Key Definitions Flashcards

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What is an economy?

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The system according to which the money, industry and trade of a country or region are organised. A country’s economy is the wealth that it gets from business and industry.

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What is globalisation?

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The word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology and flows of investment, people, information.

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What is ‘geography of development’?

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How wealth and the quality of life of people living on our planet varies from place to place.

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What is a transnational company?

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A company that exists in more than one country.

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What happens in the introduction of ‘The Almighty Dollar’?

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Lauren Miller buys a cheap $2 radio at Walmart

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Show the journey of The Almighty Dollar:

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USA
China
Nigeria
India
Iraq
Russia
Germany
UK
USA (again)

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