globalisation facts Flashcards
when did clean develop containerisation
1956
first steam train
1804
what % does container trade account for world seaboard trade
60%
first commercial telegraph created
1837
name a country with a political barrier to gloablisation
North Korea
name a country with a physical barrier to globalisation
the Sahel
first mobile phone used
1973
first steam ship
1787
what company become largest telecommunications company in the world in 2000
vodafone
name a country with a economic barrier to globalisation
ethiopia
what % of roads in Ethiopia are unpaved
85%
where are the special economic zones in china
Shenzhen, shantou, zhuhai
how many deaths due to air pollution in china each year
4000
how many under poverty line in India
32%
what % of Indias GPD was farming in 2008
17%