Global interactions

Culturecommodities Flows and exchanges Socio cultural exchanges Economic interactions Environmental flows

Two way processes where culture and commodities are adopted, adapted or resisted by societies.

Seven compulsory topics 1.Measuring global interactions 2.Converging space – the shrinking world 3.Economic interactions and flows 4.Environmental change 5.Socio cultural exchanges 6.Political outcomes

The exam Paper 3 (1 hour) Syllabus content: Higher level extension Assessment objectives 1–4 Students answer one of three essay questions. (25 marks) 20%

Global Interactions What do you think the term global interactions means? Global interaction is a two-way process where cultural traits and commodities may be adopted, adapted or resisted by societies. The focus of our learning in this unit…

1. Measuring global interactions Define globalisation using the next images Refer to the syllabus – what is the IB definition? How does it differ from yours? How is the world economically, socially, politically, culturally global?

Discuss… What is globalisation?

Globalisation = The growing interdependence of countries through the increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services and of international capital flows, and through the more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology.

Transnational corporations (TNCs) Trade Aid Foreign investment Labour Information transfer Compare the two images by referring to each of these terms. Remember, the title of the topic.

Photo Editor Your Task You are a photo editor for Ms Topping’s IB Geography wikispace - you need to choose images that illustrate our definition of globalisation. Try and find one image that illustrates each of the following: Growing interdependence of countries Increasing volume of cross-border transactions Variety of cross-border transactions Increasing volume of international capital flows Widespread diffusion of technology Globalisation = The growing interdependence of countries through the increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services and of international capital flows, and through the more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology.

Listen to the following radio lecture and make notes in the relevant column. Afterwards, we will highlight our points according to the 5 key areas of our learning. Is the world really shrinking? - Radio Lecture Is the world really shrinking? It depends where you're looking from, says Doreen Massey in her Open University Radio Lecture Positive aspects of globalisationNegative aspects of globalisation Construct a table that looks like this… Is globalisation good or evil?

Home Learning Start a Word Bank and in it, explain what the following terms / words / acronyms mean: Income Gap Protectionist Measures Free Market Multinational Corporations Sweatshop Labour Multilateral Organisations WTO IMF World Bank