to what extent is globalization changing site and situation factors for manufacturing?With the development of globalization, virtual distances between two formerly faraway places has shrunken, making the issue of physical proximity less of a concern than it was in the past. Because of this, manufacturing industries and companies today have had relatively more freedom in locating their industries. In the past, factories had to be placed near its customers to ensure that transportation would be manageable and costs wouldn't be too high, which can be seen through how most factories were located in the Northeast region of the US and the Northwest region of Europe, where population was most concentrated. This is also largely due to the fact that they had required more skilled workers, who were mostly found in industrialized, urban regions, during the time period before the invention of the assembly line and Fordist production. However, with the developments and inventions achieved during globalization, manufacturers have been able to place their factories in places much farther away physically, for example China and India. This is also due to the simplification and division of the assembly process, which have allowed for non-skilled laborers to become part of the making of the product. Thus, a lot of the non-skilled labor has been outsourced to countries with cheaper labor cost, since transportation costs are often masked by the lower costs.
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1. Rostow’s five-stage model of economic growth and the core-periphery concept of Wallerstein’s three-part world system theory are two of the more common economic development models.
A. Identify and compare three differences between the stages of economic growth and the core-periphery model. B. Use one of the two models to explain the level of economic development in either Mexico or Brazil. C. Give two examples of how the core-periphery concept can be applied below the national scale. As our world globalizes, we have seen some countries turn into economic superpowers while others try to follow http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap14_frq_Human_Geography.pdf http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap14_human_geography_scoring_guidelines.pdf WEST AFRICAAnything that is a taboo is strictly forbidden for either cultural or spiritual reasons, or both. Anyone who does not follow the taboos are punished, and on more serious occasions, are sometimes banished from the community. Food taboos in West Africa center mostly around children and women, especially pregnant women. Women, and in some communities, children as well, are advised against eating eggs because people believe that doing so will make the woman sterile, and make the children who ate them become thieves in the future. Pregnant women are not allowed to eat beef, or it is believed that their child will turn out to be fat. Unfortunately, as can be seen from above, most of the food taboos are on protein-rich animal foods, they are taking a toll on the health of those in the region. IndiaThe food taboos in India are largely based on Hinduism, in which there is a concept of "you are what you eat". As a result, even though eating meat is not a sin in and of itself, the animals used for meat must be sacrificed in the traditional, sacrificial manner. Some of the Hindu societies have food taboos related to social castes. For example, members of the priestly caste, called Brahmin, are not allowed to eat or handle fish, eggs, or meat. A food taboo that applies to almost all, though, is ban on beef. Since cows are sacred animals, Hindus are not allowed to eat beef.
What is language and which languages are the most widespread?
Language is a tool that allows for communication between two individuals. The most widespread languages are English, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Arabic. Why are some languages similar while others are very different? Some languages may be similar because they come from the same family, or even the same branch, meaning that at some point, they were the same language, but evolved after being relatively or completely isolated from the other. Others are different because they may be in different families, meaning that they had more time to develop and evolve to become different, or maybe they started out entirely separate from all the other language families. How did English develop and spread around the world? Modern English evolved from languages spoken by three Germanic tribes invading the British Isles: the Angles, the Jutes, and the Saxons. Over time, other tribes invaded England, such as the Vikings from present-day Norway and Normans from present-day Normandy in France, and their languages also influenced basic English. After it had taken form and shape, English was then spread throughout the world through conquest and colonization, starting from the 1700's all the way to the 1900s. It also spread through the United States economic hegemony and academia, especially in modern times. question #1 |
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