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Question 1

Countries that trade with many others and have few trade barriers are economically globalised.

Answer 1

ECONOMIC

Question 2

A measure of how easily information and ideas pass between people in their own country and between different countries (includes access to internet and social media networks).

Answer 2

SOCIAL

Question 3

The amount of political cooperation there is between countries.

Answer 3

POLITICAL

Question 4

types of globalization

Answer 4

ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
POLITICAL

Question 5

The development of communication technologies such as internet, email and mobile phones have been vital to the growth of globalisation because they help MNCs to operate through out the world.

Answer 5

IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS

Question 6

The development of satellite TV channels such as Sky and CNN have also provided worldwide marketing avenues for the concept and products of globalisation.

Answer 6

IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS

Question 7

The development of refrigerated and container transport, bulk shipping and improved air transport has allowed the easy mass movement of goods throughout the world. This assists globalisation.

Answer 7

IMPROVED TRANSPORT

Question 8

MNCs and rich capitalist countries have always promoted global free trade as a way of increasing their own wealth and influence.

Answer 8

FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

Question 9

International organisations such as the World Trade Organisation and the IMF also promote free trade.

Answer 9

FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

Question 10

Modern communication technologies allow vast amounts of capital to flow freely and instantly throughout the world.

Answer 10

GLOBAL BANKING

Question 11

The equivalent of up to $US1.3 trillion is traded each day through international stock exchanges in cities such as New York, London and Tokyo.

Answer 11

GLOBAL BANKING

Question 12

The rapid growth of big MNCs such as Microsoft, McDonalds and Nike is a cause as well as a consequence of globalisation.

Answer 12

THE GROWTH OF MNCs

Question 13

The investment of MNCs in farms, mines and factories across the world is a major part of globalisation.

Globalisation allows MNCs to produce goods and services and to sell products on a massive scale throughout the world.

Answer 13

THE GROWTH OF MNCs

Question 14

causes of globalization

Answer 14

IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS
IMPROVED TRANSPORT
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
GLOBAL BANKING
THE GROWTH OF MNCs

Question 15

Food supply is no longer tied to the seasons. We can buy food anywhere in the world at any time of the year.

Answer 15

CHANGED FOOD SUPPLY

Question 16

Because MNCs search for the cheapest locations to manufacture and assemble components, production processes may be moved from developed to developing countries where costs are lower.

Answer 16

DIVISION OF LABOUR

Question 17

In the global economy jobs are becoming more temporary and
insecure.

A survey of American workers showed that people now hold seven to ten jobs over their working life.

Answer 17

LESS JOB SECURITY

Question 18

More trade means more transport which uses more fossil fuels and causes pollution.

Climate change is a serious threat to our future.

Answer 18

DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Question 19

Websites such as YouTube connect people across the planet. As the world becomes more unified, diverse cultures are being ignored. MNCs can create a monoculture as they remove local competition and thereby force local firms to close.

Answer 19

CULTURAL IMPACT

Question 20

There is a growing awareness of the negative impacts of globalisation. People have begun to realise that globalisation can be challenged by communities supporting each other in business and society and through public protest and political lobbying.

Answer 20

INCREASE IN ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTS

Question 21

effects of globalization

Answer 21

CHANGED FOOD SUPPLY
DIVISION OF LABOUR
LESS JOB SECURITY
DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
CULTURAL IMPACTS
INCREASE IN ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTS