Lesson 3.1
3.1 Defining globalisation Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 4
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The 20 questions
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What process involves the widening and deepening of global connections and interdependence?
- Privatisation
- Urbanisation
- Glocalisation
- Globalisation
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Which 20th-century transport innovation drastically accelerated global trade and shipping efficiency?
- Railways
- Telegraph
- Steamships
- Containerisation
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Which technology lowered communication costs and enabled instant global financial transfers in the 21st century?
- Telegraph cables
- Electronic banking
- Container ships
- Steamships
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What term describes the feeling that distant places are closer due to faster transport and communication?
- Cumulative causation
- Spatial mismatch
- Friction of distance
- Time-space compression
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Which 19th-century invention allowed instantaneous long-distance communication for the first time?
- Jet aircraft
- Telegraph
- Fibre optics
- Internet
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A journey that took 30 days by ship now takes 1 day by air. By what factor has the journey time been reduced?
- 29 times
- 30 times
- 60 times
- 1 time
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Which of the following is an example of a global capital flow?
- Rural-urban migration
- Raw material exports
- Foreign direct investment
- Tourism packages
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Which ICT development enables instantaneous international financial transactions for global businesses?
- Containerisation
- Electronic banking
- Steamships
- Radio broadcasting
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What term describes moving business operations to third-party overseas providers to reduce costs?
- Outsourcing
- Nationalisation
- Protectionism
- Glocalisation
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Historically, how is the timeline of globalisation best described in geography?
- Temporary phase
- Brand new phenomenon
- Long-standing process
- Static system
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Which sector has most significantly reduced global communication costs in the 21st century?
- ICT
- Jet transport
- Containerisation
- Steam shipping
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Which geographical concept describes reduced travel times and faster communication across global space?
- Time-space compression
- Friction of distance
- Cumulative causation
- Spatial isolation
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What term describes countries mutually depending on each other through trade and capital flows?
- Autarky
- Sovereignty
- Interdependence
- Protectionism
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Which 20th-century transport innovation dramatically lowered the cost of moving international cargo?
- Canal dredging
- Refrigerated trucks
- Steam turbines
- Containerisation
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Which concept describes the world feeling smaller due to transport and communication advancements?
- Economic divergence
- Shrinking world
- Spatial expansion
- Global widening
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Which locations are largely excluded from the benefits of a shrinking world?
- Switched-off places
- Global hubs
- Trade blocs
- Core regions
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Which 21st-century development has enabled instantaneous cross-border financial transactions?
- Electronic banking
- Containerisation
- Postal services
- Telegraphy
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Which actor drives globalisation alongside transport and ICT through economic trade policies?
- Trade unions
- Local councils
- National governments
- Environmental NGOs
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Which term describes global connections extending to reach a greater number of places?
- Widening
- Deepening
- Filtering
- Agglomerating
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Which term describes existing global connections becoming deeper and more intensely linked?
- Widening
- Deepening
- Diversification
- Sprawl
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