Activity One - Describe - Core and Periphery

It is useful to review what a core and periphery are before we begin to look at what has helped to enable trade and therefore global links. This is something we have explored in the Core element of the course - both in the Resources and Population units, so hopefully, this should be more of a review. 

• • 1. Describe where the global core and periphery are located by using the first map below in the Useful Resources box. 

    2. What are the benefits of using each graph?

    3. What are the problems of using each graph?

    4. Now look at Image Three and suggest what the links are between remoteness and being in a peripheral country.

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Activity Two - Watch

Now you have reviewed where the global core and periphery are it is useful to understand what has enabled the development of global trade. If you were here in Year 9 some of this may feel familiar. 

• • • • 1. Why has global trade increased? Watch the two clips in the 'Useful Resources' box to help you. 

        2. Using the third image and its associated link, describe the main shipping routes. 

        3. What problems do you think are caused by container shipping?

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Activity Three - Comprehension - Global Trade

We now need to get some notes down onto paper about the growing dominance of Asia when it comes to manufacturing and the associated trade. To do this we going to use the Simon Oakes's textbook 'Geography. Global Interactions' Page 12 - 15 to answer the following questions.

• • 1. Suggest reasons for the change for the change in trade flows.

    2. Why have areas such as South Korea or China shaped the global pattern for manufactured goods?

    3. Where are the 'up and coming' markets for the consumption of goods expected to be?

    4. As well as goods there has been an increase in the trade of services,  explain why there has been a change to the following:

       1. 1. 1. 1. 1. • Tourism

                      • Financial services

                      • Online media

                      • Online retail business.

    5. In more recent years it has been suggested that there is going to be a global downturn in world trade flows, describe the evidence for this. 

Activity Four - Illegal Flows

When the words illegal trade or illegal flows are used people often think about the movement of narcotics or human trafficking, but does the illegal movement of 'things' have to be so sinister? Overstaying a tourist visa or passing a country border without declaring that you have entered can also be classified as an illegal flow. So too can the movement of our waste such as waste caused by the increased number of electronics that are thrown away every year. 

• • • 1. Describe the flow of illicit goods using image five.

      2. Give three geographical reasons for the pattern of the flow.

      3. Could any of the points be called hubs? If so where and how?

      4. Read Pages 60-65 of the 'Our Connected Planet' textbook and describe the different illegal flows; people, narcotics, and counterfeit goods. 

      5. Read Page 8 of Simon Oakes's textbook 'Geography. Global Interactions' and describe the strategies that have been adopted to try and prevent the illegal trafficking of goods. 

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