Les 9 - globalization

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Planning

Filmpje kijken

We gaan kijken naar het productieproces van chocola

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Huiswerk

Key words §4.4

Globalization (globalisatie): Process through which regions of the world are connected more and more

Multinational Corporation (MNC) (Multinationale organisatie (MNO)): Large company that has factories and offices in multiple countries

Raw materials (grondstoffen): Unprocessed goods

Semi-finished products (halffabrikaten): Processed resources (between the resource and the product)

Final/finished products (eindproducten): products that are ready and can be sold

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Step 1: picking and drying cocoabeans

Raw materials (grondstoffen): Unprocessed goods

The raw material needed to make chocolate is the cocao bean

This mainly gets produced in West-Africa

Where are the raw materials for chocolate produced?

1. Periphery
2. Semi-periphery
3. Core

Step 2: Making semi-finished products

Semi-finished products (halffabrikaten): Processed resources (between the resource and the product)

The beans get turned into two things that make chocolate

• Cocoa butter
• Cocoa powder

This often happens in the semi-periphery

Step 3: Making chocolate

Final/finished products (eindproducten): products that are ready and can be sold

Where is the finished product of chocolate produced?

1. Periphery
2. Semi-periphery
3. Core

Outsourcing

Multinational Corporation (MNC) (Multinationale organisatie (MNO)): Large company that has factories and offices in multiple countries

Why are the factories in the countries like Bangladesh and China? (semi-periphery)

Which region profits the most from globalization?

1. Periphery
2. Semi-periphery
3. Core

In deze landen worden voornamelijk grondstoffen geproduceerd

In deze landen staan de grote hoofdkantoren van bedrijven

In deze landen worden de grondstoffen in fabrieken verwerkt tot andere producten

Semi -periphery

Periphery

Core

Homework

Extra opdrachten 2a and 2b