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Connection

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Links between people and places

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TNCs

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Trans-national corporations. Businesses that operate in more than one country

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ICT

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Informations and communications technology

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Spatial division of labour

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TNCs moving low skilled work abroad to places where labour costs are low. Skilled management jobs are in TNCs headquarters in its country of origin

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Immigration

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The international movement of people in order to settle as residents

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Colonialism

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Political and economic domination involving the control of a country by a foreign power

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Trading bloc

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Voluntary international organisations that exist for trading purposes, bringing greater economic strength and security to nations that join

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BRICS

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An association of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) established the New Development Bank

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Glocalisation

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The idea that products are changed to meet local tastes. TNCs use it to sell to new markets

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Sovereign wealth funds

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Government-owned investment funds and banks, typically associated with China and countries that have large revenues from oil (Qatar)

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Tariff

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Taxes that are paid when importing or exporting goods and services between countries

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Privatisation

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The transfer of assets from the public (government) to the private sector

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Special export/economic zones

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An industrial, often coastal area where favourable conditions are created to attract foreign TNCs e.g. exemption from tariffs, fewer labour laws

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KOF index of globalisation

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A composite index of globalisation. Ranks countries

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A.T Kearney World cities index

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An index of globalisation. Ranks 62 cities

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Global production network

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A chain of connected suppliers of parts and materials that contribute to the manufacturing or assembly of consumer goods for a TNC

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FDI

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Cross-border investment. A financial injection made by a TNC into a nation’s economy to build new facilities or to acquire an existing firm there

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Emerging economy

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Countries that have begun to experience high rates of economic growth, due to factory expansion and industrialisation

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Outsourcing

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TNCs contract another company to produce the goods and services. This results in a global supply chain

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Hyperglobal

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The dramatic change in the length, depth and speed of globalisation that happened from the late 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century

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Hukou

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A system of household registration in mainland China, connected to social programs which assign benefits based on agricultural and non-agricultural residency. A source of rural urban inequality. Prevented rural villages from emptying completely during China’s 1978 open door policy

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Offshoring

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TNCs move part of their own production process to reduce costs

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Globalisation

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Increasing global connections between people and places

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Trade

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The transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another

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Interconnectivity

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The state or quality of being interconnected (linked)

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Hybridisation

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The creation of hybrids, mixing two things together

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Free trade

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A trade policy that does not restrict imports and exports

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Recession

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A period of time when the economic activity of a country declines and conditions for business is bad

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Cultural homogeneity

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An aspect of cultural globalisation, reduction in cultural diversity

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Goods, services and capital

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The production, distribution and consumption of goods, services and capital makes up the world’s economic activity

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Commodity

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A basic economic good used in commerce that can be traded, bought or sold

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Network and flow

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A movement of something from one place to another, through a large system

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GDP

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Gross domestic product. A measure of the financial value of goods and services produced within a territory, often divided by population size to produce per capita for comparisons

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Migrant

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A person who moves from one country to another

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Remittance

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Money sent home to a migrant’s family

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Interdependency

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Two or more things being dependent or mutually reliant on each other

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Feedback loop

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An effect where an amount or level produced by a process, system etc increases or decreases the amount produced by the same process, system etc at a later time (positive or negative)

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Intermodal containers

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Transport containers that can be used on different modes of transport without having to take the product out of its container

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Time-space compression

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The set of processes that cause the relative distances as measured in travel time, cost etc to decrease

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Shrinking world

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The result of time-space compression, distant places feel closer than in the past

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Digital divide

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The gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern ICT, and the economic, education and social inequalities it causes

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Weighting of factors

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The percentage of the final value different factors are given in measuring indexes e.g KOF index for globalisation is 38% social globalisation

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Bretton Woods

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Institutions established after WW2 to stabilise the world’s economy after the Great Depression when free trade was replaced by protectionism e.g. WTO, IMF, world bank

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Global financial crisis

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A financial crisis that affects many countries at the same time when the value of assets drops considerably

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Geopolitics

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The study of the effects of the earth’s human and physical geography on politics and international relations

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Protectionism

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The economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through tariffs with the intent of protecting local businesses

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Financial deregulation

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Removing government rules that control the way that banks and other financial organisations operate

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Transfer pricing

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TNCs channeling profits through a subsidiary company in a low-tax country e.g. Ireland

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Free market liberalisation

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A government model used by Margaret Thatcher. The belief that government intervention in in markets impedes economic development, and trickle down will occur as overall wealth increases. Restrictions are lifted on the way companies and banks operate

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Trickle-down

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The positive impacts on peripheral regions/ poorer people caused by the creation of wealth in core regions/ among richer people

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Infrastructure

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The basic physical systems of a place.
Economic infrastructure = highways, energy distribution, water, sewerage facilities, telecommunication networks
Social infrastructure = public housing, hospitals, schools, universities

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Comparative advantage

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An economy’s ability to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners

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Economies of scale

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Cost advantages companies experience when production becomes efficient, as costs can be spread over a large amount of goods. Economies of scale can be achieved by increasing production and lowering costs

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ASEAN

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Trade bloc. Association of South East Asian Nations. 10 member states including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Have eliminated tariffs in favour of free trade, expected to grow into a single market. Also promotes peace and stability, members have pledged to not have nuclear weapons

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European Union

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A trade bloc. Multi- governmental organisation with its own currency and some shared political legislation. Gives funds and subsidies to agricultural producers. The only group of nations that grants all citizens of member states freedom of movement

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1978 open door policy

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Allowed China to embrace globalisation while remaining under one-party authoritarian rule. Rural urban migration and industrialisation allowed low-wage factories to grow and TNCs were quick to establish branches in China. Also opened up coastal SEZs

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Switched-off

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Places, nations, regions or cities that are poorly connected and isolated from global networks due to physical, environmental, economic or political factors e.g. North Korea

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Rare earth materials

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17 chemically similar elements crucial to the manufacture of many hi-tech products. Most are abundant in nature but hazardous so extract out the ground. e.g. lanthanum

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International organisations

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Organisations such as the IMF, world bank and WTO that act as ‘brokers’ of globalisation, striving to build a free trade consensus internationally

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IMF

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International Monetary fund. An international organisation that channels loans from rich nations to countries that apply for help. In return, the countries must agree to run free-market economies open to outside investment and TNCs can enter more easily

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WTO

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World Trade Organisation. International organisation that advocates trade liberalisation especially for manufactured goods. Asks countries to abandon protectionist attitudes in favour of untaxed trade.

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World Bank

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International organisation that lends money on a global scale. Gives grants to developing countries, imposes strict conditions on its loans

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UN

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United Nations. Intergovernmental organisation established after WW2, aiming to maintain peace and security and develop friendly relations among nations

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LIC

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Low income country. Countries with a GNI per capita of $1045 or less

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Landlocked

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A place entirely surrounded by land, with no coastline.

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Extreme environmental conditions

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A habitat that is considered very hard to survive due to its environmental conditions such as high or low temperature. e.g. very arid deserts

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GNI (Gross national income)

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Value of total income. Includes overseas trade from TNCs

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Wealth

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total value of posessions

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Income

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money received from work or investments

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Sustainable development index

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Alternative to HDI, measures development taking into account the ecological impact.
development index / ecological impact index

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Gender inequality index

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Measures gender inequalities relating to social and economic development
- reproductive health
- labour force
- empowerment

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Cultural erosion

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The loss of a country’s indigenous culture

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Environmental racism

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The placement of people of colour into environmentally hazardous areas or the placement of hazards into areas with a high number of minority groups.

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Economic restructuring

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western urban areas shifting from a manufacturing to a service sector economic base

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Dereliction

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Result of combination of manufacturing industry closures, falling house prices and rising crime. Vandalism is tolerated and buildings are empty e.g. Detroit

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Depopulation

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the decline of regionally important manufacturing industries

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Deprivation

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The state of being kept away from/ an absence of resources

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Deindustrialisation, social and environmental problems

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contamination - from old industries and dereliction. High lead levels in blood in Detroit may be linked to brain damage and high crime rates
crime - when areas are ‘switched off’ to global flows, crime may become the basis of an informal economy

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Manufacturing

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creating products/goods from raw materials

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Internal migrant

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moving inside a contry

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Economic migrant

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moving for work

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Refugee

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forced to migrate due to war etc

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Urbanisation

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An increase in the proportion of people living in cities and towns

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Natural increase

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Population increase due to birth rate being higher than death rate

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Push factor

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something that makes a person want to leave an area

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Pull factor

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something that makes a person want to move to/stay in an area

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Megacity

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a city with a population of over 10million

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Enclosure

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the transfer of land from public/community ownership to private ownership - loss of community resources and no land for people to grow their own food to survive

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Sovereignty

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control over the land inside your country

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Consumption

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using goods and services

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Neo-liberalism

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political approach that favours free market liberalisation, deregulation and reducing government spending

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Hyperglobalism

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The ides that a largely Western global culture is emerging due to cultural erosion. An optimistic hyper-globalist would see merit in the emergence of a global culture that arguably values equality

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World’s economic centre of gravity

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represents the average location of global GDP

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Colonialism

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the policy of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically

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Extremism

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The vocal or active opposition to fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and respect and tolerance for different faiths and beliefs.

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Diaspora

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a scattered population who maintain close ties to their homeland

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Gini coefficient

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A number between 0 and 100 that shows how wealth varies between and within several nations. 0 = everyone has the same income, 100 = a single person receives all the country’s income

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Absolute poverty

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a person’s income is too low for basic human needs to be met, resulting in hunger, homelessness

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Relative poverty

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a persons income is too low to maintain the average standard of living in a particular society

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Human development index (HDI)

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Overall measure of development. Composite measurement that ranks countries between 0 and 1.
Takes into account
- life expectancy
- income
- education

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Cultural diffusion

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the spread of powerful civilisations bringing cultural change

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How can globalisation benefit the environment

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  • can help spread environmentally friendly technologies and practices from developed to developing countries. This can reduce pollution in developing countries through, for example, importing greener technologies or developing better environmental regulations and standards
  • creating public awareness about labour and environmental standards through the platforms of international activities such as fair trade and eco labels
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Different levels of trade blocs

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Preferential trade area:
- lowers but doesn’t eliminate barriers between members
Free trade area:
- eliminates internal barriers but maintains independent external barriers e.g. NAFTA
Customs union:
- eliminates internal barriers, agree on common external barriers e.g. EU/Turkey
Common market:
- eliminate internal barriers, adopt common external barriers, allows free movement of resources e.g. African Common Market
Economic Union:
- eliminates internal barriers, adopt common external barriers, free movement of resources and a uniform set of economic policies e.g. EU
(then full integration e.g. US)

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