Globalisation - How globalisation was made possible

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What is transportation technology?

All the tools and machines that are used in the movement of people and goods

What is intermodal transportation?

Transportation with the use of more than one mode of transport

What is ICT (information and communication technology)?

All tools and machines that are used in the exchange of information
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What is a trade barrier?

A restriction by a government that limits international trade

Name 2 negative impacts of the increase of transport activity

Increase in congestion, increase in Co2 emissions, increase in production

Which inventions made communication technology faster and easier?

The telegraph & the telephone

What made acting globally more attractive for companies?

ICT is now faster easier and cheaper than it was before

Easier, faster and cheaper technology does not necessarily happen automatically, what does this depend on?

It depends on whether a flow of data across borders is actually allowed

Why do countries use trade barriers?

Because governments have different opinions about a certain flow of data crossing borders

What are the main causes for the convergence of time and space?

Transportation technology, information and communication technology & free trade

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