Globalisation

What is globalisation?

·        Define the term globalisation.

·        What are the different types of globalisation?  Give examples of cultural, economic, environmental and political globalisation?

·        Explain the stages of globalisation. (Rostow’s Model, the Core-Periphery Model)

·        What is the ‘Global Shift’ of economic activity?

The factors have led the current economic globalisation

·        Financial factors and investment. - Give examples of global financial services. Explain how foreign investment encourages globalisation.

·        Computer technologies. - How has the Internet influenced globalisation?  Is it a truly global phenomenon?

·        Transport and Communications technologies. - How has air travel influenced globalisation? What are the impacts of better communications (satellites, telephones)?

·        The World Trade Organisation. - What is the WTO?  What role does it play in world trade and globalisation?

·        Trade Blocs. - What are the EU, NAFTA and ASEAN?  How do these influence world trade?

The global shift of manufacturing and service industries

·        What role have TNCs played in the globalisation of manufacturing and services?

·        Describe the patterns of the global shift in manufacturing (car industry)

·        Explain the location factors that have influenced the global shift.

·        What are the impacts of outsourcing and offshoring on exporting and importing regions?

Winners and losers as a result of the global shift

·        Define the terms NIC and RIC.  What development indicators are used to identify them?

·        What are the ‘Asian Tigers’?  How did they become so successful?

·        What are the benefits and costs of globalisation in NICs and MEDCs?

·        Define the term deindustrialisation.  How has this influenced employment in MEDCs?

·        What are the impacts of globalisation on the environment?

·        Explain the importance of India and China in the current pattern of globalisation.

Causes and effects of political and cultural globalisation

·        Define the terms ‘empire’, ‘superpower’ and ‘westernisation’.  Give examples through time. (USA, USSR, Coca Cola)

·        Explain the rise and re-emergence of other cultures. (ethnicity in Birmingham)

·        What are the impacts of cultural integration?  What is the evidence of the cultural shift?

·        What impact has globalisation had on the development gap?