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The globalisation of jeans

I can explain how various countries contribute to the production of a single product.

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The globalisation of jeans

I can explain how various countries contribute to the production of a single product.

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Key learning points

  1. Materials to make jeans come from a number of countries and they may be made and exported from another country.
  2. Fashion is a global industry and jeans are sold all over the world.
  3. There are issues with sustainability in the manufacture of jeans.

Keywords

  • Globalisation - the process of the world becoming more interconnected

  • Component - a part or element of a larger item

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

Common misconception

Jeans come from one place.

Jeans come from many different places.


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Get students to look at the labels of their clothes to see where they have been made.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is world trade?
Correct answer: the global exchange of goods and services
mining for precious metals
local farmers markets
Q2.
What is globalisation?
the process of the world becoming less connected
Correct answer: the process of the world becoming more interconnected
the process of drawing maps
Q3.
What is exporting?
Correct answer: selling goods and services to other countries
buying goods
people moving from one place to another
Q4.
Which of these is an example of globalisation?
Correct answer: jeans that are made in the USA from cotton grown in India
Correct answer: a pencil case made in China, sold on Amazon and delivered to the UK
vegetables grown at your home
Q5.
Globalisation can lead to more diverse …
Correct answer: culture
Correct answer: food
soil
Q6.
What does sustainability mean?
Correct answer: it can be carried on for a long time and does little to no harm to Earth
it is short term and gets used up very quickly
it means changes in Earth's average temperature

4 Questions

Q1.
Match the following terms with their definitions.
Correct Answer:globalisation,the process of the world becoming more interconnected
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the process of the world becoming more interconnected

Correct Answer:trade,the buying and selling of goods and services
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the buying and selling of goods and services

Correct Answer:sustainable,can be carried on for a long time and does little harm to Earth
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can be carried on for a long time and does little harm to Earth

Q2.
A pair of jeans may include sourced from multiple countries, manufactured in another, sold worldwide and later sold second-hand on a different continent.
Correct Answer: components
Q3.
Most jeans in the world are manufactured (made) in ...
Correct answer: China
UK
Correct answer: USA
Q4.
There are issues around sustainability in the manufacturing of jeans. What does sustainability mean?
Correct answer: it can be carried on for a long time and does little to no harm to Earth
the world becoming more interconnected
a part or element of a larger item