G Flashcards

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What is aid

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A form of help given from one country to another

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Different types of hazards

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Tsunami, earthquake, volcanoes, Flood, landslide, mud flow , avalanche.

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What is globalisation

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How trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and independent place.

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What is the role of social media

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Allow users to have conversations, share information and create web content.

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5
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Causes of shrinking world

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The development of transportation technology.

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Impacts on shrinking world

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Made the world smaller

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What are TNC’s

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Large businesses that operate in a number of countries

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Benifits of TNC’s

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More investment.
Creation of more jobs… For local businesses to help parts of the TNC operations. …
Encouragement of international trade - opening new markets should increase economic growth.
Improvement of educational outcomes as TNCs requires skilled workers.

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Problems with TNC’s

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The wages paid to local workers are often low and some companies have been accused of exploiting the local workforce rather than benefiting it

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Why do countries trade

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because no country has enough raw materials or manufactured goods to be self-sufficient

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What do countries trade

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Food, resources, aid

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How is trade unfair

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Manufactured goods sell at higher prices than raw materials

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Types of aid

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Bilateral aid.
Multilateral aid.
Aid from non-governmental organisations (NGO’s)
Short-term (relief) aid.
Long-term (development) aid.

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How fair trade works and why it is unnecessary

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ensure fairer terms of trade between farmers and buyers, protect workers’ rights, and provide the framework for producers to build thriving farms and organizations.

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Explain distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes

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Earthquakes are found along all types of plate margins as shown on this map. Volcanoes however, only occur at constructive and destructive plate margins

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Explain the process involved in the constructive plate movement.

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the tectonic plates are moving away from one another. The Earth’s crust is pulled apart to create a new pathway for rising hot magma to flow on to the surface

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Explain the process involved in the destructive plate movement

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two plates move towards another. One plate is then pushed underneath the other

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Explain the process involved in the conservative plate movement

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the plates move past each other or are side by side moving at different speeds

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Explain how countries are reducing the risk of hazards. Predicting and preparing.

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Make buildings stronger and build walls to protect us from a tsunami

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Describe the distribution of tropical storms

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initially move westward (owing to easterly winds) and slightly towards the poles

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Explain how tropical storms are formed

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High sea temperatures of at least 27°C. Converging winds near the ocean surface forcing air to rise and form storm clouds

22
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Different type of weather hazards in the uk

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as droughts, depressions and storms, flooding, extreme cold, and heat waves

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Explain why extreme weather is increasing in the uk

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Climate change can increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events

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The structure of a tropical storm and it’s features

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The rapidly rising warm air spirals upwards, cools, condenses and large cumulonimbus clouds form. These clouds form the eye wall of the storm and produce heavy rainfall. In the centre of the storm, cold air sinks forming the eye of the storm - here, conditions are calm and dry.

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Causes and impacts of the typhoon storm

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forms when winds blow into areas of the ocean where the water is warm And the effects are people leading to death, props destroyed and buildings destroyed