Globalization Quiz

Which group most accurately describes the reasons many people move long distances away from their homes today?

• Group A

• Group B

How has increased globalization changed women’s status in the world economy?

• Globalization has improved the status of women in the world economy in virtually every region of the world

• Globalization has caused most nations t force their female population into child-care and domestic work.

• Globalization has had virtually no effect on women’s status in the world economy.

• Globalization has resulted in a demand for women in monetized sectors of work (work outside of the home).

Why would an American entrepreneur who is starting a business of manufacturing umbrellas and selling them in the US need to be knowledgeable of international trade laws?

• She may end up importing raw materials from South America

• . She may end up purchasing umbrella components from East Asia

• She may end up outsourcing one component to Southeast Asia.

• all of the above

•Digital technology, fiber optics, and microprocessors are ___________________.

• Advanced technologies that have increased globalization

• Advanced technologies only used by developed nations.

• Advanced technologies that keep developing nations poor

• Advanced technologies that are avoided in countries with command economies

What is globalization?

• the policy of reducing poverty and population growth across the globe

• a process of using both a command economy and a mixed economy worldwide

• the global exchange of goods, services, capital, people and information

• the process of restricting world trade and investments in developing nations

What is urbanization?

• . The movement of people from one country to another

• The buildup of heat around large metropolitan centers

• The movement of people from rural areas to cities

• The system of public works that supports a city

Which of the following describes the largest migration in the world today?

• people leaving the cities and heading to the country

• Latin Americans moving to North America

• Africans going to Europe

• People heading to the cities from the countryside

These actions are _________________________.

• recommendations made by the UN to encourage economic growth

• the basic principles of capitalism

• major government policies that have increased globalization

• requirements established by foreign investors for developing nations

Why have some countries provided incentives for families to send their girls to school?

• these countries have discovered that girls are more likely to succeed in subjects such as science and math

• cultural resistance to educating females has resulted in inequality between males and females in education

• governments with federal budget surpluses need additional ways in which to spend their money

• these countries have parliaments where women hold more seats than their male counterparts

What of the following is least likely to be caused by globalization?

• increased world trade and foreign investments

• improved living conditions

• increased economic growth

• increased command economies globally