Unit 4: Power, places and networks revision

Required case studies

• None required by this unit.

Required detailed examples

• Detailed examples of at least two actual or potential global superpowers
  • geographyalltheway.com > Global superpowers
• Two contrasting detailed examples of TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains
  • geographyalltheway.com > TNCs

Suggested examples [as an absolute minimum]

• 4.1 Global interactions and global power
  • At least one named globalization indices and the values for several countries.
  • Name some of the members that form the G7, G20 and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) groups
  • Name some of the members that form the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC)
  • Name some of the members that form the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and New Development Bank (NDB)
• 4.2 Global networks and flows
  • A global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services
  • The flows of international aid, loans and debt relief
  • The flows of international remittances from economic migrants
  • Illegal flows, such as trafficked people, counterfeit goods and narcotics
• 4.3 Human and physical influences on global interactions
  • Political factors that affect global interactions
  • Economic migration controls and rules
  • Transport developments over time
  • Patterns and trends in communication infrastructure and use
  • Natural resource availability
  • Potentially limiting effect of geographic isolation, at varying scales

4.1 Global interactions and global power

4.2 Global networks and flows

4.3 Human and physical influences on global interactions