Summary: Geography C. 1

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• 1 Globalisation

• 1.1.1 Early globalisation

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• Which empires did also led to a globalised world?

  Egypt, Greece and Rome.

• When did voyages of exploartion started and ended?

  During the 15th century, during the 18th century.

• What products where sold from one continent to another?

  Herbs, spices and also slaves.

• What spread across the globe?

  Religion, language and other cultural elements.

• 1.1.2 Globalisation since the Industrial Revolution

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• Which countries outside Europe started industrialising?

  The United States and Japan.

• What changed because of the Industrial Revolution?

  Sailing ships were replaced by steamships, gigantic networks of railways were devoloped, communication over long distances was made possible because of the invention of the telegraph.

• 1.1.3 Global culture?

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• What is cultural heterogenisation?

  People become more aware and appreciative of their own culture.

• 1.1.4 Six degrees of separation

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• When was the six degrees of seperation mentioned?

  1929.

• What is the six degrees of seperation?

  The theory that says that everyone is 6 steps away from everyone in the world.

• 1.2.1 A shrinking world?

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• What is the absolute distance between London and Edinburgh?

  520 km.