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WorksheetsHistorical Change & Globalization
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Obtaining goods or services from an outside or foreign supplier is known as
Migration
Outsourcing
Offshoring
Which of these is NOT a benefit of outsourcing jobs?
Residents in other countries learn about a company’s product
A company makes a larger profit because the cost of labour is lower
Workers in the United States lose their jobs
What is one important advantage of United States businesses moving their companies to places like China or India?
Cost advantage (saving $)
Learning a new language
Having more companies around the world
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement between what countries?
China, Mexico, Russia
Canada, USA, Europe
Mexico, USA, Canada
The countries in the map above are part of what international organization?
The North American Free Trade Agreement
The European Union
The United Nations
In what organization do the following countries belong in?
The United Nations
Organization of Petroleum Exchange Countries
North American Free Trade Agreement
A severe drought gripped the Great Plains in the early 1930s is known as....
The Rocky storm
The Black Bowl
The Dust Bowl
Saudi Arabia needs to produce fresh water due to scarcity of water. What innovation do they use?
Desalination plants
Build dams
Construct canals
What is the rustbelt to sunbelt movement?
People moving up North
People moving down South
People moving outside of the country
What was the impact of the invention of the air conditioner (AC)?
Thousands of people migrated down South
Thousands of people got beach houses
Thousands of people migrated to the West
What are the advantages of medical innovations?
People have better work conditions
People will live longer
Decrease need for health care workers
What were the impacts of the globalization of COVID-19?
Decreased government funding
Rapid spread of the virus
Limit vaccinations
What was a result of the Columbian exchange?
New diseases arrived to the New World
Many Spaniards moved to America
Many Natives learned new languages
What is a disadvantage of Globalization on cultures?
Loss of money
Loss of languages
Loss of people
What is globalization?
The increase in wealth of multinational corporations
The growth of the internet
The movement of goods, labor, and ideas more freely around the globe
