Globalisation

Question 1

What is globalisation?

Answer 1

Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected. We now communicate, trade, travel and share each other’s cultures more easily around the world.

Question 2

What has caused globalisation?

Answer 2

The internet, mobile phones, labour costs, air transport, mass TV ownership, container shipping transportation, labour availability and skills, computers, Increase in Multinational Corporations.

Question 3

Who are the winners and losers of globalisation?

Answer 3

The biggest losers arethe primary workers e.g. picking and farming pineapples in a field and then their salary is only £560. The next biggest losers are the secondary workers e.g. preparing pineapples in a factory and their salary is still quite low (£2,100). One of the biggest winners are tertiary workers e.g. Selling of packaged pineapples in a supermarket Salary £18,000. The biggest winners are the quaternary workers e.g.Designing a new advert for Tesco in an office. Salary: £41,000