12.1 The Acceleration of Globalisation

Question 1

Cultural Globalisation and TNCs Example (3)

Answer 1

• Netlfix recently launched in Burkina Faso
• Which has a distinct tribal culture
• May be eroded by the spread of Western ideals

Question 2

ICT Growth & Economic Globalisation (4)

Answer 2

• ICT allows managers of distant offices/plants to keep in touch much easier
• E.g. through Skype
• Helped TNCs expand into new territories
• Both to sell and make their products

Question 3

Spatial Division of Labour (3)

Answer 3

• TNCs moving low skilled work abroad
• To places where labour costs are low
• While skilled management jobs are retained at the TNCs HQ

Question 4

ICT Growth & Cultural Globalisation (4)

Answer 4

• Cultural traits, such as language and music
• Are adopted, imitated and hybridised faster than ever
• Thanks to social media, cultural traits go viral
• E.g. Gangnam Style, 2012

Question 5

Globalisation (3)

Answer 5

• The umbrella term
• Used to describe the variety of ways
• In which places and people are increasingly interconnected

Question 6

Remittances (2)

Answer 6

• Money that migrants send home to their families
• Via formal or informal finances

Question 7

4 Important Elements of ICT Growth (4)

Answer 7

• Telephone / Telegraph
• Broadband and Fibre Optics
• GIS and GPS
• The internet / Social networks

Question 8

As the world becomes more globalised, __________________ (2)

Answer 8

• the connections between places
• are lengthening (further away) and deepening (more aspects of life)

Question 9

Intermodal Containers (3)

Answer 9

• Large-capacity storage units
• Which can be transported long distances
• Using multiple types of transport, such as shipping and rail

Question 10

Answer 10

Question 11

Cultural Globalisation and TNCs (5)

Answer 11

• TNCs such as Netflix and Disney
• Spread Western Culture across the world
• Through their films/TV shows
• Some argue they are responsible
• For a growing trend towards cultural homogeneity on a global scale

Question 12

Budget Airlines & Globalisation (6)

Answer 12

• The improvements in jet aircraft technology
• And the subsequent rise in budget airlines
• have brought distant places
• Within easy reach for high-income nations
• And increasingly for emerging economies
• E.g. AirAsia

Question 13

4 Important Innovations in Transport (4)

Answer 13

• Steam Power
• Railways
• Jet Aircraft
• Container Shipping

Question 14

ICT Growth & Social Globalisation (4)

Answer 14

• ICT supports migration as migrants can maintain a strong link with home
• More than 1 billion people use WhatsApp regularly
• In the past, international connections were costly:
• 3 minute call from London to Boston was $86 in today’s money

Question 15

Budget Airlines & Globalisation Example (2)

Answer 15

• E.g. EasyJet began flying to Estonia in 2004
• Became ‘Switched On’ to the flow of tourists

Question 16

4 Important Innovations in Transport (4)

• Steam Power
• Railways
• Jet Aircraft
• Container Shipping

Answer 16

• Goods can be transported across the planet using intermodal containers
• Allowing TNCs to establish a spatial division of labour
• And sell goods to new markets
• E.g. Chinese Vessel Cosco which can carry 13,000 containers

Question 17

ICT Growth & Political Globalisation (4)

Answer 17

• Social networks are used to raise awareness about political issues
• And fight for change on a global scale
• E.g. UK Government e-petitions
• 1.8m people signed to stop Trump entering the UK

Question 18

Example of Spatial Division of Labour (2)

Answer 18

• Nike has 73 plants in Thailand
• While HQ is in Oregon, US

Question 19

4 Types of Globalisation (4)

Answer 19

• Economic
• Social
• Political
• Cultural

Question 20

Shrinking World Effect (4)

Answer 20

• Distant places starting to feel closer
• And taking less time to reach
• Thanks to heightened connectivity
• And unrestricted global flows of commodities and ideas