Globalisation EQ3 Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
Q

What does GDP succeed in measuring

A

country’s economic activity

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2
Q

what does GDP fail in measuring

A

money distribution

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3
Q

what does purchasing power parity measure

A

cost in a country

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4
Q

What country had the highest PPP in 2019

A

Macao

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5
Q

What country had the lowest PPP in 2019

A

Burundi

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6
Q

What product is a good way to measure PPP

A

big mac

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7
Q

What is GNI

A

gross national income

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8
Q

what do GNP and GNI include

A

overseas income

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9
Q

what is GII

A

gender inequality index

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10
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what curve represents widening income inequalities

A

lorenz curve

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11
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What country in 1970 had a really bad Lorenz curve

A

South Africa

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12
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What % of national income did Black south africans recieve in 1970 despite being 70% of the population

A

19%

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13
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What can be used to tell you how far away the lorenz curve is away from the line of equality

A

gini index

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14
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What curve says a nation undergoes industrialisation then economy shift to cities, creating a gap

A

Kuznets curve

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15
Q

What collapsed in Bangladesh in 2013

A

Rana Plaza

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16
Q

How many died in Rana Plaza collapse

17
Q

How many immigrants arriving in UK per year 2000-2015

18
Q

what % of london were foreign born in 2020

19
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What was the most common country of birth for migrants in 2019

20
Q

How many countries compete for the niles water

21
Q

what does the nile generate

22
Q

who built an upstream dam on the Mekong river

23
Q

How does china use censorship

A

great firewall of China

24
Q

what type of immigration system does the UK have

A

points based system

25
What is the economic policy of limiting trade between countries
protectionism
26
what is the US tariff on China imports usually around
30%
27
What concept does France use to protect its culture
L'exception culturelle
28
What is the tax for cinema tickets in France
11%
29
what % of radio songs must be French in France
40%
30
What threatens the culture of the first nations in Canada
TNCs
31
What have the first nations set up to preserve their culture
community centres
32
where do Ogoni tribe live
oil rich delta
33
What did the Ogoni tribe want to stop in the Niger delta
well drilling
34
What is the movement that local people can be locally sustainable and renewable
transition town
35
How many £ of bristol pounds were circulated annually
£1 billion
36
Why was the Bristol pound scrapped
wasn't improving the economy
37
what helps to stop exploitation of workers in globalisation
fair trade
38
what type of economy encourages resources to be used more productively
circular economy