USII 8e Globalization

Sending goods to another country to sell.

• import

• export

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 worldwide outbreak of a disease

• pandemic

• epidemic

Import is 'bringing (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.

• False

• True

What does the word 'trade' mean?

• Business

• Buying

• The selling of something

• Not selling

Which of these is not a result of globalization?

• The national economy become a part of the international economy.

• Countries become integrated through global network of communication.

• Trade and migration increased between different economies.

• Replacing manpower with technology.

Technology has a direct impact on globalization. 

• True
• False