Globalisation: Social And Political Tensions

Question 1

What has created culturally mixed societies?

Answer 1

Open borders
Deregulation
Encouragement of FDI

Question 2

What has culturally mixed societies led to?

Answer 2

Migrant diasporas

Question 3

What is a migrant diasporas?

Answer 3

A scattered population across many regions

Question 4

What is an example of a multicultural society resulting form globalisation?

Answer 4

The UK

Question 5

What is an example of open boarders?

Answer 5

EU citizens are free to move around the EU as a right

Question 6

What is post-accession?

Answer 6

The flow of economic migrants after a country has joined the EU

Question 7

When did post-accession occur in the uk?

Answer 7

In 20004 when Slovakia and Poland joined the EU

Question 8

How many french people were living in London in 2015?

Answer 8

250,000 a large number showing how many people move from one country in the EU to another

Question 9

What is an enclave?

Answer 9

A small area surrounded by a larger area where the population is culturally or ethnically distinct

Question 10

What % of Londons 8 million residents are from another country?

Answer 10

30% showing how movement is easy form one country to another in most cases

Question 11

What is a Diaspora?

Answer 11

The dispersion or spread of a group of people from their original homeland

Question 12

What are some examples of deregulation?

Answer 12

Freedom to invest in businesses or transfer capital
Removal of any barriers to invest money
No government approval needed
No restrictions for financial institutions
Any bank or individual can trade in shares without having to use London stock exchange

Question 13

How many migrants did the UK receive after WW2 from the Caribbean?

Answer 13

500,000 migrants

Question 14

What was the pull factor for Caribbean migrants after WW2?

Answer 14

Work due the rebuilding of industry in the UK following the war

Question 15

We’re there any intervening obstacles for Caribbean migrants after WW2?

Answer 15

No because visa restrictions did not apply at this time to countries in the British commonwealth

Question 16

What was the push factor for Caribbean migrants after WW2?

Answer 16

Poverty associated with decolonisation

Question 17

What did a need for labour in the UK textile industry lead to in the 60’s?

Answer 17

750,000 Pakistanis and 1 million Indians were attracted by these pull factors

Question 18

We’re there any intervening obstacles for the textile migrants?

Answer 18

Few visa restrictions and transport was cheap

Question 19

What are some refugee migrations into the UK?

Answer 19

Ugandan Asians (1972) and Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong (1975)

Question 20

what lead to an increase in restrictions for oversea migrants?

Answer 20

Due to controversial views of the UK public

Question 21

What was one exception to oversea migration to the UK?

Answer 21

EU migrants as all EU citizens have the right of free movement within the EU

Question 22

What is a thriving migrant diaspora in New York?

Answer 22

Queens made of 5 boroughs

Question 23

What are some of the countries found in queens?

Answer 23

India
Korea
Brazil

Question 24

How many languages are believed to be spoken in queens?

Answer 24

800

Question 25

What % of the queens population is migrants?

Answer 25

36%

Question 26

What are some parades that occur in New York? (Migration)

Answer 26

Chinese New Year 
St Patrick’s day 
Puerto Rican day 
West Indian-American day
African American day 
Columbus Day parade

Question 27

What are the negatives of the movement of people?

Answer 27

May trigger cultural tensions and extremist behaviour

Question 28

What does a rapid increase in migration by globalisation cause?

Answer 28

Led to a rise in extremist groups

Question 29

What are some extremist groups in the UK?

Answer 29

Britain first
The knights Templar
Extreme right wing groups

Question 30

What are the two characteristics of far right extremist groups?

Answer 30

Reject the principle oh human equality

Advocate exclusionary policies towards immigrants and minority groups

Question 31

What other country has also seen a rise in extremist groups?

Answer 31

Germany

Question 32

How many extremists have been identified by Germany’s domestic intelligence?

Answer 32

32000 extremists

Question 33

Why could you argue that brexit is a rejection of globalisation?

Answer 33

As it is breaking away from the EU where trade and the movement of people was encouraged making an obstacle for movement and trade

Question 34

What did 4 regions in France ban?

Answer 34

The Burkini

Question 35

Why was banning the burkini antiglobalist?

Answer 35

As it stopping a specific group from accessing an area becuase of their race/ religious beliefs

Question 36

What transboundary resources are affected by globalisation?

Answer 36

Water

Question 37

What can cause a water conflict?

Answer 37

Any location that experiences rising demand or diminishing supply can lead to a conflict for the reimagining source

Question 38

What did the UN make to prevent water conflicts?

Answer 38

The Helsinki rules

Question 39

What is the point of the Helsinki rules?

Answer 39

Management of transboundary resources on an equitable basis but the pressures of development and population growth may prevent cooperation

Question 40

What is the nature of the NIle basin conflict?

Answer 40

The Chinese government provided money for the Ethiopian government to build a HEP damn near the source of the Nile in their mountainous region however the countries downstream protested saying there felt at threat of the flow being controlled by Ethiopia

Question 41

Who are the key player sin the Nile basin conflict?

Answer 41

Ethiopia
China
Egypt

Question 42

How do the user needs of Egypt and Ethiopia vary?

Answer 42

Ethiopia need the water for power and less for agrarian purposes but due to Egypt being desert they rely on the river flow as a main source of water