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WorksheetsThe Global Sneaker Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Why do Americans buy goods from all over the world?
Because of export taxes
Because of import taxes
Because of globalization
Because of urbanization
Which region has been the most involved in Globalization?
Europe
Asia
Canada
South America
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 with strict govt control
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
What are the three main parts of a shoe called?
the upper, midsole, and outer sole
the Inside, midsize, outside
the upside, midside, and outer sole
the Inner, minnie, outtie
Why was production moved offshore?
To provide more jobs to Americans
To cut costs
To increase costs
To provide money to consumers
How are sneakers transported from Asia?
A plane
A train
A container ship
A gondola
In the U.S. , most sneakers end up at this major distribution center where rail lines and highways meet
Knoxville, Tennessee
Atlanta, Georgia
Nashville, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
An example of a multinational organization would be ______________________ because it has locations in various countries.
Biller Miller's BBQ
The Louvre Museum
McDonald's
HEB
A company in Mexico ships fruit to the United States for sale without paying tariffs. This is an example of which of the following?
Free trade
Subsistence agriculture
Vertical trade
Comparative advantage
China looks to Japan for foreign investment and technology. Japanese consumers buy many goods made in China. This is an example of:
Ethnic diversity
Supranational cooperation
Sustainable development
Economic interdependence
What are some factors that resulted in the growth of globalization?
Advances in tariffs
Advances in education
Advances in medicine
Advances in communication and transportation and the movement toward free trade.
Manufacturing sneakers is also a complex job, a single sneaker may have more than 50 pieces, it can require the work of 120 people to put together one pair of shoes.
True
False
Typically sneakers are transported by ______________ from Asia.
Plane
Trains
Automobile
Container ship
A condition in which countries have strong economic ties and depend on each other for resources, technology, trade and investment
connectivity
culture
cultural awareness
cultural heritage
economic interdependence
The flow of goods and services across national borders, with little or no government control
free trade
free trade zone
globalization
intangible cultural heritage
maquiladora
The development of a global, or worldwide, society in which people, money, information, and goods flow fairly freely across national borders
free trade
free trade zone
globalization
intangible cultural heritage
maquiladora
A large company that has operations in more than one country
free trade
free trade zone
globalization
intangible cultural heritage
multinational corporation
How are sneakers transported from their manufacturing plants to distribution centers?
Trucks
Ships
Trains
all of these are correct
How have sneakers changed from the 1950s to present day?
There are more styles and colors
There are more brands that make the shoes
The styles are more detailed and made from different materials
all of these are correct
