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Ten questions of mixed difficulty, covering Globalization and identity, Historical globalization, Prosperity, the economics. Print it, or work through it on screen — the answer key starts on its own page.

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  1. Globalization is best described as

    1. a) the process by which the world's people become increasingly connected and interdependent
    2. b) the end of national borders
    3. c) a trade agreement
    4. d) the spread of one country's culture to all others

  2. The scramble for Africa in the late 19th century saw European powers

    1. a) divide the continent among themselves with little regard for existing peoples
    2. b) trade as equals
    3. c) withdraw entirely
    4. d) grant independence

  3. Outsourcing is the practice of

    1. a) moving work to another company or country, often for lower cost
    2. b) selling a company
    3. c) raising tariffs
    4. d) opening a new head office

  4. The argument that transnational corporations reduce state sovereignty rests on the claim that

    1. a) corporations own land
    2. b) corporations elect governments
    3. c) corporations have armies
    4. d) governments compete to attract investment by weakening their own rules

  5. Cultural homogenization is the concern that globalization

    1. a) increases the number of languages
    2. b) creates new cultures
    3. c) protects traditional cultures
    4. d) makes cultures more alike, often along Western lines

  6. Mercantilism's central assumption was that

    1. a) tariffs are harmful
    2. b) global wealth is fixed, so one country gains only at another's expense
    3. c) trade benefits both sides
    4. d) colonies should be independent

  7. Microcredit is

    1. a) a form of tariff
    2. b) very small loans to people who cannot access ordinary banking
    3. c) a trade bloc
    4. d) a government grant

  8. Decolonization refers to

    1. a) the founding of colonies
    2. b) the end of the Cold War
    3. c) colonies gaining independence and becoming sovereign states
    4. d) the expansion of trade

  9. Cultural diversity refers to

    1. a) a government policy only
    2. b) the number of languages a person speaks
    3. c) the variety of cultures within a society or the world
    4. d) one dominant culture

  10. A tariff is

    1. a) a tax on imported goods
    2. b) a currency
    3. c) a trade agreement
    4. d) a subsidy to farmers

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Social Studies 10-1 · maddyhelps.com

  1. a) the process by which the world's people become increasingly connected and interdependent — The Alberta program defines it as a process of growing connection and interdependence across economies, cultures and politics. It is a process, not a policy, which is why the course asks to what <i>extent</i> to embrace it rather than whether to allow it.
  2. a) divide the continent among themselves with little regard for existing peoples — The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 drew borders on a map in Europe. Those borders survive, which is why so many later conflicts run across rather than between ethnic groups.
  3. a) moving work to another company or country, often for lower cost — It can lower consumer prices and create jobs in the receiving country while removing them from the sending one. Both effects are real, and an essay that names only one is incomplete.
  4. d) governments compete to attract investment by weakening their own rules — The mechanism is competition between states, not direct control, and saying that precisely is what separates an analysis from an accusation. The reply is that investment brings jobs and technology a country chose to seek.
  5. d) makes cultures more alike, often along Western lines — The counter-argument is hybridization: cultures borrow and adapt rather than simply being replaced. Both processes are observable, and a strong essay says where each applies.
  6. b) global wealth is fixed, so one country gains only at another's expense — That zero-sum view is exactly what Adam Smith argued against, and the disagreement runs straight into the modern free trade debate. Naming the assumption makes the continuity visible.
  7. b) very small loans to people who cannot access ordinary banking — The Grameen Bank is the standard example. Supporters point to businesses started; critics point to high interest rates and mixed evidence on poverty reduction at scale.
  8. c) colonies gaining independence and becoming sovereign states — Most of it happened between 1945 and 1975 and roughly tripled UN membership. Colonial peoples used the language of self-determination that Europe had used in 1919 and declined to apply to them.
  9. c) the variety of cultures within a society or the world — Globalization can increase the diversity available to any one person while reducing the diversity that exists overall — and separating those two effects is often the heart of a good answer.
  10. a) a tax on imported goods — It raises the price of imports so domestic producers can compete. The cost falls on consumers, which is the standard objection and one worth naming explicitly.