Topic 3 - Globalisation EQ3

Question 1

What makes a country more developed

Answer 1

High standards of leving e.g. High per capita income and low poverty rates. Advanced economy with a strong service sector as well as well-developed infrastructure

Question 2

5 developed countries

Answer 2

USA
Japan
Germany
Canada
Australia

Question 3

5 Emerging countreis

Answer 3

India
Brazil
South Africa
Indonesia
Mexico

Question 4

Developing

Answer 4

Nigeria
Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Haiti
Afgansitan

Question 5

How is GNI used to measure development

Answer 5

A higher GNI per capita suggests higher income and better standards of living for citizens. GNI per capita is used to compare development levels across countries.

Question 6

Why do we use the US dollar to measure economic development

Answer 6

It provides a common currency that makes it easy to compare incomes, prices, and growth between different countries

Question 7

Why do we use per capita to measure economic development

Answer 7

It shows the average income per person, which helps us understand how wealthy or developed a country is, regardless of its population size

Question 8

Why do we use PPP to measure economic development

Answer 8

It can show how much people can actually buy their income helps compare living standards more fairly between countries with different costs of living

Question 9

How is gender equality measured

Answer 9

Gender equality is measured using the gender inequality index, which uses reproductive health empowerment and economic status

Question 10

What are other economic measures

Answer 10

Gross Domestic Product - Is the final value of the outputs of goods and services inside a nation’s borders divided by the population to show the mean average income of a group of people to give a typical figure
Economic Sector balance - Shows the proportion of the country’s GDP across the four sectors of the economy - Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary

Question 11

What are the Social Measures

Answer 11

Human Development Index - This is a composite measure that ranks countries according to three indicators including GDP PPP, Life expectancy, and Literacy rates
GII- Measured using reproductive health, empowerment, and labour force

Question 12

What is a Gini index

Answer 12

An index with values between 0% and 100% shown using a lorenzs curve
- A low index vlaue indicates a more equal income distribution 0 represents perfect equality

Question 13

Sweden’s GDP per capita, HDI and GII

Answer 13

48,900
0.85
0.00-0.09

Question 14

Mexico GDP per capita, HDI and GII

Answer 14

11,200
0.58
0.3-0.39

Question 15

Haiti GDP per Capita, HDI and GII

Answer 15

800
0.29
0.7 - 0.79

Question 16

Why does the environment decline when countries become emerging

Answer 16

The environment declines due to rapid industrialization, urban expansion, and greater demand for energy and resources. To support economic growth, many countries rely on activities like deforestation, mining, and the use of fossil fuels, which cause large amounts of environmental damage

Question 17

Extremism

Answer 17

Holding extreme views usually politcal or religous

Question 18

Populist extremism

Answer 18

A politcal ideology that rejects the current political consensus. It is considered populism becuase of its appeal to the common man as oppsoed to the elites

Question 19

Post accession migration

Answer 19

The flow of economy migrants after a country has joined the EU

Question 20

Diaspora

Answer 20

The dispersion or spread of a group of people from their original homeland

Question 21

Melting pot

Answer 21

A place where differnet peoples, styles, theroies etc are mixed together in a homogenised culture

Question 22

Why is london described as a melting pot

Answer 22

Open boarders - EU citizens are free to move around EU as a right e.g. 250,000 French people living in london
The freedom to invest in business or transfer capital
FDI

Question 23

How have migrant communities increased economic growth

Answer 23

in some regions they have been doing low skilled jobs in that area, many migrants travel to other countries and seek jobs that are low skilled

Question 24

What is a trans boarder water conflict - Case study

Answer 24

A river running through China, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia and thailand. Since 1990 a number of dams have been built which have caused some controversy. A treaty known as the mekong agreemnt required governments of the involved to agree to propose new dams before they are built. The treaty was aimed to share the water better

Question 25

What is internet censorship

Answer 25

In China and north korea also serves to limit citzens exposure to other cultures and global perspectives. By bloking foregin webistes, social media platforms and news sorucres. These governments restrict acess to diverse cultural content, ideas and values that may conflict state ideologies

Question 26

What is limiting Migration

Answer 26

In the UK they have began limiting nigration by stopping people coming on boats and turning them away once they reach the country, the governemtn has also began sending migrants away to other countries

Question 27

What is trade protectionism

Answer 27

Refers to economic policies and measures that governments implement to restrict or limit international trade, usually to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. Common methods are tariffs, import quotas, and subsidies for local businesses