Geo - Globalisation

Question 1

globalisation

Answer 1

• process of the world becoming more interconnected
• increases integration and interaction

Question 2

causes of globalistion

Answer 2

1. improved transportation
2. more companies
3. internet
4. free trade
5. social media
6. migration
7. currency
8. advertisement
9. foreign labour

Question 3

positive impacts of globalization

Answer 3

1. new jobs
2. consumers enjoy greater choice of goods
3. help local services
4. improving cultural diversity
5. able to take holidays
6. bring awareness to global issues (e.g. pollution)
7. makes governments work together to tackle global issues

Question 4

negative impacts on globalization

Answer 4

1. multinational companies might drive local companies out of business
2. can threaten local culture
3. operates only among the richest countries.
4. can cause social tensions among countries.

Question 5

trade

Answer 5

buying & selling goods and services between different countries around the world

Question 6

industry

Answer 6

economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

Question 7

cotton industry - environmental impacts

Answer 7

Aral Sea
- dried up because water was used for cotton
- loss of trees + forests
- everything depended on the sea, died
- temp increased, no water to evaporate
- dust storms, no trees to block wind
- dust carries harmful chemicals

Question 8

cotton industry - social impacts

Answer 8

• fishing industry was lost, no water/sea
• jobs lost
• communities have reduced water supply
• poverty
• public health affected

Question 9

fair trade

Answer 9

• changes the way trade works through better prices, better working conditions
• fairer deals for farmers and working in developing countries

Question 10

positive impacts of fair trade

Answer 10

1. improves working conditions
2. reduces environmental damage
3. no child labor
4. give workers the money they deserve
5. farmers being able to exchange info (cooperative)

Question 11

fair trade premium

Answer 11

• fair trade products being a bit more expensive to guarantee working villages earn money.
• can be used for buildings, buying more supplies and much more.

Question 12

fair trade minimum price

Answer 12

lowest possible price that a buyer of fair trade products must pay the producers

Question 13

co-operatives

Answer 13

• farmers exchanging info to help each other.
• benefits everyone

Question 14

TNC

Answer 14

• transnational cooperation
• a company that has operations (eg. factories, shops, workers …)
• many TNCs are large & well known

Question 15

advantages of TNC’s

Answer 15

• can increase countries’ GDP
• decrease employment
• give citizens new skills
• brings in new machinery, better technology, new management skills, production ideas and better education

Question 16

disadvantages of TNC’s

Answer 16

• most have no protective laws
  => low wages
  => unlivable working conditions
  => overtime
  => lots of toxic waste (don’t need to dispose safely)
  => verbal and physical abuse
  => dangerous for physical and mental health
• support child labor
• access to raw materials