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Knowledge Builder: Geography Development Year 8 | Term 3
Books to read:
Stretch your vocabulary
a.1
globalisation
Globalisation is the increasing connections between places and people across the planet, established through trade, politics and cultural exchanges, and helped by technology and transport.
a.2
The multiplier effect
The ‘snowballing’ of economic activity. e.g. If new jobs are created, people who take them have money to spend in the shops, which means that more shop workers are needed.
a.3
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
The total amount of goods and services that a single unit of a country's currency can buy in another country. e.g. The Big Mac index shows how much money it coasts in each country to buy a big Mac.
Geography in the news Hans Rosling talks about population at Ted-Ex
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