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Globalization: A Test    / 85

A. Summary    /6

While ______________ allows us to obtain a wider variety of _________ at a cheaper _________, it has also harmed our ____________ and the _________ of other people; therefore, we must consider the life of others as ________________.

 B. Give the word:     / 16

1.  act in a way that benefits yourself: ______
2. common ways of doing things (food, music, etc.): ______
3.  the way the world is connected through various factors: ______
4. the system of producing products and making money in a country:  ______
5.  buying and selling products with other countries: ______
6. a tax on imported products or goods: ______
7. taking over an area in order gain a benefit: ______
8.  a company based in one country but operating in many countries: ______
9. hiring a company in another country to make products cheaply: ______
10. a country’s gross domestic product (the money made from making goods and selling them to other countries): ______  
11. something that can be continued for a long time: ______
12. act in a way that benefits others:______
13. a fair and well-run country: good _____________
14. make money in a way that can last: ___________ socio-economic development
15.  maintain one’s culture: cultural _____________
16.  take care of the environment: environmental _____________ 

 C.  Globalization in History:        /26

1.   7000 BCE = The __________ of __________ North America 

1. 1. 1.  traded with people west to ___________ , east to _________ and south to ____________.
      2. They ‘sold’ ______________ , __________ and ____________ oil.
      3. They ‘bought’ ________ , __________ and ____________.
      4. They created a trading language: ______________ .
   2. 1500 to 300 BCE = the ___________ in present-day Syria and Lebanon traded with people around the _________________ Sea
   3. 1300s to 1600s = the _____________ in Europe spread new ____________
   4. 1400s = ships crossed from __________ to _____________ to find spices and gold
   5. 1700s to 1800s = the ________ trade in _____________ brought people from France and England to take _______ back to Europe
   6. 1946 = 193 countries joined together to create the ______________ in order to prevent __________, promote  __________, protect the __________, help countries develop their economies (ways of making money), and send ______ to other countries

D. Canada and International Trade    / 8

1. Canada sells mainly ____________ and _____________.
2. Canada sells mostly to these countries: __________ and ___________.
3. Canada buys mainly __________ and ___________.
4. Canada buys mostly from these countries: ___________ and ________.

E. International Organizations and Agreements   /4

1. WHO (working very hard now during the Covid-19 pandemic) = _____________________ (give the full name)
2. NAFTA is now called the USMCA Agreement. It establishes the trading regulations between 3 countries: ___________ , _________ and _________.
3. FIPPA is an agreement between _________ and _________ that protects foreign companies so they do not have to follow our environmental laws  

F. Problems with Gobalization   /10

1. Lack of sustainability means that products and natural ___________ get used up. 
2. Low ____________ means we can have cheap ________ but workers suffer.
3. The __________ gets ruined. 
4. __________ people lose their land to multinational ____________ who want to make lots of money
5. For instance, _________ is a rare earth __________ used in smartphones and laptop computers. It is _________________ so large companies are all racing to get as much as they can before it ______________ . 

G. Be a Global Citizen   /5

1.   Understand what is going on in the ___________
2.   Respect and value ___________
3.   Be an ________ consumer
4.   Speak out against _________
5.   Support ______________

H. Write a paragraph telling either the advantages or disadvantages of globalization.  / 10

(6 facts, topic sentence, concluding sentence, grammar/spelling)