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Globalisation Flashcards

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What is Globalisation?

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The increasing connectivity between countries around the world through the movement of commodities, services, capital and ideas

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What are the 4 ways people and countries have become more connected?

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  1. Economic Globalisation
  2. Social Globalisation
  3. Political Globalisation
  4. Cultural Globalisation
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Economic Globalisation:

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Increase of TNCs, information and communications - technology

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Social Globalisation:

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International migration, improvements in education, healthcare/social interaction

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Political Globalisation:

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The increase in trading blocs, free trade, global organisations (i.e. the world bank, IMF etc)

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Cultural Globalisation:

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Western cultural activities dominating in some areas, Glocalisation, increasing speed at which ideas are circulating

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What are TNCs?

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Companies who operate in many countries producing and selling goods & services

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Define Glocalisation?

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Changing the design of products to meet local tastes or laws

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What are trading blocs?

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A group of countries/organisations that work together for trading purposes

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What are the different types of network flows of movement?

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Capital: Money flows through the worlds stock markets
Commodities: Valuable raw materials, (fuel, fossil fuels etc) are traded
Information: (i.e. internet) which allows live time communication
Migrants: Movement of people
Tourists: Budget airlines have made it possible for people to travel further afield

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Transport and trade developments:

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  • Some improvements in transport has increased the value and amount of trade
  • Countries make profit through trading, they can then use this capital to invest in improving transportation
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Steam ships:

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  • Britain became the leading world power in the 1800s
  • Steam ships/trains moved goods/armies quickly along trade routes into Asia and Africa
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Railways:

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  • 1800s railway networks expanded
  • By 1904 Trans-Siberian railway connected Moscow with China and Japan
  • Railway building remains a priority for governments today
  • The proposed high speed 2 railway will have some journey times
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Jet Aircraft:

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  • The intercontinental Boeing 747 made international travel more commonplace
  • EasyJet (cheap flights sector) has brought travel to increase massively
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Container shipping:

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  • Around 200 million individual container movements take place each year
  • Goods can be transported efficiently and rapidly across the globe (using intermodal containers)
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What are intermodal containers?

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Large - capacity storage units which can be transported long distances using multiple types of transport e.g. shipping and rail without freight being taken out the container

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Define spatial division of labour?

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The common practice among TNCs of moving low-skilled work abroad to places where labour costs are low

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Define the shrinking world?

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Thanks to technology, distant places start to feel closer and take less time to reach

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Development in ICT and Global communication:

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  • Technology can be used in many ways, all contributing to Globalisation
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Broadband & fibre optics innovation:

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  • Large amounts on data are conveyed across the ocean floor by fibre optic cables
  • More than 1 million kilometres of flexible undersea cables, carry all the worlds emails, searches and tweets
  • Improves technology
  • Improves connections between people
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Telephone and the telegraph innovation:

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  • Core technology for communication across distance
  • In real time
  • No need to wait days, weeks, months for responses
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The internet/social networks i.e. Skype innovation:

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  • Connects people and places around the world in real time
  • Speeds up business between countries
  • Maintain strong links between family
  • Supports migration
  • Breaks down geographical barriers
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GIS and GPS innovation:

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  • Deliveries can be tracked in real time
  • Increasing the growth of global production
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Mobile phones innovation:

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  • Connecting people together
  • More effectively

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