Geography Term 1

Question 1

What is Globilisation?

Answer 1

Globalization refers to growth and the spread of idea, business, culture, and good on a global or worldwide scale, making the world more interconnected. Or for short, the interconnectedness of the world.

Question 1

What is a TNC

Answer 1

TNC – A transnational cooperation that operates in more than 1 company. The company’s headquarters will be in 1 country, and it will have many branches around the world. (E.g., Nike)

Question 2

What is Fast fashion

Answer 2

Fast Fashion – The term fast fashion is meant by cheap clothing produced quickly and sold by large mass-market retailers to respond to the latest fashion trends.

Question 3

What is the term fashion victim defined as

Answer 3

Fashion Victim – The term fashion victim is used to identify a person who is easily influenced by fads, materialism, and excess of fashion.

Question 4

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Answer 4

how r u

Question 5

What is a leakage

Answer 5

Leakage – The process in which profits made by a country are taken out of the manufacturing countries and sent back to the country of origin

Question 6

What is a footloose

Answer 6

Footloose – Name given to an industry that can be placed and located in any location

Question 7

What is the multiplier effect?

Answer 7

Multiplier effect – The process where initial investments and jobs lead to a knock-on effect

Question 8

What is interdependence

Answer 8

Interdependence – The relationship between 2 or more countries, usually in terms of the goods or produce they trade

Question 9

What is a call centre

Answer 9

Call centre – A call centre is an office where groups of people answer telephone queries from customers. Employees use a computer to give them information that helps them answer questions.

Question 10

What are some advantages of Nike as a TNC

Answer 10

• Source of Money
• Cheap labour costs, costs less
• Improved education and skills for the workers
• Jobs provided for LEDC countries
• Better economic base for LEDC governments because unemployment levels drop
• Areas of wasteland were once an ugly ‘eyesore’, but now look much nicer than they did before because of the buildings

Question 11

What are some dsiadvantages of Nike as a TNC

Answer 11

• Poor wages, bad living conditions
• Open sewers, vulnerable to disease, dirty water, etc
• Compact housing
• Forced to work overtimes just to get by (15hrs a day, 7 times a week)
• Lots of materials go to waste
• They burn scrap shoes which gives of toxic fumes effecting children, and the environment
• Severe harassment, or even death threats, injustice

Question 12

Tell me about Nike (Nike case study)

Answer 12

HQ Location: Oregon, USA
No. of employees globally: 800,000
No. of employees in Asia: 500,000
Manufacturing location: Taiwan, S-Korea, Chine, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and Bangladesh

Question 13

What was the Rana Plaza

Answer 13

A garment factory/sweatshop

Question 14

Tell me about the Rana Plaza incident. How many died? What happened? Why?

Answer 14

• Rana Plaza was a garment factory in Bangladesh
• It was built for shops and offices but instead used as a garment industry
• It houses 100s of workers and heavy equipment
• In 2013 the 8-story building collapsed
• 1130 people were killed
• 2500 people rescued alive, but many were injured

Question 15

What are advantages of Globilsation

Answer 15

• Countries get to import goods they don’t have and exports things they’re good at making
• Countries can buy goods for cheaper prices
• Spread of knowledge & Technology

Question 16

What are disadvantages of Globilsation

Answer 16

• Planes & ships that transport goods around all contribute to carbon emissions, which harms the environment.
• People can lose jobs, as things they used to make can be made cheaper elsewhere
• Little wages can be given to the workers