Rise of East Asia

Question 1

Define- human rights

Answer 1

A right which belongs to every human being.

Question 2

Define- globalisation

Answer 2

The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

Question 3

Define- exploitation

Answer 3

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.

Question 4

Define- consumption/consumerism

Answer 4

The action of using up a resource/the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.

Question 5

Define- industrialisation

Answer 5

The process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods (manual labor replaced by mechanized mass production).

Question 6

Define- developing countries

Answer 6

A poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially.

Question 7

Define- developed countries

Answer 7

A sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other non-developed countries.

Question 8

Define- perspectives

Answer 8

A different point of view or opinion expressed by different individual’s.

Question 9

Define- social impacts

Answer 9

The effect an organization’s actions have on the well being of the community

Question 10

Define- population change

Answer 10

The difference between the size of the population at the end and the beginning of a period.

Question 11

Name four Asian countries with populations above 50 million

Answer 11

China, Japan, Russia, Indonesia, Bangladesh

Question 12

Name four Asian countries with populations of 5 to 10 million

Answer 12

Singapore, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Laos.

Question 13

What is the equator?

Answer 13

An imaginary line on the Earth’s surface equal distance from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

Question 14

List 5 positive effects of sweatshops

Answer 14

1. Employers get paid money to survive on- however little pay, it’s a lot for their country
2. Sweatshops are the economic stepping-stone for undeveloped countries
3. Work at sweatshops are better than most other jobs (like hard labour)
4. Sweatshops reduce the amount of women going into prostitution
5. Much cheaper way for companies and consumers to buy cloth

Question 15

List 5-10 negative effects of sweatshops

Answer 15

1. Employers discriminate against the workers human rights
2. Bad conditions at the workshop
3. Paid a very small amount
4. Bad working hours
5. Factories are not ventilated
6. Employees are abused
7. Usually no toilets or emergency exits
8. Companies violate minimum wage laws
9. Child labor is sometimes involved.
10. Employers can easily fire their workers at any time (with or without pay)

Question 16

How do sweatshops increase globalisation?

Answer 16

Sweatshops increase globalisation by becoming an economic stepping stone for non developed or developing countries, such as China and Singapore. Sweatshops are increasing globalisation by giving China and other entrepreneurs increasing interdependence with the world and a chance to start a company and workers a chance to work in a factory rather than hard labour such as working on the farm with cheap labour bringing international business to them.

Question 17

What is one human right that sweatshops are discriminating against?

Answer 17

“We have a right to be treated fairly and by the law”

“We have a right to rest and play”

Question 18

What is the name of the type of map that uses colour to show statistics?

Answer 18

Chloropleth Map

Question 19

When was China’s one child policy started?

Answer 19

1979

Question 20

Define sweatshops

Answer 20

A factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.