USII 8e Globalization and Interdependence

Sending goods to another country to sell.

• import

• export

Factories or other aspects of industry or business are relocated to a place that is cheaper to do business.

• Offshoring

• Outsourcing

According to CNN, the United States receives 80% of its avocados from Mexico. Mexico receives most of its auto parts from the United States. This is an example of the following.

• Interdependence

• Supply and demand

• Infrastructure

• Globalization

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

• Globalization

• Economy

• GDP

• Economic Independence

What are some negatives of globalization?

• Workers are exploited in sweatshops

• Pollution and deforestation

• Low wages for factory workers in Asia and Africa

• All of the answers are correct

What are some positives of globalization?

• Cheap sneakers and clothes

• Cheap electronics

• Information is easy to access and it travels quickly (internet and social media)

• All of the answers are correct

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease at a particular time in a particular geographic location

• pandemic

• epidemic

a worldwide outbreak of a disease

• pandemic

• epidemic

Which of the following has helped create a global economy in the present day?

• The use of high taxes for imports and exports

• Improvements in technology have made trade easier

• The creation of one form of currency (money) used to trade

• The success of the Communist governments in guiding trade

According to the map how many countries are believed to currently have or once had nuclear weapons AND how many weapons are there believed to be in the world?

• 10 & 17,300

• 11 & 17,300

• 8 & 15,600

• 9 & 15,600