Globalisation case study EQ2

Question 1

What was karachis population in 1947, 1998 and now?

Answer 1

1947 : 400000 1998 : 9 million now : 15 million

Question 2

What was Mumbais population in 1970 and 2015

Answer 2

1970: 11 millions2015: 22 million

Question 3

Why do people move to mumbai?

Answer 3

Moving from impoverished rural states of Uttar pradesh and Bihar

Question 4

Give examples of wealthy people in mumbai and what do they do?

Answer 4

Bollywood stars and the senior management of TNCS such as tata and reliance industriesThey drive up the prices of houses in afflient areas such as altamount road

Question 4

What is the main urban employment in mumbai?

Answer 4

Range of economic sectors
Big brands (Hilton and starbucks are present)
In retail areas, large amounts of people work selling goods to the countrys middle class

Question 5

Give facts about the population of Karachi

Answer 5

24 million people live there in 2015
Most highly populated area in pakistan and second most in the world after tokyo

Question 6

What percent of the population of Karachi live in slums

Answer 6

50%

Question 7

Why do people migrate to karachi?

Answer 7

Pakistans centre of finance, industry and trade.Find work in a range of industrial sectors including shipping, banking, retailing, and manufacturing

Question 8

Why is poverty a big problem in Karachi?

Answer 8

Government does not recieve much tax money and is undergoing corruption
These reduce what can be done properly e.g. sewage is directed to storm drainage channels rather than be treated properly

Question 8

What percent of people work in the informal sector in Karachi

Answer 8

75 %

Question 9

How many different cultural groups exist in PNG?

Answer 9

7000

Question 10

What is the typical food that is farmed and hunted?

Answer 10

Farmed: Yams and taroHunted: Ocean pig

Question 11

Who are often respected in PNG

Answer 11

People who are skilled at hunting, fishing or farming

Question 12

What did the missionaries do in PNG?

Answer 12

Spread christianity and western education
Suppressed tribal warfare

Question 13

Waht is the story of PNG becoming colonised and independent?

Answer 13

In 1884 PMG was under british and german colonyIn 1905 PNG was under control of AustraliaIn 1975 PNG became independent

Question 13

What did intermarriage lead to in PNG?

Answer 13

Couples failed to pass on their native language

Question 14

Who were bougainvillians suspicious of? (PNG)

Answer 14

Australians and Rio Tinto (Ppl who owned the mine)

Question 14

When and where was copper discovered in PNG

Answer 14

1964
Bougainville

Question 15

When was the Guerilla operation and who was the army?

Answer 15

1988
Bougainville revolutionary army

Question 15

What are the major sources of disorder and misery in PNG?

Answer 15

Youthful gangs, outbreaks of rioting and looting, resurgance of tribal warfare

Question 16

What are the benefits to china from manufacuting?

Answer 16

lifted 680 million Chinese people out of extreme poverty since 1980.
Extreme poverty rate in China has fallen from 84% in 1980 to 10% in 2016
Education free and compulsory for 5-15 year olds
7 million university graduates in 2014, 15x higher than in 2000.

Question 17

What are the disadvantages to china from manufacuting?

Answer 17

Initially health and saftey standards are low. In the 1990s 2500 lost a limb or finger each year in Yongkang metal factories.

Question 18

When did india open up to globalisation?

Answer 18

in 1991 with prime minister manmohan singhs economic liberalisation.

Question 19

What was india used for from globalisation?

Answer 19

Outsourcing

Question 20

Why is india used for outsourcing?

Answer 20

English speaking

Question 21

In 2016, how much % did india have of the share of world exports of commercial services?

Answer 21

3.4%

Question 22

How much percent of worlds outsourcing does india have?

Answer 22

50%

Question 23

What are the environmental impacts in China because of global shift?

Answer 23

In dongguan, workers for wintek (who make the touchscreens for iphone) were poisened by chemicals.