this fact sheet, so it is best to print it out. Print out this question sheet page too.

Questions

Some of these questions can be answered simply from the Fact Sheet that you have printed out. For some questions I have provided some internet links - see the 'hints'. You may like to consult people (Mum&Dad, your teacher-librarian) for help with some of the answers. Make your answers short if you can.
  1. What were South Australia's top 9 exports in 2002?
  2. What were our top 7 imports?
  3. What could fish and crustaceans include? Here is a hint.  And here is another one.
  4. In exports, what is 'meat other than bovine'? Click here for a hint. And another here
  5. In exports, what would copper be used for? Click here for a hint.
  6. What links can you see between exports and imports (i.e. which imports are essential for our export industry?)
  7. To what extent does South Australia depend on primary industry? Want a hint?  (What is primary industry?)
  8. Looking at our principal export destinations, can you suggest which exports some of them might receive?
  9. Comparing our imports with our import sources, suggest some connections.
  10. How important are good relations with both Japan and the United States to South Australia?
  11. Has South Australia's export trade grown over the last 5 years?
  12. Interpret the chart
    What has happened to our import trade 1997-2002?
    What has happened to our export trade 1997-2002?
  13. How big is South Australia's population?
    How does this compare with Australia's? Hint
  14. Where does most of South Australia's population live? Hint
  15. What are some of the Australian exports not listed in the top 8? Hint1 Hint2 Hint3  Hint4 Hint5

When you have completed the answers to the 15 questions above, then send them to sapp2002@senet.com.au 
I would prefer that you sent in an answer from a group and that you gave yourself a team name.

If you have completed the Treasure Trail and have time to learn something new then you might like to try this tutorial about charting in Excel. Click here to continue. You might then be able to create some charts to send in.