Lesson 7 - Economic, social and environmental impacts of global shifts in economic activity

Question 1

Globalisation is an economic process, social and environmental effects follow on from economic changes, what are they called?

Answer 1

Externalities

Question 2

A global shift has occurred. Poorly paid manufacturing work has moved from richer countries to where?

Answer 2

Poorer countries

Question 3

List the externalities from the moving of manufacturing from richer countries to poorer nations?

Answer 3

Child labour, suppression of trade unions, pollution and exploitation

Question 4

Give a negative of deindustrialisation?

Answer 4

Long term unemployment in previous industrial cities

Question 5

What has been the impact of long term unemployment in previously industrial cities?

Answer 5

Longer term social problems