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________ 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.
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