EQ 2- impacts of globalisation

Question 1

what has global shift created

Answer 1

-losers and winners for people and environment

Question 2

what is global shift

Answer 2

-movement of industries from developed to developing countries (e.g. of manufacturing and outsourcing)

Question 3

what comes as a result of economic restructuring

Answer 3

-social and environmental problems e.g. dereliction, depopulation, crime, high unemployment

Question 4

what is economic restructuring

Answer 4

-how the structure of an economy changes over time

Question 5

what leads to world becoming interconnected (economic ___)

Answer 5

-scale and pace of economic migration

Question 6

what plays a role in managing resource consumption and ecological footprints

Answer 6

-recycling

Question 7

example of recycling NGO

Answer 7

-keep Britain tidy

Question 8

main causes of global shift of manufactoring

Answer 8

-Global supply chains
-improved infrastructure + lower labour costs in developing countries
-FDI incentives (government policies)

Question 9

problems in UK as result of deindustrialisation

Answer 9

-environmental impact (contaminated land and brownfield sites)
-economic decline in north

Question 10

how has UK benefited from deindustrialisation

Answer 10

-growth of service sector e.g. London as a financial hub
-high value jobs contributing to economic growth
-urban regeneration e.g. London docklands into canary warf

Question 11

cartographic technique widely used in migration studies

Answer 11

-Flow map
-movement of people, goods, info from one location to another

Question 12

how technology is encouraging rural-urban migration

Answer 12

-Less jobs in agriculture due to economic restructuring, blue to white collar industrues
-better technological connectivity in urban areas, can access global markets, internet and online job opportunities

Question 13

example of sector shift in the UK

Answer 13

-agriculture was 2/3 % of the workforce in 2000 to less than 1% in 2020
-service sector accounts for 80% of total employment

Question 14

example of megacity in an emerging country

Answer 14

-Mumbai in India

Question 15

example of social challange in mumbai due to megacity growth

Answer 15

-overcrowding and housing shortages
-40-45% of mumbais population live in slums/ informal settlements
-lack of access to services like education and healthcare e.g. illiteracy rate was 89.7% in 2011

Question 16

3 types of migration leading to megacity growth

Answer 16

-low wage migration
-economic wage
-rural urban migration

Question 17

cultural traits of cultural diffusion

Answer 17

-language
-religion
-cuisine

Question 18

example of religion and language as cultural diffusion

Answer 18

-english lang due to colonialism/ english empire in C19th and early C20th
-Missionary work in Papau New Guinea- LMS (london missionary society) in early C19th

Question 19

example of awareness for disadvantaged groups

Answer 19

-BLM founded in 2013

Question 20

reasons why some people are opposed to globalisation

Answer 20

-economic inequality (belief of World social forum)
-cultural homogenisation
-environmental degradation/ increase carbon footprint

Question 21

cultural landscape

Answer 21

-geographical area shaped/influenced by human activity