Key Definitions Flashcards
What is an economy?
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.
What is globalisation?
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.
What is ‘geography of development’?
How wealth and the quality of life of people living on our planet varies from place to place.
What is a transnational company?
A company that exists in more than one country.
What happens in the introduction of ‘The Almighty Dollar’?
Lauren Miller buys a cheap $2 radio at Walmart
Show the journey of The Almighty Dollar:
USA
China
Nigeria
India
Iraq
Russia
Germany
UK
USA (again)