globalisation L2 what has caused globalisation?

Question 1

How has improvements in TRANSPORT caused Globalisation?

Answer 1

How we travel SHORT distances:
- Horse — Steam Train (1850-1930) — 1st gen cars — modern cars

How we travel LONGER distances:
- Sailing (1500-1840, 10mph) — Steam boats — Cruise Ships

How FAST we can travel:
- 6mph (Horse)
- 65mph (Steam Train)
- 500-700mph (Airplane)

HOW we transport goods:
- Camel — Barrels & Crates — Storage Containers

Question 2

How has CONTAINERISATION caused Globalisation?

Answer 2

• standardised intermodal (everyone uses the same) containers from producers to truck to freight train & container ships
• most only require 13 workers to load & onload & sail abroad — computers do the rest
• modern container ships can carry 20000 containers
• first ever use in 1796 in Derby
• 90% of world trade shipped using intermodal containerisation today
• Rotterdam — Europes largest port (Netherlands)

Question 3

Technology causing Globalisation

Answer 3

• 1995 — internet became commercialisation
• 2001 — social media spreading online (myspace)

Letters — telegram — telephone — email — mobile phones — smartphone

• UK average Mbps — 30-50

Question 4

What is Technological Leapfrogging?

Answer 4

Skipping stages of development technologically

Question 5

how long did the fastest transport ship take to navigate the globe in the 1700s?

Answer 5

2 years

Question 6

How many people globally had access to internet in 2000 vs 2018?

Answer 6

6.5%
vs
51.1%

Question 7

How many monthly users did instagram have in 2024?

Answer 7

2 billion

Question 8

Where is the worlds fastest internet?

Answer 8

UAE — 291.85mbps

Question 9

What is Shrinking World Theory?

Answer 9

Physical distances have not changed but developments in tech have reduced the time it takes to trade & communicate globally — heightened connectivity changes perception of distance, time & potential barriers to movement

‘space compression’