Geographers Of Globalization

Railway construction

________ in Britain was organized and financed by small groups of entrepreneurs with minimal government intervention.

Globalization

________ is charged with contributing to the ever- widening gap between the rich and the poor.

Face to face interactions

________ are less important as many of our contacts are with those who are physically distant.

Spatial regularity

________ enables us to make sense of those locations.

Norberg

________ favors the free movement of people as well as goods.

China

________ is a communist country with secretive planning and no significant public input → major infrastructural change can happen at great speed and without serious consideration of the impact on the peoples lives and the environmentCONTAINERS.

reduction of subsidies

The ________ will benefit poor countries that produce sugar.

Technological

________ and organizational advances in transport are key factors promoting and reflecting the globalization.

nuances of body language

The ________ are typically absent from social media interactions.

food corporations

Fast ________ → meat from animals in areas cleared specifically for animal pastures.

Human

________ impacts on the environment are exacerbated by globalization trends.

Railways

________ are the second least expensive form of transportation after water.

international boundaries

Since trade occurs across ________, it can be regulated.

spread of transitional corporations

The ________ produces an integrated world economy where consumer behavior patterns become more similar.

Tribalism

________ gained ground point to secession movements, civil war, terrorism, and cross- border ethnic conflict fed by the resurgence of local identities.

minimal resistance

It offers ________ to movement because waterways are often available for use at no charge.

Brazil

In 2008, the Fortune 500 list of companies had 62 from ________, Russia, India, and China.

Transport systems

________ in much of the less developed world are largely deficient has a direct economic effect.

British railway

The first ________ was completed in 1825.

Social media

________ are also used effectively by groups planning demonstrations, civil unrest, and revolutionary uprisings.

Canals

________ continue to be a critical component of many continental transportation systems.

ASEAN

The ________ currently consists of 10 countries.

free trade

The movement towards selective ________ can be interpreted as serving the interests of the major economic powers.

WTO

Globalization, especially through the activities of the World Trade Organization (________), promotes global multilateral free trade.

Trade

________ between more and less developed countries is often an unequal exchange.

cultural identity

Differences in ________ continue to be a significant difference between places and groups of people.

gross domestic product

The index measures globalization for 139 countries (which accounts for 99 % of global ________ and 95 % of the global population)

Global characteristics

________ make a place similar to other places → relatively placeless.

Transnational investment

________ in less developed countries increases wages.

investment of capital

The ________ into manufacturing plants located in countries other than the one where the company is based.

North Atlantic

With the laying of the first telegraph cable across the ________ seabed in 1858, the "distance "between Europe and North America reduced from weeks to minutes.

convergence rate

A(n) ________ can be calculated at the average rate at which the time required to move from one location to another decreases over time.

Global ICT

________ growth between 2001 and 2015 are exemplified by mass communications media and the use of cables, faxes, satellites, and information communication technologies.

Britain

The first organized transport system in ________ was created by the Romans between 100 and 400 CE for political and military reasons.

Human geographers

________ are quick to point out that a key factor is humans increasing ability to overcome the friction of distance.

Transnational corporations

________ are distinguished from earlier business organizations by several important characteristics.

Talisman Oil

________ was criticized by the Canadian social justice and church groups based on claims that the company actively support the Sudanese government during the countrys civil war.

region state

A(n) ________ is a natural economic area.

Globalization

________ is considered from cultural, political, and economic perspectives.

Globalization

________ is seen by some as benefitting the more developed world at the expense of the less developed.

Globalization

________ does not signify the end of diversity or the imposition of a single culture.

Globalization

________ is a highly contested term and a much- debated topic.

Globalization

________ is supported for reasons that are essentially moralA MORAL ARGUMENT.