Globalisation

Question 1

Alternative definition of globalisation

Answer 1

Way in which people’s lives are becoming increasingly intertwined in a social, political and economic sense

Question 2

Cultural globalisation

Answer 2

Diffusion of a western culture seen in arts, leisure and media

Question 3

Political globalisation

Answer 3

Increase in democracies and trade blocs

Question 4

Economic globalisation

Answer 4

Emergence of trading organisations to assist in trade and TNC’s have allowed new markets to emerge

Question 5

Results of globalisation

Answer 5

Emergence of global cities with increasing significance
Dominance of the English language
Increase in pollutants and global warming

Question 6

Which 4 factors promote globalisation?

Answer 6

Flows of people, goods, services and capital

Question 7

Why did globalisation accelerate in the 1980’s?

Answer 7

Improvements in telephone and global communication
Emails
Global transport improvements

Question 8

Define Globalisation

Answer 8

Increase in interconnection between the worlds social, political and economic systems

Question 9

Outcomes of globalisation

Answer 9

Expansion of world trade
TNCS resulted in NIC’s
Diffusion of western culture
Nation states lost and trade blocs built
democracies in developing countries
Emergence and hierarchy of global cities
International migration and multi cultural societies
English as a global language