Chapter Nine - Globalisation

9.2

  1. Explain how the real cost of air travel has fallen in recent decades and how this has assisted the proccess of globolization

  2. Provide three examples of how factors other than distance in kilometres, time and money can affect accessibility and therefore the movement of goods, people and information between places.

  3. Visit this website and summarise the relationship between the Suez Canal and The Panama Canal. Use this information to explain how they have assisted world trade.

  4. Explain how globalization has resulted in the diffusion of culture globally, using examples.

  5. Watch the video 

9.3

  1. Outline the economic and cultural importance of world cities. Provide examples of each to support your answer

  2. Identify the technological advances that have made the development of multinational corporations possible and explain how these developments have assisted in the process.

  3. Explain why multinational corporations normally find it useful to establish their head offices in major cities

  4. Explain why some world cities exist outside the global core. 

9.4 

  1. Describe how globalization can contribute to both greater equality and greater inequality of the worlds population.

  2. Create a list of the benefits and costs of globalization under the pillars of sustainability using examples of each study in this chapter.

  3. Explore the new York time investigation on the inequality of population levels between classes in India. Describe the causes and impacts of globalization on people living in India. 

  4. Research how amazon plans to address its carbon footprint in more detail. Find out if they are meeting these targets.