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What is globalisation?
The interconnection between different countries.
What are some positive things about globalisation?
Answer may include: increae trade between countries, people learn about different cultures, sports, music, and wear different clothes. People understand other c
What are some negative things about globalisation?
Answers may include: wars between different countries, child labour, people in other countries working for very little money, pollution
What are 'pull factors'?
Things that make people want to live in another country.
What are some 'pull factors'?
Answers can include a strong economy, feeling safe, no war, good education system, being free, stability
What are 'push factors'?
Push factors are things that make people want to leave their country and go to a another country.
What are some examples of 'push factors'?
Push factors include poverty (being poor), feeling scared and unsafe, war, unemployment (not having a job), political problems.
Why does UNICEF think that child labour is a bad thing?
It stops children from going to school and learing. Some of the jobs that children do are dangerous. It is not good for their physical or mental health.
Why does Evo Morales, the former president of Bolivia, think that child labour might be good for some children?
He thinks that it might be okay if the child's families are very poor. If the children work, they can help their families live.
What is mined in the DRC?
Cobalt
What is cobalt used for?
Batteries in mobile phones, laptops, and electronic cars
Describe the work conditions of people mining cobalt in the DRC.
They work in unsafe and dangerous conditions.
How do miners in the DRC mine cobalt?
With their bare hands.
How are refugees leaving their country an example of globalisation?
They leave their countries to live in other countries. They move across borders.
In which two countries is cocoa mostly grown?
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
What is the dark (bad) side of chocolate?
Cocoa beans that are used to make chocolate are picked using child labour
