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Globalisation - EQ2 - What are the impacts of globalisation for countries, different groups of people and cultures and the physical environment? Flashcards

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Reasons for growth in globalisation in Bangalore, India

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  • The movement of manufacturing from Europe & USA to Asian countries, meant TNCs began outsourcing - call centres
  • As most people speak English & there is high levels of broadband connectivity
  • India has close political links with the UK & English as its second language
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Name examples of US TNCS which have located in Bangalore India

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Dell, Intel & Yahoo

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What are the social benefits of globalisation for the people of Bangalore India

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  • Increased income
  • Entertainment & leisure facilities (24 hour shopping malls)
  • improved Q of L
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What are the costs of globalisation for the people of Bangalore India

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  • Exploitation of workers
  • Widened rich & poor gap - increase in the gini coefficient
  • Increased percentage of people living in poverty (more than that of Africa as a continent)
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What are the benefits of globalisation for the environment of Bangalore India

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improved infrastructure - reduces the impacts of pollution

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What are the costs of globalisation for the environment of Bangalore India

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  • exploitation of raw materials & resources - pollutants from mining & factories
  • air & water pollution from materials burnt in factories
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Reasons for growth in Guangdong Province, China

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  • The movement of manufacturing from Europe & USA to Asian countries, meant TNCs began manufacturing in new areas
  • Trade liberalisation
  • Better electronic communication
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Name 2 examples of TNCs who have relocated to Guangdong Province, China

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Nike
Apple

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What are the benefits of globalisation for the people of Guangdong Province, China
Incomes

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  • Over 300 million people in China are now considered middle class
  • Disposable income increased
  • Many can cope with low incomes in rural areas due to an increase in remittance payments
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What are the benefits of globalisation for the people of Guangdong Province, China
Education

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  • Education is free & compulsory between the ages of 6 & 15
  • 15 times more people are graduating from university than in 2000
  • this creates a more skilled workforce for the Chinese economy’s expanding knowledge & service sectors
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What are the costs of globalisation for the people of Guangdong Province, China

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  • Air pollution - respiratory issues
  • Increase in shanty towns & illegal farmland - unplanned settlements
  • Big rural-urban wage divide
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What are the benefits of globalisation for transport in Guangdong Province, China

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  • Produced the world’s largest highway system (2016) - reduces emissions
  • High Speed Rail - world’s longest train system, increasing connectivity
  • 82 airports have been built since 2000 - 2/3 of the world’s top 12 airports by Freight Tonnage are in China
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What are the costs of globalisation for the environment of Guangdong Province, China
agriculture

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  • Only 7.2% of farmland remains
  • Loss of productive farmland - 3 million hectares of heavy farmland have been polluted with heavy metals - 12 million tonnes of heavy grain were polluted in 2014
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What are the costs of globalisation for the environment of Guangdong Province, China
biodiversity

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Loss of biodiversity - 1/2 of China’s 2400 populations of nearly 700 vertebrae species were demolished

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What are the costs of globalisation for the environment of Guangdong Province, China
water

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  • 70% of rivers & lakes in China are polluted
  • 100 cities suffer from extreme water shortages
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Describe the history of deindustrialisation in Leicester, UK
1920

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In the 1920s, over 30,000 people worked in Leicester’s textile mills

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Describe the history of deindustrialisation in Leicester, UK
1960

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By the 1960s, one factory supplying knitwear employed 6500 workers alone

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Describe the history of deindustrialisation in Leicester, UK
1970

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  • However by the 1970s, overseas competition meant that cheaper clothes were available from Asia
  • Many jobs were lost in Leicester as factories closed resulting in deindustrialisation
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Name 3 TNCs that have located to Leicester, UK

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HYPE
Boohoo
ASOS

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What are the benefits of globalisation for the people of Leicester, UK

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Very diverse cultural mix - old industrial areas contain large ethnic populations

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What are the costs of globalisation for the people of Leicester, UK

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  • 1980s declining populations - now populations are increasing and the amenities available cannot keep up
  • Many inner city areas became run down, with low cost housing, resulting in crime & anti-social behaviour
  • Risks of unemployment & redundancy of skilled workers from deindustrialisation
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What are the benefits of globalisation for the environment of Leicester, UK

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Regeneration of brownfield sites for new projects or developments
less factories –} less carbon emissions

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What are the costs of globalisation for the environment of Leicester, UK

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Much of the derelict industrial land was contaminated from the previous dumping of chemical waste, or from domestic manufacturing such as coal from industrial waste disposal

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Explain how some communities in developing countries have experienced major environmental problems
Air & Water Pollution (China)

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  • In the Hunan Province in China, many people were poisoned by the lead-emitting manganese smelter (one of China’s biggest exports)
  • 70% of China’s rivers & lakes are now polluted - water is not even fit for irrigation
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Explain how some communities in developing countries have experienced major environmental problems
Land degradation (China)

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As a result of deforestation & over grazing, 40% of China’s farmland is suffering from degradation

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Explain how some communities in developing countries have experienced major environmental problems
Over-exploitation of resources (China)

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China’s resources cannot keep up with its demand so they now exploit land in Latin America & parts of Africa

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Explain how some communities in developing countries have experienced major environmental problems
Loss of biodiversity (Indonesia)

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More mammal species are threatened in Indonesia than any other country

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How has the global shift impacted people in a developed country?
-positive impacts (air)

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-Less air pollution —-} less respiratory problems

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How has the global shift impacted people in a developed country?
-negative impact (unemployment)

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-Rising unemployment in the secondary sector —}
1.increase in crime so a decrease in quality of life
2. increase in welfare benefits so an increase in government spending

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How has the global shift impacted people in a developed country?
-negative impact (brownfield sites)

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  • Increase in abandoned factories:
  • water pollution from toxic chemical leaks
  • visual pollution
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How has the global shift impacted people in a developed country?
-positive impact (brownfield sites)

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Brownfield sites can be converted into housing:
-reduces deforestation—} protects habitats & biodiversity—} protects a carbon sink

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Describe Detroit’s early manufacturing years

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  • Birthplace of the US motor industry (secondary sector)
  • TNCs such as Ford & General Motors broughts jobs & prosperity, resulting in nearly 2 million inhabitants
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Describe how Detroit became deindustrialised

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  • As TNCs faced competition from auto manufacturers in Japan (cheaper labour, technologically advanced, growing economy)
  • Detroit endured a population decline by 25% between 2002-2012.
  • Many abandoned factories & homes remain
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What are the negative economic impacts of deindustrialisation in Detroit

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  • 62,000 homes were sold in 2015 due to high debt.
  • People leaving for more affluent nearby cities, left a poorer population behind and therefore declined the local taxes.
  • 2013 city left Bankrupt
  • Drug-related crime is now the basis of an informal economy
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What are the negative social impacts of deindustrialisation in Detroit

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  • Detroiters die up to 16 years sooner than their affluent Suburban neighbours
  • Declining education system due to lack of investment
  • rise in gun crime, arson & vandalism
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In Detroit, between 2000-10 General motors sales _______, due to a shift in manufacturing to overseas

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Halved

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This depopulation was also linked to race, many called It the ‘___________’, during the 60’s
The whites tended to be the more affluent who could afford to move to suburbs.

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White Flight

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What was the ‘White Flight’ in the 60s in Detroit

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The whites tended to be the more affluent who could afford to move to suburbs.

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tWhat was the impact ‘White Flight’ in the 60s in Detroit

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  • Depopulation
  • Widen the wealth gap between different racial groups, meaning white citizens were at an economic advantage
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What are the 3 reasons why urban areas are growing

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  • natural increase
  • migration
  • the reclassification of urban areas
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Urbans areas grow by natural increase by ….%

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60

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Urban areas grow by migration by ….%

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30

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43
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Urban areas grow by the reclassification of urban areas by ….%

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10

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44
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Define ‘core region’

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where most wealth is produced

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45
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Define ‘periphery region’

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areas distant from the core markets

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46
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Define Centripetal migration

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movement of people, directed towards the centre of urban areas

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In what locations do squatter settlements usually develop

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rubbish dumps
cemeteries
floodplains

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What are the social issues megacities face

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  • overcrowding
  • overpopulation
  • crime
  • food & water insecurity
  • congestion
  • diseases
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What are the environmental issues megacities face

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  • air pollution
  • increase in waste
  • water contamination
  • environmental degradation
  • urban sprawl
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What are the economics issues megacities face

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rich/poor divide grows
job competition

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Define ‘elite migrant’

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highly skilled & affluent migrants who are sought after for investment/skills

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Define ‘low-wage migrants’

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cheap labour workers who come to fill manual unskilled labour shortages

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Characteristics of an ‘elite migrant’

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  • come from countries with high levels of inequality
  • social/ cultural status
  • seek switched on locations
  • bring lots of money & often skills
  • multiple homes in different countries
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When did Russian Oligarchs become rich

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Very quickly in the 1990s, when the USSR economy collapsed, & they were entrepreneurs owning infrastructure & media sources

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What are 2 actions Russian Oligarchs take to keep their wealth

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  • Operate with Putin, as otherwise he would make conditions less favourable for them
  • Russian businessmen prefer to keep assets abroad to avoid them being taken by the state (e.g football clubs)
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56
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What percentage of foreign purchases of residential property in London was Russian

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35%

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Russian Oligarchs

Between 2004-2013, they contributed £…….. billion in bonds & loands

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Advantages of Russian Oligarchs in London

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  • Can create ethnic enclaves, in sought after rich areas
  • Can encourage further FDI
  • Deepens global links
  • AT Kearney index will increase for London
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Disadvantages of Russian Oligarchs in London

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  • can increase house prices
  • tension between culture & groups
60
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Over …..% of UAE’s 9.2 million population is made up of migrant workers

61
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Which job sectors do migrant workers work in in the UAE

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secondary & tertiary

62
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What job exploitation do UAE workers experience

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Work on $5 a day working 12 hour shifts under lax health & safety laws

63
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What is an intervening obstacle for migrant workers to the UAE

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Their entry is tied to manual work, so a visa is granted, meaning they risk being deported when their contract ends

64
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UAE migrant workers send US$….billion home to India annually

65
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Define economic interdependency

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Some sectors rely heavily on migrant workers & likewise many countries rely on remittances

66
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Give 2 examples of economic interdependency

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  • During the UK’s 2009 financial crisis, Estonia’s economy shrank by 13%
  • During Covid the UK experienced a shortage of workers as a consequence of Brexit (eg drivers, healthcare, farmers)
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What is Friedman’s 1990 theory

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‘Golden arches theory of conflict prevention’

68
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Explain Friedman’s ‘Golden arches theory of conflict prevention’,1990

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Countries with interlinking economies would maintain good social & political relations

69
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Define source nation

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Countries from which a migrant leaves

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Define host nation

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Countries which a migrant moved to

71
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Examples of migration causing anti globalisation
Movements

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Antiglobalisation movements e.g Brexit led to UK leaving the EU

72
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Examples of migration causing anti globalisation
Tension

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Tensions between groups due to illegal migration & refugee crisis e.g EU nations wished to install steel barriers to reduce the global flow of people from Syria e.g Hungary

73
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Examples of migration causing anti globalisation
Manufacturing

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Global shift in manufacturing e.g emigration from Detroit

74
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Examples of migration causing anti globalisation
Anti migration movement

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Mexico-US migration - Trump’s build a wall campaign - basis for discrimination

75
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Define internal migration

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The movement of population within a country, eg rural to urban migration

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Define International migration

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The movement of people between countries - immigration and emigration

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Define economic migrant

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  • A migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment.
  • Migrants who already have a job may have moved in search of better wages, more regular pay, promotion etc
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Define rural-urban migration

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Moving from the city to the countryside within a country

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Define urbanisation

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An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

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Define natural increase

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  • Population is increasing due to the difference between death rate and birth rate
  • Usually higher in urban areas in developing countries
81
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Define Intervening obstacles

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Restrictions/ barrier to a migrant such as a political border or physical features
(deserts, mountains, and rivers)

82
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Where is Karachi located

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South coast of Pakistan

83
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What was the population of Karachi in 2021

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20+ million people

84
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What are the urban pull factors to Karachi

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  • better infrastructure
  • better transport
  • more employment (containerisation creating jobs)
  • tertiary (retail & banking) & secondary sector jobs
  • really good unis - medicine, business & technology - furthering the quaternary sector
85
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What are the rural push factors to Karachi

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Poverty
Poor transport
Poor infrastructure

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What are the features of a peripheral region
-labour & goods

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  • add to the traditional flows of commodities and raw materials
  • Manufacturing has risen here due to cheaper labour
  • Owns and consumes 20% of global goods and services
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peripheral regions make up …..% of the global population

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What are the features of a peripheral region
-economy

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  • Makes very few decisions about the global economy
  • Provides very little global investment
  • Earn low incomes - 2.5 billion people live on less than $2 per day
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What are the features of a core region

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  • Owns and consumes 80% of global goods and services
  • Earns the highest incomes (tertiary & quaternary)
  • Manufacturing has fallen but profit from dictating new production lines
  • Provides most global investment
  • Makes most decisions about the global economy
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Pull factors to Core regions

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  • Better services, ie. education, health & entertainment
  • Remittances (money sent home)
  • Better housing
  • Better quality of life
  • Better paid jobs
  • Better opportunities
  • Global investment goes to urban centres
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Push factors from peripheral regions

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  • Rural poverty
  • Drought & flooding
  • Low pay/ under-employment
  • Lack of investment
  • Lack of opportunities
  • Degradation of farmland
  • Scarcity of goods/ resources
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What are the intervening obstacles between urban-rural migration

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  • natural barriers (bodies of water & deserts)
  • political barriers (visas, war & conflict)
  • distance
  • economic
  • language
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Benefits of international migration for source country

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  • remittances - reduces poverty with $15 billion returned to India annually, deepening political ties (influencing migration policies) between nations
  • population decrease - less competition for jobs & housing
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Benefits of international migration for host country

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  • more economically active 17-24 year olds - more output - more tax payers & more disposable income- more govt investment
  • greater diversity & cultural mix
  • investment from elite migrants e.g Russian Oligarchs
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Cost of international migration for source country

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  • Brain drain
  • Less taxes paid - decrease in govt spending
  • Decline in economically active -population/ demographic imbalance - increase in the dependency ratio
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Costs of international migration for host country

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Overpopulation
Food insecurity
Competition for resources
Job competition
Increased waste and environmental degradation
Poverty
Crime
New cultures - discrimination (political divide/ radicalisation)

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Benefits of international migration for source country

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  • More workers (economically/ labour active) –> more disposable income –>more output —> more tax-payers –> more government investment
  • greater cultural mix (diversity)
  • investment from elite migrants
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Name 5 cultural traits

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  • language
  • food
  • clothing
  • religion & beliefs
  • traditions & customs
99
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define cultural erosion

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the changing & loss of culture in an area, such as the loss of language & traditional food

100
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define cultural diffusion

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the spread of one culture to another by various means

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Define Westernistation

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the process of global culture being dominated by (especially) the USA, & Europe

102
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What is westernisation sometimes referred to as

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cultural imperialism - the idea of a superpower imposing their ideas & values on the less powerful

103
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Give 5 examples evidencing global diffusion

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TNCs
Western Clothing
Coercion
Migration
Cultural imperialism

104
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How does disney partake in cultural diffusion
By providing…

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  • foreign goods & services which creates similar tastes & consumption of western goods globally
105
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How does disney partake in cultural diffusion
promote…

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promote consumerism by advertising & selling western products which local people haven’t previously had or needed

106
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How does disney partake in cultural diffusion
increase..

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increase Western brand awareness & familiarity with Western values

107
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How does disney partake in cultural diffusion
TNCs introduce…

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TNCs introduce western policies & can influence governments to as well

108
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How does disney partake in cultural diffusion
(Adapting to certain cultures)

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glocalisation

109
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Tourism is dominated by…

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western people who have the income to enjoy luxury holidays

110
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What do tourists increase (in terms of cultural diffusion)

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  • Increase consumption & demand for Western goods which reflect their values & tastes
  • these goods become available & present for locals too
111
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How do tourists cause replacements (cultural diffusion)

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Tourists demand services & products in resorts that replace traditional buildings (architecture), artefacts, economic activity, traditions & way of life

112
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How do tourists verbally cause cultural diffusion

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by spreading views, ideas & especially language (e.g new Western phrases & vocabulary)

113
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The media is dominated by …….. TNCs

114
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How to do TNCs promote western values in the media

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by focusing on western news stories & interpret them in a more western way

115
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How can the real feel and soul of a culture be lost

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  • the real feel and soul of a culture is in their language & expression,
  • but it is often lost in translation by global broadcasters - common global vocab (western phrases replacing vocab)
116
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What is the belief of hyperglobalisers

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  • a global culture will take over
  • cultures will become more integrated as economies do, resulting in homogenous culture
117
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What is the belief of transformationalists

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  • globalisation will transform culture but not completely takeover
  • a homogenous culture is not inevitable
  • all culture will change but new hybrid cultures will evolve
118
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what is the belief of sceptics on globalisation

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  • a global culture won’t takeover, globalization is mainly about economics,
  • some cultures may be marginalized
  • but there is cultural heterogeneity
119
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What were the agents of cultural diffusion in the early 1900s
-The colonisation of Papau New Guinea

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  • The island became a partly British and partly German colony in 1884.
  • By 1905 British New Guinea had come under the control of Australia
  • and the country gained its independence in 1975.
120
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What cultural erosion took place as a result of the early colonization of Papua New Guinea
intergration

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  • They experienced political, social and economic integration
  • Missionaries and administrators suppressed tribal warfare
  • to allow freedom of movement, and integrated villages into the colonial economy as plantation workers and helpers.
121
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What cultural erosion took place as a result of the early colonization of Papua New Guinea
beliefs

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Missionary activities also led to the spread of Christianity and western education

122
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What cultural erosion took place as a result of the early colonization of Papua New Guinea
class

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Class differences emerged as educated parents with good jobs provided for their children’s future.

123
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What cultural erosion took place as a result of the early colonization of Papua New Guinea
language

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Increasing intermarriage between different cultural groups meant that many couples failed to pass on their native language to their children, alienating the village kin, and in places direct cultural conflict has taken place.

124
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What were the agents of cultural diffusion in the late 20th century in Papua New Guinea?
Mine

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In 1964 the discovery of copper on the island of Bougainville resulted in the construction of a giant copper mine.

125
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What was the response of the Papua New Guinea people to the establishment of a copper mine in 1964

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  • It was argued that the profits from the mine would benefit all of Papa New Guinea
  • Bouganvilleans were suspicious of the motives of the Australians and Rio Tinto(The British TNC that establish the mine)
  • They were also resentful of the mainland Papa New Guineans who were brought in to work than mine
126
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How did the construction of the mine in the late 20th century in Papua New Guinea result in major conflict

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  • In November 1988 a guerrilla operation, suspicious of the mine’s motivations began, becoming the BougainvilleRevolutionary Army (BRA)
  • The conflict continued throughout the 1990s and it has been difficult for the police who have been fighting against their fellow citizens
  • The nation’s ‘law and order’ problem is multi-faceted but attacks by youthful gangs come of outbreaks of rioting and looting, and the resurgence of tribal warfare on major sources of disorder and misery
127
Q

In 2019, what percentage of Bougainvilleans voted for independence from Papua New Guinea

128
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How many cultural groups are estimated to exist in Papua New Guinea, meaning there is many different cultural forms of art, dance, weaponry, costumes, singing, music and architecture

129
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Describe the way of life of many in Papua New Guinea

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  • People typically live in villages or dispersed hamlets and rely on the subsistence farming of yams and taro.
  • To balance their diet, people hunt, collect wild plants, and fish, which are highly thought of skills
130
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What was Irans’s policy in the early 2000s against cultural diffusion

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  • Islamic government banned & confiscated barbie dolls due to the image being un-Islamic
  • it has since been restored as International cooperation is more essential & Iranian youths were already accessing banned social media sites e.g twitter
131
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What was France’s policy in the early 2000s against cultural diffusion

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  • The government excluded culture from its trade agreements
  • It limited how much foreign culture could be broadcasted
  • 40% of all shows had to be French, with no more than 55% American Film imports
132
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How has the UN & IGO recognised places around the world with unique physical & cultural significance

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Since 1972, over 1000 UNESCO world heritage sites have been recognised

133
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What is the importance of UNESCO world heritage sites

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Policies have been implemented to ensure their protection from too much change

134
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Advantages of Cultural Diffusion (global culture)

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  • Best bits of all culture get to be shared and enjoyed in the ‘melting pot’
  • Freedom - no longer just confined to the postcode lottery culture of where you were born/live
  • New opportunities for disadvantaged groups and minorities
  • Often culture hasn’t become homogeneous but hybrid so not that damaging (retains parts of local culture)
135
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Disadvantages of Cultural Diffusion (global culture)

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  • Cultural Erosion
  • Western values clash with certain cultures & regions leading to tension
  • Western views on liberalism and food can lead to problems with sexualisation of people & obesity
  • Tension likely between young people (more likely to accept western values through social media etc.) and older generations
  • Nations may isolate themselves and cut themselves off to protect culture and identity (nationalism and North Korea)
136
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Who is Robert Murdoch

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  • Entrepreneur who own many global media outlets
  • Owns 101Australian Newspapers, 4 UK daily newspapers, Fox Studios/TV & channels across Eastern Europe
137
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Name 3 ways China monitors cultural erosion

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  • FDI - TNCs share their culture with China stemming from the Open Door Policy 1978
  • Movie screening/ film industry - 35 film rule
  • Censorship- social media platform replacements e.g we chat replaces WhatsApp
138
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When did the first organised event for disabled athletes that coincided with the Olympic Games took place

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On the opening day of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

139
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How can sports events and technology lead to cultural diffusion

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Sports events can be televised and published about on a global scale via the internet & fibre optics e.g premier league & world cup

140
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Aim of the Paralympics in its establishment

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The aim was to create an elite sports competition for people with disabilities that would be equivalent to & straight after the Olympic Games, using the same facilities.

141
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The success of the Paralympic movement alongside the globalisation of sports by key players such as the International Olympic Committee shows how…

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globalisation can create new opportunities for disadvantaged groups.

Geography - Human - Paper 2 (15 decks)

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