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Mixed review · History and economics

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

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Mixed review · History and economics

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  1. Self-determination has proved difficult to apply because

    1. a) populations are mixed, so any border leaves some group as a minority
    2. b) the UN forbids it
    3. c) it applies only to Europe
    4. d) no state supports it

  2. A common economic legacy of colonization is that former colonies

    1. a) have no trade
    2. b) control global prices
    3. c) manufacture most of what they consume
    4. d) still depend heavily on exporting raw materials

  3. Decolonization refers to

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

  4. Microcredit is

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

  5. A colony is a territory

    1. a) joined voluntarily to another
    2. b) controlled politically and economically by another country
    3. c) with its own government
    4. d) that trades freely

  6. The voyages of exploration from about 1500 were driven largely by

    1. a) the need to map the oceans
    2. b) scientific curiosity alone
    3. c) religious pilgrimage only
    4. d) the search for trade routes, wealth and territory

  7. A trade bloc is

    1. a) a currency
    2. b) a tariff
    3. c) a corporation
    4. d) a group of countries that trade on preferential terms

  8. An economy that specialises according to comparative advantage

    1. a) produces everything itself
    2. b) produces what it makes relatively most efficiently and trades for the rest
    3. c) imports everything
    4. d) sets high tariffs

  9. Imperialism differs from colonialism in that imperialism is

    1. a) a modern invention
    2. b) the broader policy of extending control, of which colonization is one method
    3. c) limited to trade
    4. d) always peaceful

  10. The argument that historical globalization was not simply exploitative points to

    1. a) voluntary participation everywhere
    2. b) the absence of violence
    3. c) infrastructure, institutions and exchange that also resulted from contact
    4. d) equal partnership

Answer key · Mixed review · History and economics

Social Studies 10-1 · maddyhelps.com

  1. a) populations are mixed, so any border leaves some group as a minority — Drawing a line around one people usually traps another inside it. Partition in India and the breakup of Yugoslavia both show how fast the principle can produce the violence it was meant to prevent.
  2. d) still depend heavily on exporting raw materials — Mercantilism built economies designed to supply a home country, and that structure outlasted the empires. It is the clearest link between Related Issue 2 and Related Issue 3.
  3. d) 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.
  4. d) 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.
  5. b) controlled politically and economically by another country — The defining feature is control exercised from outside, which is what makes the relationship unequal by design rather than by accident.
  6. d) the search for trade routes, wealth and territory — Gold, God and glory is the shorthand, and all three were present. Naming the economic motive first is closest to what actually funded the ships.
  7. d) a group of countries that trade on preferential terms — The European Union, USMCA and Mercosur are examples. They lower barriers inside the bloc, which by definition raises the relative barrier for everyone outside it.
  8. b) produces what it makes relatively most efficiently and trades for the rest — This is the core argument for trade, and it holds even when one country is better at everything. The objections are about distribution and vulnerability, not about the arithmetic.
  9. b) the broader policy of extending control, of which colonization is one method — Control can be exercised through settlement, through puppet governments or through economic dominance. Distinguishing the policy from the method makes discussion of modern economic imperialism possible.
  10. c) infrastructure, institutions and exchange that also resulted from contact — A strong essay engages with this rather than dismissing it, and then weighs it against the cost. Conceding that a case exists and answering it is worth more than pretending it does not.