Key learning points

1. Contemporary global trade patterns are complex, linking us to people and places far away through everyday goods.
2. Global trade connects us to other countries of the world. This is an example of globalisation.
3. World maps can be used to locate the countries where garments are made, and identify the spatial patterns revealed.
4. The data collected, recorded and analysed can be communicated through a map and/or graphs.

Keywords

• Global trade - Global trade is the exchange of goods, money and services between countries.

• Spatial pattern - Spatial patterns show the links between where things are located.

• Globalisation - Globalisation means the links and interdependencies between countries all around the world.

• Manufactured - Something that is manufactured is made by humans, not nature, usually in large quantities for selling.

Common misconception