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Globalisation A level Geography Edexel
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1Globalisation is:
- AThe process by which people, culture, finance, goods and information transfer between countries with increasing speed and efficiency
- BThe world considered as a single community linked by telecommunications - everyone is brought together by the internet
- CThe process of when a company restyles its product to suit local tastes
- DThe changing and loss of culture in an area, such as the loss of language and traditional food
2What is the time space compression?
- ADescribes how communication has changed from taking months to days to minutes to seconds
- BQuicker communication between countries bringing more people and cultures together
- CThe removal of trade barriers such as tariffs, subsidies and quotas
3True or false: Advanced/Developed countries has more data flows and communication networks than less developed countries
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Tick international political and economic organisations
- AIMF (International Monetary Fund)
- BASEAN
- CWTO (World trade organisaiton)
- DUSMCA
- EWorld Bank
5What is Foreign Direct Investment?
- Asmall areas that offer incentives to attract companies, such as tax discounts and a reduction in planning permission requirements
- Bwhen a company does work overseas, either itself or using another company
- Cinvestment made by and overseas company or organisation into a company or organisation which is based in another country.
6True or false: A free trade agreement is treaties created by two or more countries designed to make more barriers for trade
- ATrue
- BFalse
7What does KOF Globalisation Index measure?
- AEconomic dimensions of globalisation
- BEnvironmental dimensions of globalisation
- CSocial dimensions of globalisation
- DPolitical dimensions of globalisation
8An example of economic globalisation is cross border contacts and information flows
- ATrue
- BFalse
9What is glocalisation?
- Acompanies reduce costs by transferring aspects of work to low-cost outside suppliers rather than completing it themselves. - work contracted to another company
- Bwhen a country re designs its product to suit local tastes eg Mcdonalds
- CThe process of relocating business operations to a country other than the one with the headquarters - overseas outsourcing
- Dcross-border transactions and the volume of FDI
10Apple case study - What are negatives of apple globalising?
- AUS, Ire, UK working conditions
- BChinese wages - £2.20 an hour
- CRenewable packaging
- DJobs & wages - 170,000 European suppliers jobs
- EFoxconn conditions - bad
- FHazardous chemicals
- GLeakage & corp tax - avoided
11True or False: North Korea is a switched on country in regards to globalisation
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Global shift is:
- Ainvestment made by and overseas company or organisation into a company or organisation which is based in another country.
- BSet up by national governments to offer financial or tax incentives to attract FDI, which differ from those incentives normally offered by a country
- CThe Global Shift is the movement of manufacturing from Europe to the USA to many Asian countries
- Dthe removal of trade barriers such as tariffs, subsidies and quotas
13Global shift is accelerated by: (3 things)
- AIndividual Asian countries, such as India, began to allow overseas companies access to their markets, with a new open door policy
- BIndustry leaving developed areas to give undeveloped countries a chance to develop
- CTNCs began to seek new areas of manufacturing and for outsourcing services eg call centres in India
- DFDI began to flow into the emerging or re-emerging Asian markets
- ECompanies running out of money and funds so have to go to cheaper places
14True or false: 80% of Nigerias industry is based on Lagos
- ATrue
- BFalse
15True or false: Urban migration causes a shortage of housing and growth in slums
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Tick the challenges people in Lagos faces in everyday life:
- AOvercrowding causing growth in slums
- BTraffic congestion
- CCrime
- DPollution (waste and sanitation)
- ESewage in slums
17Why is the Sumatra rainforest being burnt?
- AMake room for housing
- BDemand for olive oil
- CDemand for Plam oil
- DCattle ranching and farming
18Affects of Sumatra burning:
- ADestroys habitats
- BContributes to haze in atmosphere in Thailand and Indonesia
- CFlooding in rural areas
- DRespiratory problems
- ELittle food from trees being cut down
- FSmaller farming businesses not able to get harvest
19What is cultural diffusion?
- Aloss of language, traditional food, music, clothes, social relations
- Bthe spread of cultural trends across locations
- Cchanging products to fit local tastes
20Cultural imperalism is:
- Athe imposition by one usually politically or economically dominant community of various aspects of its own culture onto another nondominant community.
- Bthe spread of cultural trends across locations
21McDonaldization is the way in which the principles that fast-food chains use to succeed are applied to the world at large.
Tick examples of this seen today:
- AMedia outlets - media outlets seeks to achieve a certain degree of consistency
- BEastern standards of beauty - media is controlled by the east → pushes eastern beauty on other countries
- CWestern standards of beauty - media is controlled by the west → pushes western beauty on other countries eg wanting rounder eyes like western girls
- DBollywood
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