Globalisation EQ2

Question 1

The specific cultural influence of the USA on other places

Answer 1

Americanisation

Question 2

Movement of people directed towards the centre of urban areas

Answer 2

Centripetal migration

Question 3

The spread of one culture to another by various means

Answer 3

Cultural diffusion

Question 4

Where a largely Westernised global culture is emerging, and everywhere is becoming the same

Answer 4

Cultural erosion

Question 5

The practice of promoting the culture of one nation in another; the former is usually a large, economically or militarily powerful country, and the latter is smaller and less affluent

Answer 5

Cultural imperialism

Question 6

The landscape of a place that has been shaped over time in characteristic ways by human and natural processes

Answer 6

Cultural landscape

Question 7

The component parts of culture: language, food, clothing, religion and traditions

Answer 7

Cultural traits

Question 8

The decline of regionally important manufacturing industries

Answer 8

Deindustrialisation

Question 9

A migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment. Migrants who already had a job may have to set off in search of better pay, more regular pay, promotion or a change of career

Answer 9

Economic migrant

Question 10

Skilled, wealthy migrants

Answer 10

Elite migrants

Question 11

A settlement or region that has become a focal point for activities with a global influence, such as trade, business, international governance or education and research. A highly globally-connected city.

Answer 11

Global hub

Question 12

The movement of manufacturing (and services) from developed to emerging/developing countries (Europe/USA to Asia)

Answer 12

Global shift

Question 13

Places to which migrants have moved to

Answer 13

Host location

Question 14

Rapid population growth

Answer 14

Hyper-urbanisation

Question 15

Where two places become over-reliant on financial and/or political connections with one another

Answer 15

Interdependence

Question 16

Someone who moves from place to place within the borders of a country. Globally, most of these migrants are rural to urban. In the developed world, however, people also move from urban to rural areas (counter-urbanisation)

Answer 16

Internal migrant

Question 17

Barriers to a migrant such as a political border or physical feature (deserts, mountains and rivers)

Answer 17

Intervening obstacles

Question 18

A city with a population over 10 million

Answer 18

Mega-city

Question 19

The difference between a society’s crude birth rate and crude death rate. A migrant population usually has a high rate due to the presence of a large proportion of fertile young adults and relatively few older people

Answer 19

Natural increase

Question 20

People who are forced to flee their homes due to persecution, whether on an individual basis or as part of a mass exodus due to political, religious or other problems

Answer 20

Refugee

Question 21

The global influence a country derives from its culture, political values and diplomacy

Answer 21

Soft power

Question 22

Places from which migrants move

Answer 22

Source location

Question 23

An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

Answer 23

Urbanisation

Question 24

The joint role played by European and North American countries in bringing about cultural change on a global scale

Answer 24

Westernisation