10.9 - Globalization & Changing Environment

What is globalization?

• The worldwide coming together of nations and countries

• The process of immigrating to a new country

• Creating local market to support small business owners

• It is the increase in nationalism and isonlationism

What are some of the negative effects of globalization?

• All of these

• The environment can suffer from additional pollution

• People in industrialized countries might lose their jobs

• People in developing countries remain poor and without insurance

How do globalization and climate change relate to one another?

• Increased pollution in the air from travel, shipping, and more adds to the effects of greenhouse gasses

• Decreased pollution helps to minimize the effects of greenhouse gasses

• The use of renewable energy since globalization began has made globalization carbon neutral

• They do not relate to one another

Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.

• Infrastructure

• Globalization

• Interdependence

• Specialization

Which is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops

• burning fossil fuels for energy

• dumping sewage in rivers

• using Nuclear power stations

Which is a result of human activities?

• decay of leaves in a forest

• acid rain kills fish in a lake

• volcanic eruptions

• bad weather

Desertification can be found in...

• arid areas

• semi-arid areas

• deserts

• at the equator

What is the definition of overpopulation?

• Having a large population in a small area

• Having a small population in a large area

• Having a correct amount of people in a designated space

• Having no people in any area

What are the effects of overpopulation?

• A. There's a lot of pollution in big cities.

• B. One cause is that people's life expectancy has increased.

• C. Yes, it does.

• D. Because there are too many cars.

Advances in medicine and in farming have increased

• human population growth

• biodiversity

• renewable resources

• exotic species