human- 3.1

Question 1

what is globalisation

Answer 1

Globalisation is the increasing connectedness of countries around the world through movement of goods, services, capital and ideas across borders.
-economic interdependence of countries
-diffusion of technology

Question 2

what word do we use to describe the movement of things around the world in globalisation

Answer 2

FLOWS

Question 3

what flows are involved in globalisation
(acronym)

Answer 3

COMICAT

CO mmodities (movement of products/ materials)
M igrants (movement of people)
I nformation (communication and data transfer)
CA pital (transfer and flow of money and currency)
T ourism (movement of people for intrigue and recreation)

Question 4

describe how the interrelationship with trade has changed

Answer 4

-there was a large desire to move goods and services across the world, to improve efficiency in a short time
-aviation and shipping have evolved to create an interconnected system of cargo movement

Question 5

what two factors have caused this shrinking wold effect

Answer 5

transport and trade

Question 6

how has transport caused this interrelationship

Answer 6

-communication and transport technologies have improved
-trade has increased in a geographical scale
-bringing unexpected changes to the operation of companies

Question 7

how has trade caused this interrelationship

Answer 7

the world seems much smaller due to its interrelations.

-capitalist economies are always wanting to increase their profits and sales to gain the maximum amount of money
-they can conduct research into transport technology to help build new global markets

Question 8

what is a global market?

Answer 8

A global market is where goods, services, and labor are exchanged throughout the entire world

Question 9

name 4 modes of transport that have been improved

Answer 9

aviation
steam power
container shipping
railways

Question 10

how has steam power improved transportation?

Answer 10

it has enabled rapid movement across the world in any direction
(before boats had to travel in the direction of wind)

Question 11

how has railways improved transportation?

Answer 11

they have enabled reliable and predictable movements of goods over large distances

Question 12

how has aviation improved transportation?

Answer 12

this has enabled transportation by air on a rapid and large scale

Question 13

how has container shipping improved transportation?

Answer 13

this has enabled shipping, loading, stacking and the unloading of goods to be safe, reliable and efficient

Question 14

describe the ‘shrinking world effect’

Answer 14

‘time-space’ compression
as transport and technology improve and advance, the size of the planet, distances and the time taken to travel around it all decrease.

Question 15

3.1c
how has improvements in communication technologies caused time-space compression.

Answer 15

-as they innovate and improve due to increased trade and information transfer

Question 16

how has ICT changed over the years (flow chart)

Answer 16

telephones –> fax machines –> internet –> video conferencing

Question 17

what type of technology has given us enhanced opportunities for global communication?

Answer 17

mobile phone technologies

Question 18

give some examples of growth of ICT

Answer 18

-telephone and telegraph
-broadband and fibre optics
-GIS and GPS
-the internet, social networks and skype for example

Question 19

when was the first submarine cable laid under the ocean?

Answer 19

August 1858- first telegraph cable`

Question 20

what main problem is caused by internet globalisation

Answer 20

it is very unevenly distributed
-cables are not equally spread around the world
-many countries in central Africa have a very limited access to internet e.g. somalia and the central african republic

Question 21

give the 6 dimensions of globalisation

Answer 21

-cultural elements can be lost as people lose their identity
-inequality increases as people gain wealth from the poverty of others
-flows of information spread less desirable ideas and influences
-increased interconnectivity fuels organised crimes
-legal loopholes are exploited for financial gain of rich
-local and global environments are destroyed causing extinctions

Question 22

describe how electronic banking has formed from globalisation

Answer 22

advancements in technology and increased use of smartphones has let to increased ease and speed of money transfers around the globe
-linked to the flows of goods, migrants and tourists

Question 23

describe how migrants play a part in globalisation (think money)

Answer 23

as migrants go abroad to work, they share their money and send some of it back to their original country where their family live, linking capita and migration together)

Question 24

give examples of electronic banks

Answer 24

revolut, remitly and monzo

Question 26

what phrase do we use to describe the world with developments in transportation?

Answer 26

a shrinking world