Impacts Of Globalisation - Culture & Extremes of Poverty

Question 1

What is meant by the term culture?

Answer 1

Culture is the way people live. It includes language, food and customs.

Question 2

How has advances in technology contributed to the spread of Western Culture?

Answer 2

Computers and Internet

Question 3

What is McDonaldisation?

Answer 3

McDonalds all around the world having the same uniform and having the same restaurant.

Question 4

What are the 5 language hotspots?

Answer 4

English
Chinese
Spanish
Japanese
French

Question 5

What is meant by the Americanisation of Australian culture?

Answer 5

It is a process whereby Australians are bombarded every day with images of American lifestyle, so much that it merges almost unnoticed into their own lifestyle.

Question 6

What is meant by extreme poverty?

Answer 6

It is living on under 1 dollar a day and not having enough food and clean water.

Question 7

How many people in the world live in extreme poverty?

Answer 7

1.1 billion people

Question 8

Name 4 measures of development that are used in order to calculate the Human Development Index? (HDI)

Answer 8

Life expectancy
Adult literacy rates
Education standards
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita

Question 9

What is Australia’s HDI? How does it compare with other countries?

Answer 9

Australia’s HDI is 0.962 and Malawi is 0.457