Year 9 Geography of Interconnections

What does the term 'globalisation' mean?

• A term used to describe how the world is round.

• A term used to describe the operations of select global companies.

• A term used to describe the way people in different countries are becoming more and more interconnected.

• A term to used to describe the environmental impacts of trade.

We are connected to different places through which of the following:

• Our clothes

• Movies and Tv

• The food we eat

• All of the above

Technology is one major cause of globalisation

• True

• False

Globalisation has had both a positive and negative impact on people and places

• True

• False

People can feel connected to a place for spiritual reasons

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT one of the 4 criteria for identifying a connection to place?

• Spitirual

• Economic

• Cultural

• Environmental

A bank could be identified as which connection to a place?

• Cultural

• Spiritual

• Economic

• Historical

Interconnections result from natural and human activity.

• True

• False

A place is a part of the earth's surface that is ________________ and given ___________________ to by people.

(a)  

Iceland being affected by global warming is an example of

• a natural interconnection through the atmosphere

• a human interconnection through the atmosphere

• globalisation

• health issues in China and India