Grade 9History & geographyquiz16 questions

Globalisation

Grade 9: global trade, technology connecting people, global brands and culture, benefits and problems.

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Questions

  1. What word describes goods that a country sells to other countries?

    • Exports
    • Imports
    • Loans
    • Taxes
    Show answerExports

  2. What is a tariff?

    • A ban on all exports
    • A tax on imported goods
    • A trade agreement between two firms
    • A type of cargo ship
    Show answerA tax on imported goods

  3. Which type of transport carries most of the world's traded goods by volume?

    • Lorries
    • Planes
    • Ships
    • Trains
    Show answerShips

  4. What does the World Trade Organization mainly do?

    • Decides what countries must produce
    • Helps set and enforce rules for trade
    • Prints money for member countries
    • Runs the world's biggest ports
    Show answerHelps set and enforce rules for trade

  5. The internet lets people on different continents talk to each other in real time. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  6. Which invention made it possible to send messages across oceans in the 1800s?

    • The email server
    • The radio satellite
    • The smartphone
    • The telegraph cable
    Show answerThe telegraph cable

  7. What do we call a company that operates in many countries? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerA multinational (or transnational) company

  8. What is it called when one culture's food, music and fashion spread worldwide?

    • Cultural diffusion
    • Cultural isolation
    • Trade embargo
    • Urban sprawl
    Show answerCultural diffusion

  9. English is spoken as a first language by more people than any other language. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  10. What do we call all the steps and countries that make a product? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerA global supply chain

  11. Which is a common benefit of globalisation?

    • Fewer jobs everywhere
    • Less contact between countries
    • Less sharing of ideas
    • Wider choice of cheaper goods
    Show answerWider choice of cheaper goods

  12. Which is a common criticism of globalisation?

    • Languages are always protected
    • Local traditions and small businesses can be lost
    • Products have become much rarer
    • Travel has become impossible
    Show answerLocal traditions and small businesses can be lost

  13. Moving goods around the world can increase greenhouse gas emissions. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  14. What word means moving production to another country to cut costs? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerOffshoring (outsourcing)

  15. A factory closes at home because production moves abroad. What is this a problem of?

    • Higher tariffs abroad
    • Job losses in the home country
    • Lower unemployment
    • Too many exports
    Show answerJob losses in the home country

  16. Which term means countries depend on each other for goods and resources?

    • Independence
    • Interdependence
    • Isolation
    • Self-sufficiency
    Show answerInterdependence

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