Geography Case Studies - Globalisation

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What is the capital of Mali?
Bamako
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What is Mali's population?
15 million
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What percentage of Mali is desert?
65%
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1 in how many hand pumps in Mali are broken?
3
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Why do only rich people in Mali have access to sanitation?
The water industry is privately owned
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Water Aid have financed the construction of...
The water network
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What is the name of the sustainable toilets that Water Aid have installed there?
Eco-latrines
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Rice forms over what percentage of the local diet in the Bay of Bengal?
75%
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What type of rice is grown in the salt deposited by the Ganges?
Wet padi
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Rice is initially grown where?
In nurseries
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Why can't machinery be used?
The farms are too small and the farmers are too poor
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What is a subsistence economy?
An economy where the economic output of the industry is used to provide basic necessities for the survival of the workers, eg food
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HYV stands for what?
High-yield variety
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Why are the HYVs more reliable?
Because they are disease-resistant
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HYVs need large amounts of...
Pesticides and herbicides
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Many of the farmers who couldn't afford pesticides and herbicides have become poorer. Why?
Because they couldn't afford to buy the HYVs, they have to sell their stock at a more expensive price
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Footloose industries don't have to locate close to...
Raw materials
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A science park is a business park with a direct link to a...
University
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Cambridge Science Park is on an exit from the...
A14
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It has links to the...motorway
M11
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Which city is only 1 hour away from the science park?
London
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Which airport is close to the science park?
Stansted
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What is the advantage of this?
The science park can be supplied with raw materials
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The layout of the site is..., providing better access for HGVs
Circular
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The site has pleasant surroundings, with...
Lakes and greenery
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What is the college linked with Cambridge Science Park?
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Nike headquarters are in...
Oregon, USA
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Nike____independently owned factories in different countries
Subcontracts
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Why did Nike relocate from South Korea in the 1980s?
Labour costs rose
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Where is the Nike headquarters in Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh City
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How many workers are employed there?
313,000
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Who is the chairman of Nike?
Phil Knight
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Does Nike pay its workers higher or lower wages than the local companies?
Higher
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Nike has created substantial _____ in Vietnam
Employment
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How many pairs of Nike shoes are made in Vietnam every year?
75 million
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Nike has improved the ____ base of the local population
Skills
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There are concerns about the influence Nike has on Vietnamese ___
Politics
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Nike advertising has undermined traditional Vietnamese ___
Culture
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The Pearl River Delta is located in which province of China?
Guangdong
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Why did the Pearl River Delta region develop in the 1990s?
China developed an increasingly open stance towards foreign investment and the delta became the focal point of a wave of foreign investment
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The Pearl River Delta region employs how many workers?
30 million
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The Pearl River Delta is close to which major city?
Hong Kong
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Shenzhen produces 80% of the world's ____
Artificial Christmas trees
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Increased factory emissions and car ownership have led increased levels of which two gases in the atmosphere, leading to acid rain?
Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide
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The area is often covered in ____
Smog
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The Pearl River Delta Air Quality Management Plan aims to reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide emissions by _____
40%
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How much money has the Chinese government pledged to cleaning the river?
$7 billion
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