Globalisation

Question 1

Define globalisation

Answer 1

The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

Question 2

Define call centres

Answer 2

Offices where groups of people answer telephone enquires. Employees use a computer to give them information that helps the answer questions.

Question 3

Define food miles

Answer 3

The distance that food items travel from where they are grown to where they are eaten.

Question 4

Define imports

Answer 4

bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.

Question 5

Define interdependance

Answer 5

the relationship between two or more countries, usually in terms of trade.

Question 6

Define NIC

Answer 6

Newly Industrialised Country

Question 7

Define leakage

Answer 7

where profits made by the company are taken out of the country to the country of origin and o do not benefit the host country.

Question 8

Define marginal land

Answer 8

land that is only just good enough to be worth farming. It may be dry, wet, cool, stony or steep.

Question 9

Define NGOs

Answer 9

Non-Governmental Organisation

Question 10

Define exports

Answer 10

send (goods or services) to another country for sale.

Question 11

Define push and pull factors

Answer 11

push factors are the reasons for wanting to leave a location e.g. War. Pull factors are the reasons why people or industry are drawn to a location.

Question 12

What are Tax incentives

Answer 12

is an aspect of a country’s tax code designed to encourage a particular economic activity.

Question 13

Explain what is meant by the term ‘TNC’

Answer 13

Transnational corporation

Question 14

Explain the multiplier effect

Answer 14

where initial investment and jobs lead to a knock-on effect, creating more jobs and providing money to generate services

Question 15

What is an SEZ? Can you give an example?

Answer 15

A special economic zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that is designed to export goods and provide employment, examples include Shenzhen, Guangdong, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Shantou and Guangdong.

Question 16

Give four factors that have lead to the growth of China as an economic giant

Answer 16

1) Cheap labour - Wages in China are a lot lower in Shenzhen the average monthly wage is £90 where as the UK minimum is about £990.
2) Government legislation - SEZ’s are set up to try and encourage TNCs to set up production in China. These have paved the way for foreign investment by providing tax intensives. An example of a SEZ is Shenzhen.
3) The home market - The One child policy was in place in China between 1979 and 2015 was aimed at bringing China’s birth rate under control, the policy also meant that families became wealthier (4 - 2 - 1). This has lead to a rise in the wealth of the urban population who have a high demand for electrical goods and items such as cars.
4) Energy - The Three Gorges Dam was built and now produces 22,500 mW of electricity. This supplies green energy to a number of rapidly growing cities. The development of the dam has meant that there is a reduction in the reliance of fossil fuels.

Question 17

What are the advantages and disadvantages of building a wind farm offshore?

Answer 17

Advantages -

Disadvantages -

Question 18

What are the positives of a TNC on a host country

Answer 18

1) Coca cola offers training and education to those who have received little already. 2) Coca Cola runs some community schemes in 10 LEDC’s e.g. Africa and Bangladesh. 3)Coca cola has invested $1.5 billion in the Russian economy; this includes the constructing of manufacturing plants and improving the local infrastructure. 4)Many of the bottling firms are local companies so all the profit stays in the host country. This is very important in LEDC’s.

Question 19

Explain the benifits for a renewable energy source that you have studed.

Answer 19

case study

Question 20

Why are food miles increasing?

Answer 20

Info

Question 21

Flowers

Answer 21

Kenya

Question 22

What kinds of local inisatives have been implimented to try and reduce the impacts of globalisation?

Answer 22

1) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
2) Recycling schemes in Maidstone

3)

Question 23

What was the first international agreement to reduce carbon emissions and explained how it worked?

Answer 23

Kyoto P

Rio earth

Paris 2015

Question 24

Explain the reasons why there has been a decline in the manufacturing industry in a number of MEDCs

Answer 24

Reasons for moving