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Globalisation: An Introduction — Revision notes
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Key terms
- Globalisation
- The process of the world becoming more interconnected, where places, people, and businesses are linked
- Interconnected
- When two or more things are linked to each other and have an impact on each other
- World trade
- The global exchange of goods and services across national borders
- Silk Road
- An ancient network of trade routes starting around two thousand years ago that linked Asia to Europe
- Colonisation
- When a country is ruled by another nation that imposes its own laws, language, culture, and religion
- Transnational corporations
- Large businesses that operate and run stores in many different countries at the same time
- Diverse society
- A society with a wide variety of people, religions, and cultures living side by side
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What this lesson covers
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- Define globalisation and explain what an interconnected world means
- Explain how the Silk Road was an early example of global connection
- Explain how colonisation and empire shaped global connections
- Describe how ideas and inventions spread between countries
- Explain how transnational corporations are evidence of a connected world
- Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of a more connected world
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- What does globalisation actually mean?
- Which of these is NOT an example of globalisation?
- Roughly how long ago did the Silk Road trade routes begin?
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