Cold War project due Monday, Mar. 25!
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The World Goes Global!
Unit Q's
1. What do you think goes into making a shoe? Yes. I asked you that. What does it take to make a shoe? Take off your shoe, look at it, and think about the materials your shoe is made of. Where is your shoe made? Yes, it’ll show you where it’s made! What is needed to make a shoe???
2. Define globalization (7th grade definition!)
3. What were two negative impacts of globalization based off the first two pages of the doc?
4. What do you think is one reason (which we take for granted) that allows us to do business on the other side of the world and not rely on the nation we are in? Does this mean geographical borders are important?...
5. What is a tariff? Yes…I know we know this…But I want you to know!
6. What is exchanged in global trade?
7. How is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) both a good and bad thing for the nations in North America?
8. Let’s read the massive lists of positive and negative effects of globalization and list seven (yes, seven) pros and cons of globalization…
9. Presidents and other government officials from around the world raise and lower tariffs on the regular. How is this both good and bad? Do you think this does more good than bad?
10. How has nationalism now increased due to globalisation? (This is how it is spelled in British newspapers & magazines?
11. Looking at the map, why do you think the minimum wages are so different, high, low, etc? Do you think this has an impact on why goods are made in certain countries and not others? What two continents have the lowest minimum wages? The map of the United States shows different colors because the individual states have different minimum wages.
12. Shipping. Yes, shipping. How have the massive shipping containers and cargo ships had a positive impact on globalization?
13. The Ever Given was a perfect example of how globalization can be absolutely wrecked when one container ship causes an issue. What happened to the Ever Given and how did it negatively affect world trade?
14. How has the war in Gaza affected world trade?
Buckle Up...Mr. Barry's anger issues come out!
