Globalisation Worksheet Quiz

Which of the following is NOT an effect of globalisation?

• Instant flows of information and capital across political boundaries

• Isolation of political systems from each other

• Modern, cheap, and fast transport of products, workers, and tourists

• Global marketing and international sponsorships

Which technology has helped globalisation happen more recently?

• Internet and smart phones

• Steam engines

• Typewriters

• Horse-drawn carriages

What is a major security issue related to globalisation?

• Online fraud and leaking of sensitive information

• Lack of international travel

• Limited access to information

• Decreased trade agreements

What does it mean when global systems are described as "highly interdependent"?

• Changes in one place can affect other places around the world

• Each country operates independently

• There is no connection between countries

• Only economic factors are considered

What is one positive impact of mobile phone technology in rural Uganda?

• People can now access the internet and make calls

• It is too expensive to lay wires for internet

• Fish factories have closed

• Cash crops are sold at low prices

What is international trade?

• Buying and selling within a country

• Buying and selling between countries

• Trading only with neighboring countries

• Trading only in local markets

What is product dumping?

• One country sells products cheaply in another, damaging their industry.

• One country bans the import of foreign goods.

• One country increases tariffs on exports.

• One country invests in another's industry.

What is the main purpose of tariffs in international trade?

• To protect a country’s industry from imports.

• To encourage more imports.

• To reduce the cost of exports.

• To increase foreign investment.

What is a trade bloc?

• A group of countries that do not charge tariffs to each other.

• A single country trading with the world.

• A country that bans all imports.

• A region with no trade regulations.

What is one advantage TNCs have because they are global?

• They can go where labor is cheapest

• They only operate in one country

• They avoid using technology

• They do not invest in new products