Globalisation Flashcards

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Globalisation

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The way the world is becoming more inter connected

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2
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TNC

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Transnational corporation

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3
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Examples of primary industry

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Farming and mining

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4
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Examples of secondary industry

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Factories and manufacturing

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5
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Examples of tertiary industry

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Doctors, lawyers, teachers

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6
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Examples of quaternary industry

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Research and development

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7
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What is the TNC case study?

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Nike

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Nike Factories

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  • mostly in Asia
  • employs 525,564
  • $1.25 a day
  • 6/7 days a week
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9
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Positive impacts of TNC’s

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  • Nike employs over 1 million people over 51 countries
  • the products are cheaper to make in LIC’s
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Negative impacts of TNC’S

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  • Nike moving their factories causes workers from the uk to lose their jobs
  • Nike employ women because they cost less since they have less rights
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Interdependence

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Countries relying on each other to provide goods, money, people or services

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12
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What are exports?

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Goods or services sent/shipped to other countries.

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13
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What are imports?

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Goods or services sent/shipped into our countries.

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14
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Containerisation

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Standard transport that uses a common size of steel container to transfer goods

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15
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Fair trade

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A way to give people who produce things you buy a fair price for their work

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16
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Aid

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The form of help given to one county to another

17
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Examples of short term aid

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  • Tents and blankets
  • bottled water
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Examples of long term aid

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  • Teams of doctors and nurses
  • dig wells to provide clean water
19
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Millennium development goals

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  • ensure environmental sustainability
  • reduce child mortality