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Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.
Infrastructure
Globalization
Interdependence
Specialization
Sending goods to another country to sell.
import
export
Bringing goods in from another country to sell.
import
export
According to CNN, the United States receives 80% of its avocados from Mexico. Mexico receives most of its auto parts from the United States. This is an example of the following.
Interdependence
Supply and demand
Infrastructure
Globalization
Products meant to satisfy the wants and needs of buyers.
Goods
Trade
Commodity
Outsourcing
A large company that has operations in more than one country.
Domestic Corporation
Multinational Corporation
Foreign Corporation
State Corporation
What are some negatives of globalization?
Workers are exploited in sweatshops
Pollution and deforestation
Low wages for factory workers in Asia and Africa
All of the answers are correct
What are some positives of globalization?
Cheaper goods
More jobs in developing countries
Information is easy to access and it travels quickly
All of the answers are correct
A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced.
World Bank
Recession
Embargo
Pandemic
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
stop
embargo
barr
tariff
Which of the following has helped create a global economy in the present day?
The use of high taxes for imports and exports
Improvements in technology have made trade easier
The creation of one form of currency (money) used to trade
The success of the Communist governments in guiding trade
Which continent has been most involved in globalization?
Antarctica
Africa
Australia
Asia
What is free trade?
A 90's hip hop song
A garage sale
The flow of goods and services across national borders with few controls by govts
The restriction of goods and services across national borders
What does WTO stand for?
We the Oppressed
World Tariff Organization
World Tax Office
World Trade Organization
Back in the 1950's what country would American sneaker brands be made in?
USA
Mexico
Asia
Japan
How are sneakers transported from Asia?
A plane
A train
A container ship
A gondola
It brought everyone together under 1 World Government
It fulfills Marx's dream of a communist utopia
more products end up in landfills / the ocean
water sources such as rivers are polluted
countries build coal plants to power factories
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
capitalism
command economy
communism
fascism
A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country.
communism
capitalism
monarchy
republic
What country is K-Pop from?
South Korea
North Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
What country is anime from?
Canada
Andorra
Japan
Slovenia
The group of countries in Europe that cooperates on trade, travel, and laws
Finland and Friends
Council of Caucasians
NATO
European Union
Bananas in American stores are imported mostly from...
Central America
Western Europe
Northern Africa
Australia
Where did the game of Chess originate?
England
India
Iraq
Russia
What American city used to be a thriving middle-class center of industry, but has since declined due to globalization?
Boston
San Francisco
Dayton
Austin
What country did TikTok originate?
Sweden
China
Canada
Malaysia
An early example of small-scale globalization was the series of trade routes that connected Europe and China, called the...
Spice Trail
Jade Highway
Golden Route
Silk Road
In the 1990s, the development of this technology that connected computers around the world helped to supercharge globalization:
Internet
Telegraphs
Artificial Intelligence
iPhone
The Panama _ in Central America, and the Suez _ in Egypt made it shorter and quicker to transport goods by ship from one side of the world to another.
Canal
Spaceport
Steamboat
Peninsula
Globalization is:
The rotation of the Earth on its axis.
A condition in which countries have strong economic ties and depend on each other for resources, information, trade, and technology.
A large company that has operations in many countries.
The development of a worldwide society in which people, money, information, and goods flow freely across national borders.
Globalization has led to a rapid increase in which of the following?
Monarchies.
Space exploration.
International trade.
United Nations peacekeeping missions
What is outsourcing?
When jobs are relocated from developed countries to developing countries so businesses can save money on labor costs
The establishment of a colony in one territory by a political power from another territory.
A tax on imported products.
Researching the origins of common household items.
Which term describes a business that has operations all over the world?
Communism
Trade bloc
Micro-enterprise
Multinational corporation
A company in Mexico ships avocados to sell in the United States without paying any tariffs. This is an example of which of the following?
Free trade
Protectionism
Mexican standoff
Illegal immigration
China relies on Japan for investment and technology. Japanese consumers buy many essential goods made in China. The result is which of the following?
Buddhism
Unsustainable development
Samurai battles
Economic interdependence
Which of the following is an example of a technological development in communication over the past 200 years?
Telegraphs
Telephones
The Internet
All of the above
Which of the following is an example of a technological development in transportation over the last 200 years?
Airplanes
Trains
Container Ships
All of the above
