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What Are The Causes Of Globalisation And it’s accelerating pace Flashcards

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What is globalisation

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Basically means everything goes global trade goes global
companies go global communication goes global
culture goes global

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What is economic integration

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Economies are coming more more connected through trade and the movement of goods and capital

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What does economic integration motivate

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Improve transport and communication and spreads culture

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What are the positives of economic integration

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Opportunities to be able to buy and sell any country in the world the
growth of global marketing finance
opportunities for labour and capital to locate anywhere in the world

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How does the movement of TNCS to lower cost areas affect the consumer market?

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More choice a lower price is providing incentives for competitiveness

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What can exports stimulate

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Job creation - earning valuable foreign currency

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What does FDI stand for

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Foreign direct investment

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When was the General agreement on tariffs and trade signed

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1948

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How many countries agreed to the general agreement on tariffs and trade in 1948

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23 countries route 45,000 Thai concessions in US$10 billion of trade

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By 1973 how many countries are joining GATT agreement

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102 countries agreed in tariff reductions worth more than US$300 billion

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When was the world trade organisation founded

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1994

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How many governments agreed to the WTO Tariff reductions

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123 countries agreed major reductions in tariffs and agricultural subsidies

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What did the WTO agreement allow access to

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Full access for textiles and clothing from developing countries and an extension of intellectual property rights

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When was the Doha development round created

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2001

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What are the main disagreements in reducing trade barriers in the present day

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US and the EU and emerging economies like Brazil disagree over agricultural subsidies which are viewed as a type of trade barrier

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What factors might have accelerated globalisation

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TNCs
Newmarket
transport costs
computer/Internet technologies international organisations

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Why are TNCs considered the architects of globalisation

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They invest abroad and build links between the places that make products and the places That consume the goods and services

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What happened in the 19 century reduce the cost of moving goods internationally

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Railways
Telegraph
steamships

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What led to further reduce transport and handling costs in the 20th century?

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Containerisation and aviation/airfreight

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How can manufacturing and diversification to be coordinated

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By providing a wide range of new services, features or products to customers in a new market

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What is the name of the creation of recognisable global brands?

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Brand recognition

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Why do companies invest in new markets

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To make profits more consumers create more potential sales in this higher potential profits
As they are able to sell goods to a whole new area

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What are examples of some current new markets

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India and China has encourage businesses to invest money in the hope of generating more sales

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When were the earliest computers developed

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In top-secret by the US and UK during World War II

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What were the early computers used for

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Used To break enemy code and to develop the nuclear bomb

26
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Who designed the very first computer?

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Alan Turing at station X Bletchley Park to break the German enigma code

27
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How many computers were in the UK by the end of the war

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10 of the colossus computers working 24 hours a day break in German Italian in Japanese code

28
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When were the computers used in the war finally declassified

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In the 1970s

29
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Who invented the integrated circuit chip

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Jack Kilby 1958

30
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When was the first micro processor chip invented

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1971

31
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What has happened to processing power every year since 1971

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It has doubled

32
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What is containerisation

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A system of intermodal freight transport using standard containers that can be loaded onto ships, railways, planes and lorries

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When did containerships begin operating

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In the 1950s

34
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What percentage of a number cargo is transported by containers today

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90%

35
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What is TEU?

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20 foot equivalent units. It is based on the volume of a 20 foot long intermodal container a standard size metal box

36
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What are the advantages of containerisation

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More secure cargo
 Improvements import handling efficiency = lower costs = increase trade flows

37
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What is the cost of shipping a TV from China to the UK

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£6

38
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What is the cost of shipping a bottle of wine from Australia to the UK

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6p

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How much have costs changed on goods since the 1950’s for containerisation

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100% reducing the friction of distance

40
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What are boats that use containers also known as

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Box boats they carry the majority of the worlds manufacturing

41
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What do containerisation prompt

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The global shift of manufacturing in China from HIC to a NEE s

42
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What was the TEU of the largest container ship in 1980

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5000

43
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What is the TEU of the Emma maersk 

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Is 15,200

44
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When was the Boeing 707 introduced

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1959 it was the first narrow body jet

45
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What aircraft was introduced in 1970 as a first wide-body aircraft

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Boeing 747 that seats 524 people

46
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When was the first double-decker wide-body aircraft introduced

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2007 called the airbus A380 seats 853 people and uses 20% less fuel per passenger

47
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What does it mean until the 1970s most major airlines were flag carriers

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It means a response by the government and protected from competition

48
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What create a competition in choice for the consumer in regards to air travel

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The open skies agreement

49
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What were cheaper airlines do to make sure they still make a profit

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Instead of having an expensive flight with all inclusive they may charge for luxuries like food priority boarding seat allocation and baggage

50
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What percentage of goods by volume and value are transported by air

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5% by volume
36% by value

51
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What are fibre-optic’s?

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Technology Associated with the transmission of information as light passes along a glass or plastic strand or fibre

52
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What are fibre optics designed for?

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Long-distance very high performance data networking and telecommunications this has led to the cost of data transmission becoming cheaper due to global fibre-optic cable network

53
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When was the first GPS satellite launched

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In the 1970s

54
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How many satellites are situated in the atmosphere today

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24 situated 10,000 km above earth

55
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What does GPS satellites do

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Continuously broadcast position and time data usage throughout the world

56
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Why do companies use GPS satellites

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Deliveries can be tracked using vehicle tracking systems help in the growth of global production of networks

57
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How did the Internet begin its life

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Part of a scheme funded by the US defence Department during the Cold War it was designed you in the 1960s as a way of linking vital research

58
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What is the Doha round?

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A trade negotiation of the WTO

59
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What was the objective of the Doha development round?

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objective was to lower trade barriers around the world, and thus facilitate increased global trade.

60
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What has allowed for easier and fast communication between areas?

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Social media such as WhatsApp

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