Interconnectedness Flashcards
What are some innovations in transport?
Trains have improved
Roads have improved
Sea travel has improved
Air travel has improved
How have the improvements in transport benefitted us?
People and products can be transported more quickly, efficiently and cheaper.
What are virtual communities?
Virtual communities are social media websites where people can connect.
What are some examples of virtual communities?
Xbox live Facebook Twitter Instagram Snapchat
How do signs and symbols of places help us?
Signs and symbols help us to ‘read’ and understand a place, feel safe and use it effectively.
What has globalisation created?
Global links between people and trade.
What are good things about global connectedness?
It means we can share a destiny with everyone (including our enemies) which supposedly, limits extreme warfare and destruction.
What are bad things or dangers of global connectedness?
Due to the connectivity between people and places, super viruses spread VERY quickly around the world.
What are some of Apple’s successes?
More than 80000 employees world wide.
Hugely successful IT company.
Strong brand loyalty (when a new product comes out people buy it.
Creates truly global links.
How have Apple become so successful?
80000 employees.
Components made all over the world allows for secrecy of ideas.
Final assembly happens in Shenzhen, China, where production is faster and cheaper.
Strong brand loyalty.
Where is the Apple HQ?
In Cupertino in the middle of the Silicon Valley, California.
Who is the creator/founder of Apple?
Steve Jobs.
What six things do people influence on places?
Culture Economics and wealth History Technology Population density Population movement
How does culture influence a place?
It is the people of the place way of life.
It’s the locals lifestyle mainly based around language and religion.
How does economics and wealth influence a place?
The wealthiness or poorness of a place determines how advanced the place is and what they can or can’t afford to help develop.
