Year 8 Geography Globalisation

Front 1

What is Globalisation?

Back 1

The increasing interdependence and integration of the world through economics, politics and the environment.

Front 2

Why is Globalisation occurring?

Back 2

Because of:

1. The increasing economic integration and interdependence of national economies.

2. The increase in international movement of goods, services, people and money.

Front 3

What are global products?

Back 3

Products that are internationally recognised and sold all over the world.

Products that are designed and assembled from different locations all over the world.

Front 4

Why are logos important to companies?

Back 4

1. Immediately understandable, regardless of language.

2. Easier to remember than words.

3. Differentiates products and brands from the competition.

4. Help to boost sales, by:

4.1 Being memorable

4.2 Implying fashionable value

4.3 Implying quality

Front 5

What is trade?

Back 5

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Front 6

Why does trade occur?

Back 6

1. Because no nation is self-sufficient in producing everything they need.

2. Every country has a comparative advantage in producing some goods and services.

Front 7

Why is trade unfair?

Back 7

Unequal Partners: Rich countries abuse the system and bully poorer countries into agreeing to rules which favour the rich.

Front 8

What is fair trade?

Back 8

Trade between companies in developed countries and producers in developing countries in which fair prices are paid to the producers.

Front 9

Why is fair trade important?

Back 9

It provides better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in developing countries.

Front 10

Transnational Corporations: What are they?

Back 10

They are large companies that have factories or branches in different countries.

Front 11

Transnational Corporations: Why are they important?

Back 11

Because:

1. They are very powerful and have a lot of influence around the world.

2. They provide jobs and money for countries they do business with.

Front 12

Transnational Corporations: What impact do they have in different countries?

Back 12

They:

1. Provide jobs and money for the countries they do business with.

2. They influence political decisions through lobbying or bribery.

Front 13

Ethics: What are they?

Back 13

They are the concept of basic human conduct.

Front 14

Ethics: Why do we care about them?

Back 14

Because they are at the heart of what it is to be human.

Front 15

Globalisation: What are the unethical consequences?

Back 15

Forced labour.

Human trafficking.

Funding for conflicts (e.g. 'blood diamonds' in Africa)

Front 16

Latitude & Longitude: What are the major lines of Latitude?

Back 16

1.The equator

2. The tropic of cancer

3. The tropic of capricorn

4. The arctic circle

5. The antarctic circle.