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Geography-Globalisation Flashcards

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What is Globalisation?

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The way the world is becoming more interconnected

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Why does social media make the world feel smaller?

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Because we could be seeing something from someone who might be in another country.

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What are the causes for a shrinking world?

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Internet, Social Media, Transport

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What are the impacts of a shrinking world?

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Makes the world feel smaller because we can talk to people far away and get to other countries quicker

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What does TNC stand for?

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Transnational company

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What is a TNC?

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A company that operates in 2 or more countries

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How do TNCs work?

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They have a headquarters, a research and production factories placed around the world

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What are the benefits of TNCs?

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They allow business’ to make more money because they can hire people in poorer countries to pay them low wages

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What are the problems for TNCs?

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Low wages for workers, poor working conditions, environmental issues

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What was Nikes original name?

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Blue Ribbon Sports

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How many people are manufacturing goods for Nike globally?

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800,000

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Where are most their factories?

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In poorer countries to give them lower wages

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What is the average wage of a Nike worker per day?

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£0.65

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How long a day do Nike workers work?

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15 hours

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What is a problem with Nike factories?

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They burn the remaining rubbish outside where kids play which causes them cancer

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Why do countries trade?

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So that there is competition to get the lowest price, so that the prices all stay affordable

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Who trades what?

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Uk imports wine
Switzerland exports gold
Egypt exports wheat

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What is the role of the shipping container in world trade?

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Moves items and keeps them safe, big companies can use cheap labour, 1 box first on all transport types

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Why is trade unfair?

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Big companies can use cheap labour on poorer counties

Products exported at prices too low

20
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What is aid?

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Giving help to another country;providing support

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What are the 4 types of aid?

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Short term, conditional, long term, multi-lateral

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What is short term aid?

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Aid provided after natural disasters

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What is conditional aid?

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Aid from one country to another

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What is long term aid?

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Aid from local communities

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What is multi-lateral aid?

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Aid from international companies

26
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Why is fair trade necessary?

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Gives farmers the right amount of money for their crops

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What are the millennium development goals?

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Changes that need to be made to improve the world

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Did the millennium development goals work?

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Yes, 21 million extra lives were saved

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How does a constructive plate margin work?

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2 plates move apart, magma fills the gap, cools to form new rock

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How does a destructive plate margin work?

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Oceanic plate sinks under continental. Plate melts, rises through gaps,cools to form new rock

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How does a conservative plate margin work?

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2 plates slide past each other

32
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Why do people choose to live in tectonically active areas?

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Fertile soil, free warm water from geothermal heat, sulfur mining, Good jobs due to tourism

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What are the impacts of an earthquake in LICs?

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They are more devastating because they can’t afford to build protection

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What are the impacts of earthquakes in HICs?

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They are less devastating because they can afford to build things such as earthquake proof buildings

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What was the year,magnitude,focus depth and death count for the Nepal earthquake?

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2015, 7.8 magnitude, focus=85km deep, 8700 deaths

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What was the year,magnitude, focus depth and death count for the Christchurch earthquake?

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2011, 6.2 magnitude, focus=5km deep, 185 deaths

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What were the responses to the Nepal earthquake?

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International aid from India and China, 1 billion dollars in total

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What were the responses to the Christchurch earthquake?

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International aid, 5 million pounds given in total

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