How did the end of the Cold War expand globalization?

by opening more economies to trade

Which of the following is an example of how specialization affects global interdependence?

Less oil in Saudi Arabia equals higher US gas prices

How does outsourcing contribute to global economic interdependence?

Businesses send jobs to other countries with low wages

Which statement best describes the impact of medical advances on global standards of living?

improved standard of living for in most nations

What evidence supports the conclusion that increased globalization is inevitable?

Technology has created ties among nations.

How has the world community responded to human rights abuses toward children?

It made efforts to draw attention to child slavery.

Why is deforestation a threat to the environment?

It causes erosion, which leads to flooding.

How has the Internet changed economic systems?

by making many economic exchanges electronic

Which criticism would anti-globalization activists most likely make?

Globalization exploits poor people.

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Unit 12 Review The World Today Part 2

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1
What movement is bringing distant markets and people across the world together.
globalization
Green Revolution
computer revolution
war on terrorism
2
How did the end of the Cold War expand globalization?
by reducing the human cost of international conflict
by forging needed military alliances
by promoting political revolutions
by opening more economies to trade
3
What improvement has enabled high-speed data transmission and an ability to predict the weather
artificial satellites
television
mobile phones
biotechnology
4
Which of the following is an example of how specialization affects global interdependence?
U.S. pursuit of space technology brings together people
IMF loans make workers in poor nations less ready to compete
Food aid by NGOs reduces the incentive for domestic farming.
Less oil in Saudi Arabia equals higher US gas prices
5
Which of the following do NAFTA, the WTO, and the G8 all promote?
debt forgiveness
free trade
protectionism
green technology
6
How does outsourcing contribute to global economic interdependence?
Specialization promotes the migration of workers
Businesses send jobs to other countries with low wages
Scarcity drives up the cost of hiring foreign workers.
Free enterprise leads to regional monopolies on resources.
7
Which purposes do NGOs serve with regard to human rights issues?
mobilizing public opinion
punishing war crimes
prosecuting guilty parties
stopping military conflicts
8
Which statement best describes the impact of medical advances on global standards of living?
improved standard of living for in most nations
improved in developing but little in developed nations.
improved in developed but little in developing nations.
had limited impact on a majority of people in most nations
9
Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union directly led to which of the following?
Space race
Green Revolution
War on Terrorism
Information Age
10
Which negative impact does economic development have in many nations? Select all that apply.
anti-globalization
terrorism
environmental damage
epidemic disease
11
What evidence supports the conclusion that increased globalization is inevitable?
Technology has created ties among nations.
The rate of globalization has slowed over the past decade.
Trade organizations have raised tariffs in recent decades.
Many countries resist the idea of free trade.
12
How has the world community responded to human rights abuses toward children?
It ended the practice of child labor.
It made efforts to draw attention to child slavery.
It passed laws to prevent the use of child combatants.
It guaranteed education to all children.
13
What was an effect of terrorism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?
a rise in political revolutions
a decline in religious fundamentalism
a surge in regional warfare
a renewed interest in communism
14
What document would eliminate barriers to trade, and aid the movement of goods and services?
NAFTA
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
the Good Friday Agreement
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
15
Which activity offers evidence of how the Internet has changed business as well as private life
e-commerce
satellite television
phone texting
accounting software
16
Why is deforestation a threat to the environment?
It releases radioactive materials into the environment.
It causes erosion, which leads to flooding.
It pollutes waterways, which harms marine life.
It produces acid rain.
17
Supporters of genetic engineering would most likely list which benefit?
disrupt biodiversity
smaller crops
DNA mutations
medical treatments
18
Which of the following related humanitarian crises does the image signify?
enslavement
migration
terrorism
hunger
19
How has the Internet changed economic systems?
by reducing the need for personal computers
by encouraging the demand for diverse media sources
by reducing the need to conduct trade
by making many economic exchanges electronic
20
Which criticism would anti-globalization activists most likely make?
Globalization slows economic development.
Globalization hinders prosperity.
Globalization limits free trade.
Globalization exploits poor people.

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