Globalisation

Question 1

What are the five dimensions of globalisation?

Answer 1

Flows of Services
Flows of labour 
Flows of capital 
Flows of information
Flows of product 

Question 2

What are the six factors of globalisation?

Answer 2

Technology and relationships
, financial systems,
trade agreements,
transport and communication
management and information
security

Question 3

What is the anagram for dimensions of globalisation?

Answer 3

I can’t protect silly lizards

Question 4

What is the anagram for factors of globalisation?

Answer 4

Told Tim to forget, silly Memes

Question 5

Who is the global trade system governed by.

Answer 5

World Trade organisation 

Question 6

Explain what is meant by interdependence in globalisation

Answer 6

The reliance on other countries to meet their needs

Question 7

What is the purpose of a trade block?

Answer 7

To reduce tariffs and barriers to make trade more easy between certain countries

Question 8

Give an example of to trade blocks

Answer 8

The European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 9

Explain what is meant by an SDT and what is the purpose

Answer 9

Less developed countries are given special and differential treatment agreements which gives them greater access to markets

Question 10

What is a TNC?

Answer 10

A transnational corporation that produce cell or are located in two or more countries

Question 11

What two ways can TNCs expand their operations to gain more control over their markets?

Answer 11

Vertical integration – when I company takes over part of its supply chain
Horizontal integration – when a company emerges with another company at the same stage of production 

Question 12

Explain what is meant by global marketing

Answer 12

Create a brand that is recognised globally, and sold to one global market

Question 13

What is meant by global governance?

Answer 13

A global institution that creates laws, or norms to promote growth or stability

Question 14

When was the UN set up and what is its purpose?

Answer 14

1945 and to establish a peaceful and fair world

Question 15

How many members does the UN have?

Answer 15

193

Question 16

How has the UN successfully promoted growth?

Answer 16

Set up the UN millennium development goals, which have helped to reduce the number of people living in poverty

Question 17

When has the UN been unsuccessful?

Answer 17

Rwanda genocide
Rape and abuse by un peacekeepers in Haitai

Question 18

What are the four global commons?

Answer 18

Antarctica, the high seas, earths atmosphere and outer space

Question 19

What percentage of earths ice does Antarctica contain?

Answer 19

90%

Question 20

What is the average temperature of Antarctica?

Answer 20

-49

Question 21

What happens at the Antarctic convergence

Answer 21

At Welling of nutrient rich, cold water, so microscopic, phytoplankton, thrive, and provide plenty of food for Crow and form the basis of the whole southern ocean food chain

Question 22

What are the four main threats to Antarctica?

Answer 22

Climate change,
fishing and whaling
search for minerals,
tourism and research

Question 23

Explain how climate change is affecting Antarctica

Answer 23

Antarctica west coast have warmed by 3°C in the past five decades
Ice shelves around the Whittlesey and Rosie are melting
Some Penguin species declining 
The melting of Antarctica sea has impacted global sea levels, which have risen by around 3 mm a year since the 1990s

Question 24

Explain how fishing and whaling creates a threat to Antarctica

Answer 24

Overfishing threatens many species broke sample, over 200,000 tons of Antarctic krill were fished in 2013
Legal action and laws has been implemented to reduce legal fishing and whaling. However, it still happens

Question 25

How is search for minerals, a threat to Antarctica?

Answer 25

Indicated reserves of minerals bring attention to mine. However, it is currently banned by the Antarctic treaty, but this will run out soon 2050

Question 26