Globalisation EQ1

Question 1

What term is used to describe nations becoming more integrated

Answer 1

globalisation

Question 2

what is the flow of money between people called

Answer 2

capital

Question 3

what term means the success of one place depends on the success of other places

Answer 3

interdependence

Question 4

What has made ship transportation of goods efficient

Answer 4

containerisation

Question 5

What term describes how we feel the decreasing size of the world

Answer 5

space-time compression

Question 6

What is an online store called

Answer 6

e-tailer

Question 7

what is getting resources locally called

Answer 7

local sourcing

Question 8

what is the political philosophy which prioritises local over others called

Answer 8

localism

Question 9

What countries does the IMF give money to

Answer 9

poorest

Question 10

How do countries get aid from IMF

Answer 10

applying

Question 11

What must countries go through to afford to pay back the loan

Answer 11

SAP

Question 12

what does SAP stand for

Answer 12

Structural adjustment programmes

Question 13

What are SAPs

Answer 13

strict conditions imposed

Question 14

What did Tanzania cut as a condition of debt relief

Answer 14

water to shanty towns

Question 15

What is it called when a country restricts trade with foreign nations

Answer 15

protectionism

Question 16

Why does the World Bank give loans

Answer 16

finance development

Question 17

What does the World Trade Organisation do

Answer 17

supervises international trade

Question 18

what is an intergovernmental agreement where trade barriers are reduced

Answer 18

trade bloc

Question 19

What trade bloc includes USA Mexico and Canada

Answer 19

USMCA

Question 20

What trade bloc includes central american countries

Answer 20

CAIS

Question 21

What trade bloc includes south American countries

Answer 21

MERCOSUR

Question 22

What trade bloc includes West African countries

Answer 22

UEMOA

Question 23

What trade bloc includes post soviet states across Europe and Asia

Answer 23

EAEU

Question 24

what was the name for the EU protecting the textile industry from China in 2007

Answer 24

Bra wars

Question 25

What did USMCA remove between nations

Answer 25

trade barriers

Question 26

What did USMCA make mexican companies adopt

Answer 26

higher standards

Question 27

How many jobs has USMCA created since 1994

Answer 27

1 million

Question 28

What % of its exports is Mexico dependent on the USA for

Answer 28

88%

Question 29

Who took over UK's Cadbury in 2010

Answer 29

US's Kraft

Question 30

When did Fender create an offshored plant in Mexico

Answer 30

1987

Question 31

What foreign merger has headquarters in both the UK and the Netherlands

Answer 31

Royal Dutch Shell

Question 32

How many more customers did Tesco gain after it joined the EU in 2004

Answer 32

75 million

Question 33

When did Deng Xiaoping introduce the "Open Door Policy"

Answer 33

1978

Question 34

When SEZ was created in China in 1980

Answer 34

Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

Question 35

When did China join the world trade organisation

Answer 35

2001

Question 36

China's exports went from $2 billion in 1980 to how much in 2000

Answer 36

$200 billion

Question 37

How much was China receiving in FDI per year by 2006

Answer 37

$60 billion

Question 38

How much taxes do SEZs have

Answer 38

lower

Question 39

What index measures the extent to which countries are linked to each other

Answer 39

KOF Globalisation index

Question 40

What index measures cities off their quality of global connections

Answer 40

AT Kearney Global Cities index

Question 41

What companies were sold to Indian TNC Tata Motors in 2008

Answer 41

Jaguar Land Rover

Question 42

Who did Jaguar Land Rover establish a joint partnership with in 2012

Answer 42

Chery Automobile Company

Question 43

How many employees worldwide does Jaguar Land Rover have

Answer 43

44,000

Question 44

How many animal feed mills has Cargill built in Vietnam since 1995

Answer 44

9

Question 45

How many schools has Cargill built for local children in Vietnam

Answer 45

90

Question 46

What are regions which are strongly connected to other places calld

Answer 46

switched on

Question 47

what are regions with are poorly connected called

Answer 47

switched off

Question 48

What is wealth that has been gained through oil called

Answer 48

petrodollar

Question 49

What is the most isolated country in the world

Answer 49

North Korea

Question 50

Who built the TanZam railway in Zambia

Answer 50

China

Question 51

What does the TanZam rail move from Zamiba to Tanzanian coast

Answer 51

copper