Unit 4: Power, Places and Networks (HL)
Topic 4.2: Global networks and flows Questions
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Explain two reasons why the data on illegal global flows is hard to measure.
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A transnational corporation (TNC) is a firm that…
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Which is a 'responsible-production' strategy used by TNCs?
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Suggest two ways in which the cloud has changed how a global business can operate.
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Outline two ways in which digital networks have deepened global interconnection.
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Which of these is a flow that has largely moved onto the internet?
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A flow that must stay physical despite the rise of the internet is…
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A Belt-and-Road loan for a port in a developing country is an example of…
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Joining a trading bloc such as the EU or ASEAN tends to…
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Estimates of the size of illegal global flows are unreliable because they are…
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Information and communications technology has made the world feel smaller because it…
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The digital divide is best described as…
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Explain how remittances sent by migrant workers affect the economies of the countries they are sent to.
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Explain how joining a trading bloc can change the global financial flows reaching a member country.
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Distinguish between a digital flow and a physical flow, using examples.
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Money a migrant worker sends home to family abroad is called…
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To what extent are the global flows that matter most now shifting onto the internet?
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Examine how two named transnational corporations connect different places through supply chains, flows of money and profits, and the diffusion of branded ideas and culture, applying the concepts of place and scale.
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Assess how far foreign direct investment is the leading factor behind local and global economic growth.
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Evaluate the opportunities and obstacles that global interactions present for different kinds of transnational corporation.
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