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The drivers of globalisation

I can explain what drives globalisation.

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The drivers of globalisation

I can explain what drives globalisation.

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Key learning points

  1. There are different drivers for globalisation and these include transport and commnications.
  2. Other drivers for globalisation include economic activity, trade of goods, supply and demand.
  3. Political factors and changes in technology also drive globalisation.

Keywords

  • Investment - the action of spending money on something to make gain

  • Trade - the exchange of goods and services between people, companies and countries

  • Globalisation - the process of our world becoming more interconnected

  • Communications - the act of giving and receiving information between people, companies and countries

Common misconception

Globalisation is about the world developing.

Globalisation is about the world becoming more connected.


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6 Questions

Q1.
What is globalisation?
Correct answer: the exchange of goods and services between people, companies and countries
long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
Correct answer: the process of our world becoming more interconnected
Q2.
What in an export?
goods and services bought by a country
Correct answer: goods and services sold to another country
goods and services made and used within a country
Q3.
What is an import?
Correct answer: goods and services brought in from another country
goods and services sold to another country
something or someone of great significance or value
Q4.
Which of the following is a benefit of globalisation?
Correct answer: the mixing of people and cultures from all over the world
Correct answer: people can take holidays in far off locations
it operates mostly in the interests of the richest countries
Correct answer: migration of people can fill labour and skill shortages
can cause social tensions and conflict of ideologies
Q5.
What is a negative impact of globalisation?
sharing ideas
Correct answer: poor working conditions for those manufacturing goods for export
Correct answer: increased greenhouse gas emissions due to more goods being transported globally
better communication between countries
Q6.
World is the global exchange of goods and services.
Correct Answer: trade

4 Questions

Q1.
is the process of our world becoming more interconnected.
Correct Answer: Globalisation
Q2.
Which of these is an example of world trade?
Correct answer: Jeans made in China from cotton grown in India
A school only having students from one country
A local bakery making and selling bread to local people
Q3.
Containerisation is ...
a type of company that operates in different countries around the world.
Correct answer: a system for transporting goods in containers easily by ship, train and lorry.
the exchange of goods and services across international borders.
Q4.
Which of the options are drivers of globalisation?
Correct answer: communication
Correct answer: trade
development
Correct answer: technology