introducing globalisation

It has been said that arguing

against globalization [sic] is

like arguing against the laws

of gravity.

- Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat,

seventh secretary-general of the United

Nations, 2001 Nobel Peace Prize

to offer a definition?

Are we confident enough in our

understandingof

Globalisation

is an umbrella term in

use since the 1990s

referring to

Economic

ofGlobalisation

Rapid

SocialDemographicEnvironmentalPoliticaland

Change

Learning Objective

By the end of this lesson I will…

Understand the scope and scale of study in AS Human Geography and define the key terms of investigating

globalisation as a process

DemographicsOrigins

OrganisationAccelerants

What was the

East India Trading

Company?

The first British Company

to trade directly with India

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The first British Company

to trade directly with India

Allowed the flow of spices to

England in return for coin

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The first British Company

to trade directly with India

Allowed the flow of spices to

England in return for coin

It enlarged to include China

and kickstarted migration

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The first British Company

to trade directly with India

Allowed the flow of spices to

England in return for coin

It enlarged to include China

and kickstarted migration

Historically

renowned for

corruption and

oppression

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Watch

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Define what

TNCmeans

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Define what

TNCmeans

How is a Transnational

Corporation different to a

Multinational Corporation?

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Define what

TNCmeans

How is a Transnational

Corporation different to a

Multinational Corporation?

A multinational corporation is a company headquartered

in one country but with operations in one or more countries

Demographics

Origins Organisation

Accelerants

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OrganisationAccelerants

Define what

TNCmeans

How is a Transnational

Corporation different to a

Multinational Corporation?

A multinational corporation is a company headquartered

in one country but with operations in one or more countries

Transnational corporations are firms formed by the

merger of one or more similarly sized multinational

corporations from different countries

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Origins Organisation

Accelerants

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OrganisationAccelerants

Define what

TNCmeans

How is a Transnational

Corporation different to a

Multinational Corporation?

A multinational corporation is a company headquartered

in one country but with operations in one or more countries

Transnational corporations are firms formed by the

merger of one or more similarly sized multinational

corporations from different countries

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How do these trade patterns mirror modern global trade?

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How do these trade patterns mirror modern global trade?How would

this trigger

demographic

changes?

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Models Population Change

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What

causes

the Death

Rate to

drop?

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What

causes

the Death

Rate to

drop?Why does Birth Rate reduction lag?

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What

causes

the Death

Rate to

drop?Why does Birth Rate reduction lag?

What causes the Stage 5 decline?

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What

causes

the Death

Rate to

drop?Why does Birth Rate reduction lag?

What causes the Stage 5 decline?Have we

now

reached

stage 6?

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There is a correlation between

and

Demographic Transition

IndustrialisationBut it remains unclear which

one causes the other

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Intervening

obstacles have

often slowed

migration

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Intervening

obstacles have

often slowed

migration

What affect would globalisation typically have on the free movement of people and labour?

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Intervening

obstacles have

often slowed

migration

What affect would globalisation typically have on the free movement of people and labour?Are our current responses to economic migrants new?

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Are our current responses to economic migrants new?

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When did multinational and

transnational corporations begin?

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What happens during

demographic transition?

What affect does globalisation

have on the movement of people?

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Why is ICT seen

as an accelerant

to globalisation?

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How have these

countries beenorganised?

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Find the mission

statement and

purpose of each of

these groups

What is

Hans Rosling

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famous for creating?

Learning Objective

At the end of this lesson I can…

Understand the scope and scale of study in AS Human Geography and define the key terms of investigating

globalisation as a process

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