WorksheetsArguments in the Globalization Debate - supporting evidence
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following quotes support the idea of globalization?
"...once the borders of developing countries open, big corporations can move in and set up factories (sweatshops)..."
"While globalization has led to benefits for some, it has not led to benefits for all."
"People before profits! People before profits!)
"Globalization, then, is growth-promoting. Growth, in turn, reduces poverty."
The economics student #2 mentions that industrial manufacturing climbed 93 percent between 1980 and 2003. She says we make plenty of things, just not the things we aren't competitive at. Which one of our economics terms is she referring to?
trade
embargoes
comparative advantage
scarcity
"...And when all the manufacturing and technical jobs are gone to Mexico and India, we'll be a nation of short-order cooks, store clerks, and waitresses...not exactly a strong industrial base..."
What term is this economics student referring to?
opportunity cost
natural resources
capital resources
outsourcing
Which of the following quotes is against the idea of globalization?
"...I hear more than 2,500 U.S. companies have sent jobs overseas..."
"...But WTO agreements also help producers of goods and services, including both producers and importers, operate their businesses more efficiently..."
"...thousands of local employees had jobs, and earned wages many times the local rate..."
"the WTO continues to allow the the U.S. and other wealthy nations, including Japan and the E.U. nations, to keep these unfair advantages..."
Read the following quote, which person would most likely say it?
"...what happens is that local cultures-their artwork, their language, their music-get pushed out by the big loud American culture..."
IT employee
Union representative
Mr. Singh, WTO delegate
Art Gallery Owner
Was the Art Gallery Owner FOR or Against globalization?
Against
For
Are you FOR or Against globalization?
For
Against
The retiree, who worked for a large U.S. corporation is defending the WTO and globalization. Which quote below offers the BEST support for his position?
"...my former employer was able to build and buy factories in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries..."
"...thousands of local employees had jobs, and earned wages many times the local rate."
Which of the following characters support globalization?
Manager 1
Union representative
Economics student 1
IT employee
According to the background essay, does globalization affect our everyday life?
yes
no
"While globalization had led to benefits for some, it has not led to benefits for all." What is the key argument that this quote supports?"
everyone deserves what they want
the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
workers don't need rights
companies can do what they want
Advocates of globalization say that....
it increases poverty
it decreases poverty
it improves standard of living
it decreases standard of living
According to the background essay, the increase of globalization is NOT primarily due to
reduction of transportation costs
increases in trade barriers
exponential growth of the computer industry
increased global communication
One key issue that divides supporters and opponents of globalization is the issue of...
global poverty
global poverty
global poverty
global poverty
"Globalization, then is growth-promoting. Growth, in turn, reduces poverty."
The person who said this is a/an _________________ of globalization.
supporter
opponent
neither
"While globalization has led to benefits for some, it has not led to benefits for all."
The person who said this is a/an _______________ of globalization.
opponent
supporter
neither
"I'm tired of these large, unfeeling corporations sending our good paying manufacturing jobs overseas to some factory where workers make $1.50 an hour..."
The person who said this is a/an ______________________of globalization.
advocate
opponent
neither
"But how can we compete with countries that don't have child labor laws, don't enforce pollution controls, and don't have worker safety laws...Of course the will have an advantage over us."
The person who said this is a/an _____________________ of globalization.
supporter
opponent
neither
If you held the belief that globalization creates more economic freedom in a country, you would be________?
A supporter of globalization
An opponent of globalization
Neither
Has your mind changed at all on YOUR opinion of globalization?
yes
no
