Quiz on Globalization

What is globalization described as in the text?

• The process of making the world more isolated

• The process of making the world more connected and interdependent

• The process of reducing trade and technology

• The process of increasing local trade only

According to the text, when do many scholars believe globalization began?

• With the Industrial Revolution

• With the invention of the internet

• With Columbus’s voyage to the New World in 1492

• With the fall of the Roman Empire

What ancient network of trade routes is mentioned as an example of early globalization?

• The Roman Roads

• The Silk Road

• The Trans-Saharan Trade Route

• The Viking Trade Routes

What role did technology play in the Silk Road trade according to the text?

• It had no significant role

• It only helped in navigation

• It led to the creation of coins and improved transportation

• It was used to build ships

What types of goods and ideas were exchanged along the Silk Road?

• Only spices and silk

• Only Roman glass and Arabian spices

• Chinese silk, Roman glass, Arabian spices, Buddhist beliefs, and paper-making secrets

• Only agricultural products

What period accelerated the types of exchanges mentioned in the text?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Age of Exploration

• The Renaissance

• The Information Age

What new technology played an important role in the maritime trade routes during the Age of Exploration?

• The steam engine

• The magnetic compass

• The printing press

• The telegraph

What did the new ship designs and the creation of the magnetic compass contribute to?

• The decline of trade

• The success of explorers

• The isolation of continents

• The end of globalization

What did European explorers seek during the Age of Exploration?

• New continents to colonize

• New sea routes to the spices and silks of Asia

• New technologies for navigation

• New agricultural techniques

What did the Information Age do to globalization?

• It slowed it down

• It had no effect

• It went into overdrive

• It reversed it