Globalization: Friend to the Rich? Foe to the Poor?

Authors Avatar

Geography Worksheets

(S4 to S7)

Globalization:

Friend to the Rich?

Foe to the Poor?

(Globalization, the Rich and the Poor, Agricultural and Industrial Development, Population Mobility and Sustainable Development)


                

‘How does Globalization Affect Rich and Poor Countries?’

A.        What is the impact of globalization on industrial location during different periods?

Action 1: Why do the locations of the information technology industry change in

different periods?

Figure 1

Title:_____________________________________________________________

(Hint: Use different colours to show locational changes of the innovation and production stages of the US hard disk drive.)

Question for Thought!

Why was I (US hard disk drive) produced in

different places in different periods?


Action 2: Why do the locations of the toy industry change over time?


Figure 2

Question for Thought!

Why was Barbie (Toy Industry) produced in

different places in different periods?


1.        Based on the case of the information technology industry, answer the following questions.

(a)        Describe the locational changes of the information technology industry in different periods.

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

  1.  In which countries are the information technology products produced in the    

innovation stage?

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

  1.  In which countries are the information technology products produced in the mass  

production stage?

_________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

(d)        Why do such locational changes occur?

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

2.        Based on the case of the toy industry, answer the following questions.

(a)        Describe the locational changes of the toy industry in different periods.

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

(b)        Why do such locational changes occur?

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

Join now!

  1. With regard to the findings in these two cases, what are the similarities and

differences of their industrial locations in different periods?

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

        

  1. What kind of regional cooperation can occur between rich and poor countries?  

Are they really interdependent? Explain.

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________  

    _________________________________________________________________


5.        How are these locational changes related to globalization?

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

        _________________________________________________________________

B.        How does globalization affect rich and poor countries?

Is it friend to the rich, or foe to the poor?

1.        You are going to watch the following film on the ...

This is a preview of the whole essay