Globalisation eq2

Question 1

what is environmental degradation

Answer 1

Environmental degradation is the deterioration in environmental quality from ambient concentrations of pollutants and other activities and processes such as improper land use and natural disasters.

Question 2

Low wage migrants

Answer 2

Cheap labour workers who come to fill
manual/unskilled labour shortages. Often
get gig economy jobs in sectors like
cleaning, catering or construction.

Question 3

Interdependence

Answer 3

Countries becoming further reliant on
each other because of ‘When America
sneezes the rest of the world catches a
cold’.

Question 4

Host

Answer 4

The country where the migrant goes to.

Question 5

Remittances

Answer 5

Money sent back to the migrants source
country

Question 6

Source

Answer 6

The country where the migrant comes
from

Question 7

Elite migration

Answer 7

Skilled, wealthy migrants, often experts
in finance and investment (often
employed in the knowledge economy)

Question 8

Hub City

Answer 8

Cities with a major influence, based on:
finance, law, political strength, innovation
and ICT.

Question 9

Brain drain

Answer 9

When the educated workforce leave a
country, as they have the skills another
country needs.

Question 10

International
migration

Answer 10

Migration between countries (across
international borders).

Question 11

Internal migration

Answer 11

Migration within a nation.

Question 12

Economic migrants

Answer 12

Migrants who move for economic
purposes (e.g. employment, wages etc.)

Question 13

Gig economy

Answer 13

Low paid, seasonal, zero hour contract.
Jobs in this sector receive no benefits
associated with permanent work.

Question 14

Knowledge economy

Answer 14

An economy based on knowledge and
skills, high levels of education.

Question 15

Globalisation

Answer 15

The world becoming more connected, the
spread of people, money, goods and
ideas due to little or no barriers

Question 16

Deindustrialisation

Answer 16

the decline of manufacturing industry in
an area

Question 17

Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI)

Answer 17

Investment made by an overseas
company or organisation into a company
or organisation which is based in another
country

Question 18

Global shift

Answer 18

The movement of manufacturing from
Europe and the USA to many Asian
countries

Question 19

Glocalisation

Answer 19

When a company re-styles its products
to suit local tastes

Question 20

Hyper-urbanisation

Answer 20

Rapid urbanisation (% increase of people
living in cities)

Question 21

Off-shoring

Answer 21

When a company does work overseas,
either itself or using another company

Question 22

Outsourcing

Answer 22

When work is contracted out to another
company (known as off-shoring when
that company is overseas).

Question 23

Shrinking world

Answer 23

The concept that the world is becoming
metaphorically smaller because the time
it takes to trade and communicate
globally has been massively reduced.

Question 24

Tariffs

Answer 24

A tax that is paid on goods coming into or
going out of a country.

Question 25

Trade Liberalisation

Answer 25

The removal of trade barriers such as
subsidies, tariffs and quotas.

Question 26

World Trade
Organisation (WTO)

Answer 26

A global organisation which looks at the
rules for how countries trade with each
other.

Question 27

What do we mean by global hub/ world cities?

Answer 27

Hub/ world cities are cities with a major influence, based on: finance, law, political strength, innovation and ICT. Many hubs host major TNCs and are decision makers. They tend to be places of increasing flows (people, culture, trade ETC).

Question 28

cultural diffusion definition

Answer 28

is the exchange of ideas between different people as they mix and interact as a result of globalisation.

Question 29

Western culture has been spread by cultural diffusion as….

Answer 29

• Migrants move and spread their ideas and customs
• Tourism brings people into contact with new cultures
• TNCs spread their brands and products around the world.
• Global media organisations like Disney, CNN and the BBC spread a western view of world events.

Question 30

What is the difference between cultural diffusion and cultural erosion?

Answer 30

Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural ideas, beliefs, and practices between cultures. Cultural erosion is the loss of specific cultural ideas, beliefs, or practices due to cultural diffusion