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21 Cards in this Set
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What is globalisation? |
Connections between places lengthen New links develop between places that are far apart |
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Why might globalisation not be seen as a new occurrence? |
Continents have been connected for centuries by trade, colonialism and cooperation |
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What makes modern globalisation any different? |
Connections between places have lengthened and deepened |
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What is birth rate? |
Number of births per 1,000 per year |
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What is death? |
Number of deaths per 1,000 per year |
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What is natural increase? How do you calculate it? |
Difference between birth rate and death rate Negative figure suggests deaths exceed births
Subtract death rate from birth rate |
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What is an economic migrant? |
Migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment |
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What is an intervening obstacle? How has globalisation changed this? |
A barrier to a migrant e.g travel cost, an ocean, family pressures, no VISA
Sometimes globalisation removes these obstacles |
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What is an intervening opportunity? |
Alternative migration destination that exists between place of origin and intended destination
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What is economic growth normally accompanied with? |
Population growth |
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Why has death rate fallen? |
Improved healthcare Nutrition knowledge Sanitation improvement Education Health and Safety |
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What are the key events in postwar globalisation? |
End of WW2 led to establishment of UN, IMF and World Bank Richest nations rebuild their economies using migrant labour World pop. reaches 3 billion in 1960 First PC in 1975 Soviet Union breaks up 1989 EU established 1993 World population reaches 6 billion in 2000 |
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What are TNC's? |
Transnational corporations Global companies |
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What has caused globalisation? |
Transport advances TNC's Computer technology advances International organisations Markets |
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How has computer technology impacted globalisation? |
Instant communication, allowing TNC's to expand Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing revolutionised production
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What are structural adjustment programmes? |
Strict conditions imposed on countries receiving loans from IMF and World Bank Receiving governments may be required to cut back on healthcare, education |
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What are the elite? |
Group of people who are economically and socially powerful e.g Bill Gates has earned over $50 billion from Microsoft |
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What is foreign direct investment? |
Financial injection made by a TNC into a nation's economy |
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Why has large scale rural-urban migration took place? |
-Television, newspapers, radios and internet allows knowledge of places to reach remote rural areas which can trigger migration -Foreign direct investments from TNC's make urban areas of poorer countries more desirable in terms in employment |
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What types of countries are in the core? |
Wealthy countries with lots of power and highly developed |
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What types of countries are in the periphery? |
Fairly poor, powerless and not as developed |
