Globalisation Flashcards
Define globalisation
The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Define call centres
Offices where groups of people answer telephone enquires. Employees use a computer to give them information that helps the answer questions.
Define food miles
The distance that food items travel from where they are grown to where they are eaten.
Define imports
bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
Define interdependance
the relationship between two or more countries, usually in terms of trade.
Define NIC
Newly Industrialised Country
Define leakage
where profits made by the company are taken out of the country to the country of origin and o do not benefit the host country.
Define marginal land
land that is only just good enough to be worth farming. It may be dry, wet, cool, stony or steep.
Define NGOs
Non-Governmental Organisation
Define exports
send (goods or services) to another country for sale.
Define push and pull factors
push factors are the reasons for wanting to leave a location e.g. War. Pull factors are the reasons why people or industry are drawn to a location.
What are Tax incentives
is an aspect of a country’s tax code designed to encourage a particular economic activity.
Explain what is meant by the term ‘TNC’
Transnational corporation
Explain the multiplier effect
where initial investment and jobs lead to a knock-on effect, creating more jobs and providing money to generate services
What is an SEZ? Can you give an example?
A special economic zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that is designed to export goods and provide employment, examples include Shenzhen, Guangdong, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Shantou and Guangdong.
Give four factors that have lead to the growth of China as an economic giant
1) Cheap labour - Wages in China are a lot lower in Shenzhen the average monthly wage is £90 where as the UK minimum is about £990.
2) Government legislation - SEZ’s are set up to try and encourage TNCs to set up production in China. These have paved the way for foreign investment by providing tax intensives. An example of a SEZ is Shenzhen.
3) The home market - The One child policy was in place in China between 1979 and 2015 was aimed at bringing China’s birth rate under control, the policy also meant that families became wealthier (4 - 2 - 1). This has lead to a rise in the wealth of the urban population who have a high demand for electrical goods and items such as cars.
4) Energy - The Three Gorges Dam was built and now produces 22,500 mW of electricity. This supplies green energy to a number of rapidly growing cities. The development of the dam has meant that there is a reduction in the reliance of fossil fuels.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of building a wind farm offshore?
Advantages -
Disadvantages -
What are the positives of a TNC on a host country
1) Coca cola offers training and education to those who have received little already. 2) Coca Cola runs some community schemes in 10 LEDC’s e.g. Africa and Bangladesh. 3)Coca cola has invested $1.5 billion in the Russian economy; this includes the constructing of manufacturing plants and improving the local infrastructure. 4)Many of the bottling firms are local companies so all the profit stays in the host country. This is very important in LEDC’s.
Explain the benifits for a renewable energy source that you have studed.
case study
Why are food miles increasing?
Info
Flowers
Kenya
What kinds of local inisatives have been implimented to try and reduce the impacts of globalisation?
1) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
2) Recycling schemes in Maidstone
3)
What was the first international agreement to reduce carbon emissions and explained how it worked?
Kyoto P
Rio earth
Paris 2015
Explain the reasons why there has been a decline in the manufacturing industry in a number of MEDCs
Reasons for moving
