Statistics for Geography A Level - Human - Globalisation Definitions

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Process of increasing interconnectivity between countries	Globalisation	50%
Transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control	Privatisation	50%
A permanent move from one place to a new place, for one year or more	Migration	38%
Process where a firm contracts with another company to obtain goods or services from it	Outsourcing	38%
The adoption of the practices and culture of western Europe by societies and countries	Westernisation	38%
May refer to money (financial capital) or things used to make other things, e.g. machinery, factories (physical capital) or improvements in workers' productivity capital, e.g. through education, training and health (human capital)	Capital	25%
Process of moving part of a company's own production process to another country, e.g. building a new factory in China, where wage rates are lower	Offshoring	25%
People moving from the countryside to cities	Rural-urban migration	25%
Weakening or damaging of something due to serious losses of its components (culturally)	Cultural Erosion	13%
The closure of manufacturing industries such as steel, shipbuilding and engineering	Deindustrialisation	13%
Policy of protecting domestic industries against foreign competition by means of tariffs, subsidies, import quotas, or other restrictions	Protectionism	13%
The ability to rapidly regain normal state following an adverse change	Resilience	13%
Payments by the government to a company to promote a particular activity	Subsidies	13%
Meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs	Sustainable Development	13%
Undifferentiated primary products bought in bulk, e.g. wheat, iron ore. They are usually used as raw materials in the manufacturing process	Commodities	0%
The improvement of quality of life (level of happiness, wellbeing or contentment, resulting from a way of living) of a country's population	Development	0%
Removal or reduction of restrictions or barriers on the free exchange of goods between nations	Free Market Liberalisation	0%
The idea that food and goods should be grown locally, supporting local jobs and reducing transport, and thus being more sustainable, rather than being sourced globally	Localism	0%
Voluntary group of individuals or organizations, usually not affiliated with any government, that is formed to provide services or to advocate a public policy	Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)	0%
An area in a country that is subject to different economic regulations than other regions within the same country	Special Economic Zones (SEZs)	0%
An enterprise that is involved with the international production of goods or services, foreign investments, or income and asset management in more than one country	Transnational Corporations (TNCs)	0%