3.1 globalisation

Question 1

what is globalisation and the 4 strands

Answer 1

Is the world becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange across borders.Growing interdependence within the global economy is the result of movement in commodities,captial,tech, people and ideas
-economic
-social
-Political
-cultural

Question 2

what are the three aspects of modern day globalisation

Answer 2

connections are lengthening - new links between distant places
connections are faster-faster speed of connections or travelling quickly between different continents using jet aircraft
connections are deeper-peoples lifestyle connect deeply with far away places

Question 3

what are the global flows

Answer 3

-capital
-commodities
-people
-information

Question 4

time-space compression

Answer 4

world is metaphorically shrinking, compression of geographic space by means of faster communication and transport