Globalisation EQ3 3.7

Question 1

What are 2 economic measures of development?

Answer 1

Income per capita, economic sector balance

Question 2

What are 3 social measures of development?

Answer 2

HDI, GII, pollution indices (Env quality)

Question 3

What is gdp?

Answer 3

Value of all goods produced within a country each year (ex - im)

Question 4

What is gni?

Answer 4

The value of all goods and services

Question 5

Per capita =

Answer 5

Per person

Question 6

What is HDI?

Answer 6

Economic, social and demographic indicators (score from 1-0)

Question 7

What are the 3 indicators for HDI?

Answer 7

Life expectancy, school life expectancy, GNI per capita

Question 8

What is GII?

Answer 8

Measures the potential economic loss from gender inequality

Question 9

That is the Gigi index?

Answer 9

Calculated from income inequality in most of the world’s countries (0-100)

Question 10

What is the gini coefficient?

Answer 10

Calculates the degree of inequality as a number allowing clearer comparison between countries

Question 11

How does globalisation create winners and losers for people in physical environments?

Answer 11

This links to the elephant graph which shows the change in real income

Question 12

Who are in the first stage of the elephant graph?

Answer 12

Poorest (<2.15), 11%, places like Sahel and Haiti

Question 13

Who are in the middle stage of the elephant graph?

Answer 13

Middle class (>10), mostly emerging economies, places like São Paulo and Mumbai

Question 14

Who are in the last stage of the elephants graph?

Answer 14

Billionaires, people like Elon Musk and Russian Oligarchs

Question 15

How has development and environmental trends for globalisation changed insincere 1970 in Asia and some African countries?

Answer 15

Modernisation of Japan + China = 11.15, Africa closer to poverty line of 2.15

Question 16

How has contrasting economic development and environmental management between regions affected some regions?

Answer 16

Human rights abuses, geographical isolation, political instability = lower life expectancy and conflict

Question 17

What 2 things should be brought up for “How has glob led to increases in dev for some countries and widen dev gaps?”

Answer 17

Widening income inequality (Gini co/elephant) and contrasting economic development and environmental management

Question 18

What is a diaspora?

Answer 18

The dispersion of a group of people from their original homeland while maintaining a strong cultural identity

Question 19

How has open boarders increased multiculturalism?

Answer 19

Uk - Schengen zone in 85 and A8 in 2004 has = variety of food, religion, music etc

Question 20

How has deregulation increased multiculturalism?

Answer 20

London - neoliberal economics has removed barriers that hinder FDI like removing restrictions on Capital in 80s = Russian oligarchs who bring investment (41% not B born)

Question 21

How has encouragement of FDI increased multiculturalism?

Answer 21

Singapore - have done it through low tax rates = attracts TNCs like Forbes 500

Question 22

How have changes caused by glob resulted in tension in some places?

Answer 22

Rise of extreme nationalism in Europe where some oppose immigration, reject multiculturalism and some even embrace fascism

Question 23

Where has the control of globalisation been done through censorship?

Answer 23

China - major websites (Facebook) have been blocked and everything citizens view see is controlled to decrease foreign influence on Chinese culture

Question 24

Where has limiting immigration been done to control globalisation?

Answer 24

Uk - in 2010 a 5 tier point system was introduced to control immigration by seeing what they can bring to the Uk

Question 25

How has globalisation been controlled through trade protectionism in China?

Answer 25

adding tariffs to imports from other countries makes their goods look more expensive and so limits trade with these countries

Question 26

What areas have been negatively impacted by glob?

Answer 26

First Nations in Canada - 1.1 mil, have been oppressed and forced to live in reservations = social tension through mixing the cultures

Question 27

What 3 things should be brought up for “ how have social, political and Env tensions resulted from global changed caused by glob?”

Answer 27

Soc/ Env - Canada, political - China/uk

Question 28

How have transition towns allowed for local groups and NGOs to promote local sourcing in response to globalisation by increasing sustainability?

Answer 28

Todmorden - much of the food for sale is grown locally aims to encourage consumers and growers to work together for the good of the plant

Question 29

3 costs of local sourcing:

Answer 29

Expensive, less demand from producer countries can impact them, items like tomatoes require heated greenhouse which have a larger carbon footprint than Spanish tomatoes

Question 30

3 benefits of local sourcing:

Answer 30

Fewer pesticides, UK farmers moved up value chain, local sourcing can reduce people’s carbon footprint

Question 31

What 3 things does fair trade and other ethical consumption schemes aim to do?

Answer 31

Reduce Env degradation, inequalities in glob trade, improving working conditions

Question 32

What 2 things does fair trade do?

Answer 32

Provides a guaranteed wage for farms despite market changes + addition royalties for the community

Question 33

What does supply chain monitoring do?

Answer 33

Makes businesses take corporate social responsibility in relation to their supply chains

Question 34

What does NGO action do?

Answer 34

Create large scale campaigns like the 1958 litter act which introduced fining people for littering

Question 35

Why is recycling effective in managing resource consumption?

Answer 35

Reduces resource extraction, which reduces e consumption, habitat destruction and pollution from mining and resources extraction

Question 36

What does keep Britain Tidy do?

Answer 36

Campaigns to clean up beaches + waterways like the litter act

Question 37

How do circular economy strategies combat problems from glob?

Answer 37

Through improving working conditions, reducing waste, promoting more sustainable practices in manufacturing

Question 38

How do circular economy strategies not combat problems from glob?

Answer 38

Not fully effective as they would have to be used on a global scale with adaptations to varying levels of economic conditions