Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14

Effects of globalisation

9questions
92marks
7series
2020–2025years

Effects of globalisation comes up in 9 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 92 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2025 and appear on International A Level Unit 4, International A Level Unit 4A.

Tariffs run from 1 to 20 marks. The commonest instructions are Evaluate (4), Calculate (2), Identify (MCQ) (2). Specification points covered: 4.3.1.3.

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May 2025 2 questions

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4A · Section C

Q8 Assess how the rest of the world is affected by China's growth slowing to 5% in 2024.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationEvaluateEssay (choice)
20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4A · Section C

Q9 Assess the gains from far more people moving into the EU, arrivals from outside it having doubled by 2022.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationEvaluateEssay (choice)

Oct 2024 1 question

2 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(a) Work out Vietnam's 2023 foreign direct investment from its 2022 level and the 32.1% rise reported.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationCalculateData response essay

Jan 2024 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section A

Q4 Identify a possible drawback of globalisation for the world economy.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Oct 2023 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section C

Q10 Evaluate the gains a developed economy may draw from inward foreign direct investment, as in the USA and Australia.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationEvaluateEssay (choice)

Oct 2022 1 question

20 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section C

Q9 Taking one country, evaluate whether globalisation's gains exceed its costs (context: international trade expanded considerably from 1970 to 2020).

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationEvaluateEssay (choice)

May 2022 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section A

Q3 136 countries agreed a 15% global minimum corporation tax in 2021. Identify which is also a measure governments may use to control transnational companies. (cutting bureaucracy costs / improving banking access / raising indirect taxes / regulating transfer pricing)

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Oct 2020 2 questions

2 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(a) Using Figure 1, work out how tourist numbers changed in percentage terms across 2012 to 2017, setting out your method.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationCalculateData response essay
6 marksInternational A Level · Unit 4 · Section B

Q7(b) Taking Figure 1 with Extract A, analyse two ways Mauritius gains economically as visitor numbers climb.

4.3.1.3Effects of globalisationAnalyseData response essay

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