Changing the way you learn

Question	Answer
How many users did Facebook have in 2015?	1.5 Billion
Give two examples of trade blocs.	EU and NAFTA
Examples of IGOs	World Bank, WTO and IMF
Define outsourcing	To obtain goods or a service by contract from an outside supplier.
Define offshoring	The practice of basing some of a company's processes or services overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs.
Define deregulation	The removal of regulations or restrictions, especially in a particular industry
Define westernisation	Westernisation is the process where societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, politics, economics, lifestyle, law, norms, mores, customs, traditions, values, mentality, perceptions, diet, clothing, language, alphabet and religion.
Define containerisation	Containerisation is a form of operating trade through containers where all trade members use the same type of containers.
What does it mean if a country is switched off?	Switched-off areas are usually excluded from global flows of trade, capital, labour and information and these countries are generally left behind whilst other countries prosper and benefit from globalisation.

Human Geography

	Created by Will Wotton almost 3 years ago