GLOBALISATION

Question 1

globalisation definition

Answer 1

ways places and people are becoming more connected with one another

Question 2

name and explain the 5 global flows/global networks

Answer 2

capital/money- flows through stocks markets, businesses, banks all with aim of making profit
commodities- valuable raw materials like fossil fuels and food traded. Manufactured goods trading increased drastically due to low production costs
information-real time communication, social media, tv and online shopping
tourists- budget airlines making it easy- spread of culture
migrants- spread of culture however can be difficult

Question 3

oil spill in niger delta case study

Answer 3

negative impact of development aid

nigerian government earned 10 million a year from oil revenues
however significant negative effects on Bodo community#
560,000 barrels of oil into the Community’s land
ruined communties lives, destroying around 1000 hectares of mangroves and all of the marine life which the Bodo community relied on to survive.
three years after the oil spills, Shell had not cleaned-up the oil spills, and had offered the Community only food as compensation

Question 4

Assess extent (global shift/ globalisation/ westernisation) has more social costs than benefits (12)

Answer 4

p1- 1 billion escaped 1.25 a day. 500 million in China alone
waged work from offshoring and outsourcing
such as TNC BT that oursoucres its call centre to India
improves qol etc
but unsafe
wintex workers poisoned by tovic chemical, respiratory issues

p2- deindustrialisation- Middlesborough and detriot
spiral of decline
20,000 left middlesborough
high crime etc

p3- Investment of TNC’s etc,
cause better services country is more economically stable
uni in China, India, South Korea award millions of degrees per year
however dispraities across country
literacy rates in rural india are only 77%

conclusion- more social benefits, stronger legislation should be enforced