This document discusses globalization and provides definitions and examples. It defines globalization as the increasing interconnectedness between countries through factors like trade, technology, capital flows, and cultural exchange. It notes both benefits, like the spread of wealth and mixing of cultures, and drawbacks, like environmental exploitation and unequal impacts on migration. The document gives a brief history of increasing global connections from Columbus to modern international organizations and trade agreements. It asks the reader to consider how connected they feel to other parts of the world and how deeply other cultures have influenced their own society.

3. What does this show about
globalisation?

4. What is Globalisation?
• It describes the way in which places and people
are becoming ever more closely linked.
• This is good as wealth is spreading and cultures
are mixing more (benefit of different foods,
music, etc.)
• This is bad as it means people can be exploited,
the environment is being ignored and migration
is not good for everyone.

5. • The process by which people, their
cultures, money, goods and information
can be transferred between countries with
relatively few or no barriers.
• OR
• The connections between people and
environments across the world.
What is Globalisation?

6. • The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF)
definition of globalisation is: ‘the growing
economic interdependence of countries
worldwide through increasing volume and
variety of cross border transactions in
goods and services, freer international
capital flows, and more rapid and
widespread diffusion of technology.’
What is Globalisation?

7. The global laptop

8. History of Globalisation
Pre 1990
Geographers
talked about the global
economy, but there was
a growing recognition
that economic changes
were accompanied by
other important changes
at an ever accelerating
rate…
Columbus – 1492
Transport and trade links with The
Americas…
British Empire – 18th and 19th Century
Controlled one quarter of the world
and it’s people…
Post War - Cooperation
New international organisations ie
UN…
Turn to p89
in your text
books

9. Globalisation
Length of global connections
e.g. How connected are you to Australia or
Morocco?
How connected are they to us?

10. Globalisation
Depth of global connections
e.g. How deeply rooted is Australia
culture in our society?

11. Global Connections
it is almost impossible not to be connected to other people and places
p89

12. A Globalised world e.g. cars

17. So, what is Globalisation?
rising petrol
prices, food from the
‘global village’ the latest
gadgets
the global ‘war
on
terror’, Millenni
um
Development
Goals, ‘Live 8’
global music, art and
fashion
new migrations
of people
global
climate
change, bio
diversity
hotspots

18. Over to you…
Using one side of A4 outline the benefits
and problems associated with
globalisation, using the Disney case study in
the Parrot Text book p66-7

19. Positives Negatives
GLOBAL DISNEY
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20. Homework
• How far back do you think Globalisation
really goes?
• Watch The Frankincense Trail video,
episode one here – shared on twitter
@SHSGeog