2.2.1 Flashcards
Globalisation: Lengthened…. (2 ways)
Products are shipped greater distances than in the past.
Migrants and tourists travel further distances from home
Globalisation: Deepened…
Food we eat travelled long distances
Connected through the products we consume
Globalisation: Sped up…
Faster travel for migrants, jet aircraft
Talk to families in real time e.g Skype
In 2015 value of world trade in food, resources and manufactured commodities exceeded $____ in value
$25 trillion
3 countries economy that recently experienced rapid growth
China, India and Indonesia
Why have those 3 countries experienced a rise?
Increasing global middle class.
Increasing consumer demand for gas,food and petrol
Within the European Union cross border trade in financial services has expanded in the absence of ___________
barriers
International tourist trade _________ between 2005 and 2015
______ now generates the highest volume of international tourism expenditure, whilst _______ receives more tourist arrivals than any other continent
Doubled
China
Europe
Global middle class=
US$10,000 or US$10 per day income
Global financial crisis 200- to 200-
2007-09
__________ was the fifth consecutive year trade did not grow
2016
In 2013, _________ million internal migrants were residing in cities across the world
750 million
Global urbanisation passed the threshold of ______% in 2008
50%
Economic migrants are people who have moved _________ for reasons of work and improved _______ ____ _____ that higher earnings bring
Voluntarily
Quality of life
Refugees are people _________ to leave their homes and travel to another country. Worldwide = _____ __________ refugees
20 million
However it’s hard to know the numbers migrating due to ________ ________ and lack of __________
Illegal migration
Policing / surveillance
Heightened connectivity changes our conception of distance and potential barriers. This has been described as __________________.
time-space-compression
In 2005, 6% of all Africans had mobile phone. By 2016 ___% have one. A 10 fold increase.
60%
How have migrants used mobile phones and the internet to aid them?
Facebook group chats
Skype helps maintain relationships
How has developments in air travel aided migrants?
Become much more affordable Growth of global middle class has increased flights between Asian countries
However not everyone has access to advanced technology. Not everyone experiences the sense of a ‘shrinking world’. Political factors also causing digital divide e.g.
‘shrinking world’
North Korea
