The Global Sneaker: from Asia to Everywhere

Globalization has led to a rapid increase in which of the following?

• water stress

• international trade

• transboundary pollution

• arithmetic population density

Which term describes a business that has operations all over the world?

• trade bloc

• common market

• micro-enterprise

• multinational corporation

Which country is a major center of sneaker design?

• Brazil

• Saudi Arabia

• Taiwan

• United States

Which country is likely to be a major producer of synthetic rubber?

• Brazil

• Saudi Arabia

• Malaysia

• United States

A company in Mexico ships fruit to the United States for sale without paying tariffs. This is an example of which of the following?

• free trade

• vertical trade

• subsistence agriculture

• comparative advantage

China looks to Japan for foreign investment and technology. Japanese consumers buy many goods made in China. This is an example of:

• ethnic diversity

• sustainable development

• supranational cooperation

• economic interdependence

The circle graphs below show where foreign investment went in two different years. Which region of the world received the most foreign investment in 1914?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Latin America

According to the graphs above, which region more than doubled its percentage of foreign investment between 1914 and 2021?

• Africa

• Canada

• Europe

• United States

What does it mean to live in a global marketplace?

• We are able to shop in places designed to attract people from all over the world.

• Nobody is able to impose any restrictions on what we are able to buy and sell.

• Many of the things we wear, use, or eat every day come from other countries.

• We are only able to buy things from one country.

Although globalization affects every country in the world, which region below is the most involved?

• Asia

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Africa