YEAR 9 Globalisation

Question 1

Define globalisation

Answer 1

The way the world is becoming more interconnected

Question 2

Define TNC

Answer 2

Transnational companies

Question 3

Define trade

Answer 3

The exchange of goods between two different countries

Question 4

Define aid

Answer 4

Any form of help given from one country to another.

Question 5

Define import

Answer 5

Bringing a product into a country from another country

Question 6

Define export

Answer 6

Sending a product from your country to another country.

Question 7

Why have containers been so important in increasing globalisation?

Answer 7

Containers have made shipping and transporting goods quicker and cheaper, which has benefited both consumers and companies. It has also brought the price of goods down, and has encouraged more interdependence globally.

Question 8

What are the Millennium Development Goals?

Answer 8

8 goals created by the United Nations in order to try and improve the state of the world.

Question 9

Define interdependence

Answer 9

Countries relying on each other for key goods or services.

Question 10

Define the primary industry

Answer 10

The type of employment which involves the extraction of raw materials.

Question 11

Define the secondary industry

Answer 11

The type of employment of turning raw materials into a new product to be sold.

Question 12

Define the tertiary industry

Answer 12

The type of employment focused on delivering a form of service.

Question 13

Define inequality

Answer 13

Where people don’t have the same rights and opportunities as others do.

Question 14

List some general factors on TNCs:

Answer 14

Their headquarters are found in high income countries, and their production centres and factories are found in lower income countries.
TNC stands for transnational companies.

Question 15

List some positive factors about TNCs:

Answer 15

Provide cheaper goods for consumers and it becomes cheaper of the companies.
Economic growth.
Technological developments and advancements for the rest of the world.
Increased global trade
Encourages the increase of knowledge transfer.

Question 16

List some negative facts about TNCs:

Answer 16

Causes exploitation including cheap labour, sweat shops, law wages e.t.c.
Has a negative environmental impact.
Causes cultural homogenisation.
Causes job displacement.
Causes economic dependence between countries.
Causes market dominance, causing small businesses to shut down.
Causes social inequality.

Question 17

Name 2 countries which export a lot of manufactured goods.

Answer 17

China and Germany

Question 18

Give 2 reasons why the UK imports manufactured goods.

Answer 18

It allows the UK to access a wider variety of products, and it is beneficial to the growing economy.

Question 19

Explain why China imports raw materials.

Answer 19

Helps to encourage economic development, it can be cost effective and it helps to be able to manufacture other goods to sell.

Question 20

Give 3 reasons why research and services are based in HICs (high income countries).

Answer 20

They have well developed infrastructure, they have a strong educational system and research institutions and they have stable economies.

Question 21

List some facts about the TNC Nike:

Answer 21

First formed in 1964
First known as Blue Ribbon Sports, then Nike in 1971.
30,000 employed directly through the company.
Their yearly income in 2013 totalled $25 billion.
Headquarters are found in Oregon, USA.

Question 22

What is Bi-Lateral aid?

Answer 22

Aid given directly from one country to another.

Question 23

What is emergency/short term aid?

Answer 23

Aid given quickly at times of war or natural disaster.

Question 24

What is tied aid?

Answer 24

Aid that must be used by the receiving country to buy goods or services from the donor country.

Question 25

What is bottom up aid?

Answer 25

Development work that starts work at the grass roots level.

Question 26

What is Fairtrade?

Answer 26

It’s about giving people who produce the things consumers buy, like fruit or vegetables, a fair price for their work. These workers are typically found in low income countries with a very small daily wage.

Question 27

How does it help farmers in poorer countries?

Answer 27

Helps them diversify where there is overproduction, it pays farmers more for their produce so they can make a decent living from it.

Question 28

What are the key aspects of globalisation?

Question 29

Why is trade unfair

Answer 29

Takes advantage of the poorer countries and benefits the richer countries causing a greater social imbalance on the rich and the poor