Globalisation Flashcards
Physical size of world has not changed -what has changed?
What has changed in the world is the speed in which we can communicate and move between places.
What is globalisation ?
Globalisation is a PROCESS caused by advances in technology which involves the WEB interelationships that have formed between countries - companies- people - resources - culture and money.
Is globalisation a new concept?
No- goods have always been traded BUT the way things are traded has.
Technology allows a wider variety of and larger quantity of goods and services as well as ideas , information , and money to be exchanged between countries faster.
True or false?
True
What is a transnational corporation ?
An organisation that has a head office in one country and then subsidary offices in other countries .
Is globalisation the major process causing change in the world today ….true or false?
True
An eg of globalisation is when a company makes a profit on clothes by making them in indonesia - sweatshop and then on sells them for a profit in england.
Is this true or false ?
True
The growing inequalities in todays world from globalisation is because of what?
Trade practices today are making definite winners and losers in todays world– low wages- child labour are occurring.
Poverty is a reality for 827 million people in 2015 who live in extreme poverty .
How many people live in todays world on $2 a day?
2.5 million people live in $2 a day.
Can globalisation change culture?
Yes through a variety of ways globalisation can change cultures–through TV - and sports and mass communication is beamed all around the world- advertising - sponsorships -
List an economic factor that are part of globalisation.
Sweat shops - child labour and low wages for people in less developed countries who work for low wages and in dangerous conditions - making clothes and other items for the western world. Places like indonesia and sri lanka and india.
Impacts of globalisation - list the environmental challenges that globalisation brings ( there are 4).
- Global warming
- Air and water pollution
- Overfishing
- Overpopulation
Impacts of globalisation - list the impacts on
- Individual level
- Local level
- National scale
- Global scale
- Products to use and choice - communications- wages- work
- ability to travel - Employment - trade - communications
- Employment - trade - sports - TNCs - communication
- TNCs and sport and trade of goods and ideas - communication
What are the features of globalisation? Positives
- Improvements in transport that allow quicker trade and travel between countries.
- Advances in communication technology
- Advances in computer technology
- Growth of very large companies or TNCs
- Changes to the organisations that control trade between countries.
Who are the winners in the world of globalisation?
TNCs
People who like TNCs products
What groups are exploited in this world of globalisation .
Poorer countries - child labour- low wages - are a result of this -
