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WorksheetsUSII 8e Globalization and Interdependence
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Sending goods to another country to sell.
import
export
Factories or other aspects of industry or business are relocated to a place that is cheaper to do business.
Offshoring
Outsourcing
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
The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.
Globalization
Economy
GDP
Economic Independence
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?
Cheap sneakers and clothes
Cheap electronics
Information is easy to access and it travels quickly (internet and social media)
All of the answers are correct
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease at a particular time in a particular geographic location
pandemic
epidemic
a worldwide outbreak of a disease
pandemic
epidemic
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
According to the map how many countries are believed to currently have or once had nuclear weapons AND how many weapons are there believed to be in the world?
10 & 17,300
11 & 17,300
8 & 15,600
9 & 15,600
Import is 'bringing (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
False
True
What does the word 'trade' mean?
Business
Buying
The selling of something
Not selling
Which of these is not a result of globalization?
The national economy become a part of the international economy.
Countries become integrated through global network of communication.
Trade and migration increased between different economies.
Replacing manpower with technology.
