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Introduction to Interconnections Year 8 Geography Unit

1. Personal Connections 
cultural/leisure, the future and
the impact that our personal
connections have on places.
2. Technology  Transport,
information and communications
3. Trade  Goods and services
across a range of scales
4. Production &amp; Consumption 
of goods on people, places and
Interconnections: The relationships
between all things and all processes,
both natural and human. (copy this
For this topic, it is important that you
understand the process of globalisation.
• Have you heard this word before?
• What do you think it means?
Activity! As a class, we’ll complete
the brainstorm in your worksheet.
(What do you think when you hear
globalisation? Hint: have a look at
the logos on this slide).
• Globalisation is the
process of the world and
its people becoming
more interconnected.
This means there are
new ‘pathways’ for
goods, ideas, money,
people and services to
flow around the world.
• It is due to advancements in transport and communications
technologies that we can now connect and share
information and goods throughout the world.
• A good example of the changes in transport might be travel
times. From England to Australia 200 years ago it would
have taken almost a year on a sailing boat. Today the same
distance can be covered in around 24 hours.
• This has some very strong positive results, as well as
some negative ones. These will be explored in this topic by
• How Globalised are you??
1. Create a word document called
“globalised (your name)”
2. Find an outline picture of a
person and paste it into your
3. Make notes using text boxes to
show how you are connected to
other countries. Find
photographs on the internet to
show this.
* Use example on your worksheet for
A situation whereby one group slowly takes on the cultural norms of another e.g. immigrants to their host nation.
Any raw material that can be exchanged e.g. oil, wheat etc.
A person who buys goods or services.
Fossil fuel
Energy derived from the remains of organisms e.g. coal, oil, gas etc.
Free trade
An agreement which allows trade between nations free of any border restrictions.
A process where trade, migration and communication that used to be on a local or national scale move to include
the whole world. It is occurring due to advancements in technology and removal of barriers (political) between
Goods and services
Products that can be sold. Goods refers to physical, tangible products; services to intangible ones such as shops
Gross Domestic Product
The total economic value of goods and services produced by a nation.
Information technology
The range of electronic equipment used in modern communications.
A relationship of mutual need between regions or nations.
Flows of inputs and outputs, usually for companies but could also be settlements, nations etc.
Where one company or person is the sole supplier of a good or service.
Non-renewable resource Fossil fuels (coal and oil) that cannot be replaced.
Renewable resource
A resource for which there is no practicable limits because it is constantly replaced e.g. solar power.
An amount of money paid to import specific goods.
An activity, undertaken voluntarily for pleasure, that involves staying away overnight.
The sale of goods and services.
A situation where a person does not have employment.
Check your understanding
*Complete multiple choice questions