WorksheetsGlobalization and Socio-Economic Concepts Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the definition of globalization?
A social creation consisting of shared beliefs and practices
Greater interconnectedness and interdependence of people and places around the world
A system of mass production and consumption
Movement from one territorial or administrative unit to another
What does culture refer to?
A system of mass production and consumption
The number of deaths per 1000 people
A social creation consisting of shared beliefs and practices that are dynamic rather than fixed
The flexible, globalized, and service-oriented economy
How is mortality rate defined?
Deaths per 1000 people
The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 65
Births per 1000 people
Average length of time from birth that a person is expected to live
What does life expectancy measure?
The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 65
Average length of time from birth that a person is expected to live given current death rates
The number of deaths per 1000 people
The number of births per 1000 people
What is the age dependency ratio?
The number of births per 1000 people
Average length of time from birth that a person is expected to live
The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 65 as a proportion of the working age population
The number of deaths per 1000 people
What is Fordism?
A social creation consisting of shared beliefs and practices
System of mass production and consumption that characterized the U.S. economy from the 1940s to the 1960s
Movement from one territorial or administrative unit to another
The flexible, globalized, and service-oriented economy
What characterizes Post-fordism?
A system of mass production and consumption
The number of deaths per 1000 people
A social creation consisting of shared beliefs and practices
The flexible, globalized, and service-oriented economy that began emerging in the 1970s
How are births measured in demographic terms?
Number of births per 1000 people
Number of deaths per 1000 people
Average length of time from birth that a person is expected to live
The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 65
How are deaths measured in demographic terms?
Average length of time from birth that a person is expected to live
Number of deaths per 1000 people
The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 65
Number of births per 1000 people
What is migration?
Movement from one territorial or administrative unit to another associated with long term or permanent change in residence
A social creation consisting of shared beliefs and practices
The flexible, globalized, and service-oriented economy
A system of mass production and consumption
What are push factors of migration?
Unfavorable conditions or attributes of a place that encourage migration
Favorable conditions or attributes of a place that attracts migrants
The number of births per 1000 people
The number of deaths per 1000 people
What are pull factors of migration?
Favorable conditions or attributes of a place that attracts migrants
The number of births per 1000 people
Unfavorable conditions or attributes of a place that encourage migration
The number of deaths per 1000 people
Which of the following best describes the concept of culture?
A dynamic social creation consisting of shared beliefs and practices
A fixed set of beliefs and practices
The flexible, globalized, and service-oriented economy
A system of mass production and consumption
What does the term 'age dependency ratio' concern?
The number of births per 1000 people
The number of deaths per 1000 people
The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 65 as a proportion of the working age population
Average length of time from birth that a person is expected to live
Which period did Fordism characterize the U.S. economy?
From the 1940s to the 1960s
From the 1970s onwards
From the 1920s to the 1940s
From the 1960s to the 1980s
