Edexcel A-Level Geography PAPER 2 - Globalisation EQ1 Revision Work Booklet

Edexcel A-Level Geography Globalisation EQ1 Revision Work Booklet

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3.1 Globalisation and how it changes over time

• What is globalisation?
• Time space compression
• Shrinking world effect
• Types of globalisation
• Flows
• Transport and trade
• Spatial divison of labour
• Transport innovation and how they have changed over time
• ICT and telecommunications in the 21st Century - how have they accelerated globalisation?

3.2 Political and economic factors in accelerating globalisation

• Bretton Woods institutions - what do they do and criticisms
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Types of FDI and definitions
• Protectionism and neoliberalism
• SAPs
• Free market liberalisation
• Trickle down theory
• Trade Blocs
• Special Economic Zones

3.3 Uneven Globalisation

• What factors have caused uneven globalisation?
• How is globalisation measured?
• TNCs and how they grow
• Glocalisation
• Switched off places