GED Social Studies Vocab Globalization & Information Age

Globalization can be defined as:

The interconnectedness of Economic and cultural commerce

The trend of businesses to reach internationally for production costs

The embracing of new technology in business and trade

The application of creating businesses in under-developed countries to boost their economy

The Global Marketplace means what?

The sale of goods and services in different countries

Western countries selling domestic goods in foreign countries

The ability to sell, trade, and establish business around the world (globe)

A move toward smaller, local trade and business

NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by which countries to increase trade and economic growth?

America, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil

America, Canada, and Mexico

South America, North America, and Canada

Madagascar, Chile, and Guatemala

The yearly (annual) meeting of world leaders (Group of 20) at the G20 Summit focuses on what?

Global issues, national crises, and commitments for Human Rights and climate protection

International jobs, international businesses and more trade

Rights for women, children, and protecting the planet

Regulation of the internet, international trade, and celebration of individualism

The WTO, World Trade Organization, helps do what?

Organizes world trade

Legalizes world trade

Oversees global trade rules among nations

Oversees and implements rules for businesses that trade internationally

A multinational corporation can be defined as:

A company that has owns or controls production of goods or services in at least one other country besides its home country

A company that trades on the S&P 500

Companies that support the Paris Climate Greement

Companies that use the internet for business

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is what?

A spin-off of the Declaration of Independence for US workers

A document that sets out fundamental human rights that are universally protected and translated into over 500 languages

A document that encourages freedom and voting for all adults

A document that establishes peace zones around schools and businesses for anti-violence zones

The Paris Climate Agreement did what?

Marked Paris as the greatest contributor of Greenhouse gases

Marked the United States as the greatest contributor to climate change

Was a global agreement with the United Nations Framework on Climate Change aimed at reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

An agreement among European Union countries to regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The World Wide Web is what?

A large spider that traversed the world leaving a web behind

A system of networked information that includes information pages, files, sources, definitions and other web-based sources

The world's answer to hunger

A tool that encourages people to stay connected in different countries

The Internet can be defined as:

A great resource for research

A great resource which links all the countries in the world

A great resource which is a global network that connects computer systems across the world

A great resource that connects local businesses for trade

GED Social Studies Vocab Globalization & Information Age

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