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Focus Area: Global sustainability (2022 syllabus)
Quick questions on Global trade, globalisation and flows: HSC Geography 2022 Focus Area
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What are the four core flows?Show answer
These flows are uneven in their geography: certain shipping routes (the Strait of Malacca, Suez Canal, Panama Canal), certain financial hubs (New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai), and certain data corridors carry disproportionate shares of the world total.
What is supply chain fragility?Show answer
Global supply chains rely on just-in-time (JIT) inventory: minimal stock, on-demand delivery. JIT lowers cost but creates fragility. Recent disruptions:
What is impacts on Australia?Show answer
Australia is a small, open economy heavily integrated with the global system. Key features:
What are trade equals goods?Show answer
Goods are one of four core flows. Capital, labour and information matter at least as much, and services are a rising share of trade.
What is q1?Show answer
Identify the four core flows of globalisation and give one example of each. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Analyse how a named disruption (COVID-19, Suez 2021, Russia-Ukraine, Red Sea attacks) exposed supply-chain fragility. [6 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Evaluate the impact of globalisation on Australia, considering both economic and sustainability dimensions. [8 marks]
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