Globalisation

Question 1

What is a flow?

Answer 1

A transport

Question 2

Name 3 flows.

Answer 2

Internet, migration and tourism

Question 3

What are the 4 types of flows?

Answer 3

commodities, finance, information, migration and tourism

Question 4

What are 4 types of globalisation?

Answer 4

• Culture; western ideas,
• social; social media,
• political; trade blocs,
• economic; TNCs and businesses

Question 5

What is a trade bloc?

Answer 5

countries do trade with little or no barriers

Question 6

List 8 things that arise as a result of globalisation.

Answer 6

Steam power
Jet aircraft
Railway
Broadband
GPS
Internet
Container ships
Telegraph

Question 7

What is the time-space compression?

Answer 7

The world seems smaller.

Question 8

What does censorship link to?

Answer 8

China has blocked things like Google and Facebook, this stops access of outside.

Question 9

What are special economic zones?

Answer 9

Zones where there is a lack of tariffs, allows TNCs to come, examples include Jebel Ali that is connected to British waterworks central city and subsidies things.

Question 10

What is the open door policy?

Answer 10

China did equal trade with countries from outside, China treated the countries equally, this also led to trade protectionism which means promoting domestic trade and companies via tariffs etc.

Question 11

What occurs in trade blocs?

Answer 11

Lack of tariffs
Free movement of citizens within countries
Removing quotas off goods
Taking advantage i.e. buying for cheap and selling high price.

Question 12

Define free market liberalisation.

Answer 12

control of goods i.e. prices are controlled by the company rather than the government.

Question 13

Define privatisation.

Answer 13

Companies owned by the government were sold to businesses.

Question 14

Define FDI.

Answer 14

Control of a business in one country by someone in another country.

Question 15

What is the IMF, WTO and world bank?

Answer 15

Reduce tariffs provide incentives so countries have a boost.

Question 16

Describe AT Kearney index.

Answer 16

Political engagement, personal contact, economic integration, technological connectivity. This index is holistic

Question 17

Describe KOF index.

Answer 17

Measure economic, social and political globalisation.

Question 18

Name some indicators.

Answer 18

Migrants, FDI, TNCs and trade blocs.

Question 19

Define offshoring.

Answer 19

When parts of a TNC move to other countries.

Question 20

Define outsourcing.

Answer 20

When another company does the work for TNC due to a contract. However can lead to loss of control.

Question 21

Define Glocalisation.

Answer 21

Local globalisation by changing products due to demand of country.

Question 22

Define economic liberalisation.

Answer 22

Reduction of government restriction of economy.

Question 23

Why may countries be switched off?

Answer 23

• Social reasons; lack of education
• Political reasons; corrupt government
• physical reasons; country is landlocked
• economic reasons; country has no money
• environmental reasons; country has nothing to offer or has a harm i.e. diseases

Question 24

Describe the Sahel region.

Answer 24

Landlocked, has environmental and physical factors.

Question 25

Define global shift.

Answer 25

Shift in centre of gravity of globalisation. This has led to negatives such as greater pollution. poor working conditions and the creation of slums. benefits include better infrastructure and more jobs as well as education.

Question 26

What is the spiral of decline?

Answer 26

Unemployment leads to depopulation occurs in areas where global shift has occurred. leads to dereliction

Question 27

Describe mega cities.

Answer 27

Large cities with over 10 million people, have push and pull factors. However this can lead to environmental or social problems.

Question 28

What are elite migrants?

Answer 28

Include Russian oligarchs that are welcomed due to investment and money.

Question 29

What is low wage migration?

Answer 29

Migrants move to another country to earn money i.e. polish workers.

Question 30

Define remittances.

Answer 30

Migrants send money back home.

Question 31

What is brain drain?

Answer 31

Source company suffers as skilled workers migrate.

Question 32

What is culture?

Answer 32

Tradition, language, food and clothes.

Question 33

Define cultural diffusion.

Answer 33

Spreading of one culture into another. This can lead to loss of culture such as in Papa New Guinea.

Question 34

What has spread of western culture brought about?

Answer 34

Paralympics involves disabled groups, spreading of food and clothes.

Question 35

What is cultural erosion?

Answer 35

Loss of culture i.e. Papa New Guinea, led to war as people did not want to let go. People may care less about environments.

Question 36

Name some measures of development.

Answer 36

HDI, GII, GDP and life expectancy.

Question 37

What is the Gini coefficient?

Answer 37

Measures equality, 0 means 100% equality, 1 means all wealth is owned by 1 person.

Question 38

What is local sourcing?

Answer 38

Decreasing food miles in order to increase sustainability.

Question 39

What is a transition town?

Answer 39

Transition from global to local, i.e. Totnes, however buying from local sources may be more expensive.

Question 40

What is Fairtrade?

Answer 40

Aim is to reduce inequalities and make trade more ethical

Question 41

What is the fair trade foundation?

Answer 41

Scheme that ensures fair trade occurs. This scheme is paid minimum amount by companies in return the scheme pays the farmers the entire amount.

Question 42

How do NGOs and recycling link?

Answer 42

NGOs encourage recycling, circular economy. A charity that encourages recycling is ‘Keep Britain Tidy’.