Transcript Globalization and Global Trade Patterns Learning Goal 4: Compare

GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL TRADE PATTERNS
LEARNING GOAL 4: COMPARE GLOBAL TRADE
PATTERNS OVER TIME AND EXAMINE HOW
GLOBALIZATION HAS AFFECTED SOCIETIES AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT.
Criteria for Success
•Identify historic trade routes
•Understand the connection
between globalization and
development
IS GLOBALIZATION A NEW IDEA/CONCEPT??
NO!!!
GLOBAL HISTORY OF CHINA
500’s
1300’s
silk exported
from China to
the
Mediterranean
gunpowder
travels from
China to
Europe
1800’s
tea, porcelain
exported from
China to
Europe
1900’s
manufactured
goods
exported from
China
China has always been a part of
globalization of markets!!!!
MIDDLE EAST- THE WORLDS CROSSROAD
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The Middle East stands at the crossroads of three
continents: Africa, Asia and Europe.
Since ancient
times it has
developed
major trade
routes over
land and sea
WHAT IS BLUE, A QUARTER OF A MILE LONG,
AND TALLER THAN LONDON'S OLYMPIC
STADIUM?
The newest container ship, the Triple E
Large volumes of goods are produced in Asia and
then consumed in Europe and the US.
Many worry these giant ships are symbols of the
world's trade imbalance
CHANGING TRADE PATTERNS
(IMPACTS):
ECONOMIC
-Trade
organization
increase region
growth/ diversity
-Overall
increasing
interdependence
ENVIRONMENTAL
-Increased
industrialization/
trade has led to
increased pollution
(air & water)
-Allowed for more
technology that
shapes the
environment
Examples:
dams and agriculture
equip.
SOCIAL
- Global trade
has speed up
cultural diffusion
& convergence.
-Economic
benefits have
increased
standard of living
in newly
industrialized
nations
Example:
China
FREE TRADE ZONES
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Due to increased global interactions free
trade zones have become more common
FTZ- a designated area that eliminates
traditional trade barriers, such as tariffs, and
minimizes bureaucratic regulations
Benefits
Attracts new buisness
Maximized savings
Minimized company cost
Challenges
bidding wars sometimes
erupt between competing
governments
MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS
(IMPACTS):
ECONOMIC
-Healthier
more skilled
workers
-Improves
economic
production
ENVIRONMENTAL
-Growing
populations
- Expansion
into fragile
environments
SOCIAL
- Increased life
expectancy
-Decreased
infant
mortality rate
Decrease in
infectious
disease etc.
ACTIVITY
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Directions: Using this link answer the questions that follow in your
student notebook. Be prepared to share your answers.
TIP:You can zoom both in and out using the interactive map.
1.
Where is the largest port located?
2.
Why do you think it is found in this country?
3.
What do port 13 & 17 have in common?
4.
What is so important about port 13/17’s geographic location? (think
oceans)
5.
What impact do you think these ports have had upon the country of
Malaysia?
6.
Port 37 is located along what famous canal? Why is it significant?
7.
Where are the ports in the United States located and why?
8.
Where can the majority of the world’s largest ports be found?
9.
What impact do you feel these ports have had upon the countries they
can be found in?