Lesson 2- Is globalisation a good thing?

Question 1

What are the Fop?

Answer 1

Land-access to raw materials

Labour- the workforce, blue and white collar jobs

Capital-goods used within production processes to produce other goods

Enterprise-Innovation, ideas to form a product

Question 2

Globalisation and wealth in modern hsitory

Answer 2

During the last 30 years:
-Over half a billion people in China have escaped poverty, following their leaders descision to embrace economic globalisation

-Many african nations such as Nigeria have finally begun to acheive strong economic growth

-The proportion of people in Sub-saharan Africa living in absolute poverty has not changed

-India has developed its own space mission, yet half a billion still lack a flushing toilet

-Corporations like Apple and Microsoft has seen their global profits soar

Question 3

Positives of globalisation

Answer 3

• Local societies have gained enormously in cultural diversity with the arrival of migrants, retail chains and new architecture means British cities look different from the past.

-McDonalds sells burgers in India using a ‘joint venture’ so Indian stores make lots of profits

-Internet allows some cultures to survive and strengthen. Musicians from mail upload films onto youtube where many people view them. E.g Gangnam Style spread South Korea culture

-In recent decades, the United nations has worked to bring countries together to solve a range of issues, from climate change, to the Millenium Development Goals. U.S peacekeeping troops help restore order in countries where there is conflict

Question 4

Negatives of globalisation

Answer 4

• Technology and transport allow western businesses to move their factories to countries where labour is cheaper , like Indonesia. This takes traditiona factory jobs away from cities like Sheffield and Detroit. Geographers call this deindustrialisation
• Globalisation has sometimes led to conflict between different cultures. Terrorists in Kenya and Nigeria have claimed that they are trying to stop the spread of ‘Western values’, which they say include consumerism and greater independance of women

-‘Sweatshop’ is a term that is sometimes used to describe some of the very worst conditions endured by men and women working for long hours in unsafe textile factories in Bangladesh. They may even earn wages of no more than just £2 a day