Switched on and switched off nations Task Use

Switched on and switched off nations Task: Use the clues in the title and images to work out today’s learning objective LO: To explain why some regions are switched on to globalisation and why some remain switched off

Factors affecting countries becoming switched on or switched off • Some countries have become increasingly ‘switched on’ to globalisation (they have been increasingly integrated into the global economy) • Other countries have become increasingly bypassed by globalisation and remain relatively ‘switched off’ from globalisation. • …. Why is this? TASK: Create a mindmap of factors affecting a region’s ability to become switched on. Reasons: physical, political, economic, social

Factors causing countries to remain ‘switched off’ to globalisation

Factors causing countries to become ‘switched on’ to globalisation

Physical Economic 2. Factors causing countries to remain ‘switched off’ to globalisation Environmental Political 1. 3. 4. Physical Economic 5. Factors causing countries to become ‘switched on’ to globalisation Political Environmental Tasks: Add the four categories to both of your mind maps. Go through the factors from the grid and categorise them in the correct mind map. Extend each point to explain why it means a country is either ‘switched on’ or ‘switched off’. Use the textbooks (page numbers below) to add examples and further ideas. Use your phone to Google further examples to add to your mind maps to fill any gaps. Hodder: p 177 -178 Oxford: p 166 -165 Challenge: Which factors would you rank the most important and least important? Why?

Lots of natural resources Flat relief Highly vulnerable to climate change Negative media portrayal High instances of natural hazards English is spoken Development of energy base, e. g. HEP and nuclear power stations Natural resources exploited by TNCs Trade liberalisation policy Physical isolation (desert/tundra) Low prices for food exports due to overproduction and trade rules Ethnic clashes and civil wars between tribes Vast population willing to work hard in both education and employment Human rights abuses Links to close developing markets Lack of skills and literacy Corruption / presence of organised crime or terror groups Creation of SEZs Problems in rural employment Politically isolated Increased computer use Poor resources for agriculture (e. g. infertile soil) Landlocked Prolonged spending on health and education Low wages

Switched on: China… why is it switched on? • • • Recent economic growth – 1995 GNP per capita $995 and in 2016 $6500 Natural resources – coal, oil and gas with HEP (Three Gorges) and nuclear Good geography - near emerging markets of S Korea, Taiwan and India Massive population of 1. 3 billion + who are hard working and motivated Around 600, 000 engineers trained in China per year Government incentives, cheap labour and a huge market of 1. 3 billion+ attract FDI and TNCs • But…… Workers from rural areas arriving in city (often without permit) are sometimes treated badly with poor conditions and wages may be withheld • Divided country with massive growth in Shanghai and some cities and rural areas like Sichuan lack development Watch clip and take notes to add to case study: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Uzmbsl. Qv 15 Q

Homework: Switched off example: North Korea Create a case study to show North Korea is switched off from Globalisation Use information from both the textbook and online. . This is a good starting place. . . https: //www. theguardian. com/world/2015/apr/22/north-korea-secret -economy-aiib-development-china.