What concept describes movements between places of goods, money, people, information, and resources?
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A network has nodes where flows start, end, or are organized, and that connect those nodes.
Many shipping routes converge at one port, where goods are transferred between routes before continuing to distant places. What role does the port play in the network?
- A
A link
- B
A destination
- C
A hub
- D
A flow
True or false: A study that examines only imports and exports captures the full range of relationships involved in globalization.
- A
True
- B
False
A researcher follows a product from its raw materials and design through production, transport, sale, and disposal. The researcher is tracing its .
A researcher maps trade routes between several places. Which question cannot be answered by the map alone?
- A
Which places are connected by the mapped routes
- B
Who controls a connection and how valuable it is
- C
Where the mapped routes begin and end
- D
Which places appear to be bypassed
A community study aims to assess how well residents can connect to the internet. Select all measures that directly help assess internet connectivity.
- A
Whether internet service is available
- B
The affordability of internet service
- C
The national average income by itself
- D
The reliability of the connection
- E
The speed or capacity of the service
- F
The straight-line distance to the nearest large city by itself
What concept describes differences in wealth, opportunity, infrastructure, and well-being both between places and within them?
True or false: If a place becomes connected to a global market, development there will necessarily benefit all local groups.
- A
True
- B
False
A message sent online from one country to another moves between places but has no physical form. How should this movement be classified?
- A
An intangible flow of information
- B
A tangible flow of natural resources
- C
A movement of people
- D
A physical transport link
True or false: A place through which many flows pass may gain influence over how those flows are organized.
- A
True
- B
False
A research team wants to assess globalization in a region rather than only its trade. Which approach best fits that goal?
- A
Treat globalization as only the movement of goods and money
- B
Study only the local effects of international trade
- C
Examine economic integration alongside political, cultural, social, technological, and environmental relationships
- D
Measure the volume of exports without considering other connections
A researcher wants to find out how an imported food product connects a local market to other places and who benefits or bears costs along the way. Describe a study design that would address flows, connectivity, uneven development, and power.
A researcher is deciding which geographic level or levels to examine, from a neighborhood to a world region. What term names this choice?
Researchers compare places using measures such as income, employment, health, education, and poverty. What two-word term describes these measures?
A community is affected by cross-border trade, online communication, cultural exchange, and environmental relationships. Which interpretation best describes these connections?
- A
Globalization refers only to international trade and investment.
- B
Globalization includes intensifying connections across several domains that can shape everyday life in particular communities.
- C
Globalization describes only the movement of people across national borders.
- D
Globalization occurs only when every community benefits equally from international connections.
A smartphone uses minerals from one country, components from several others, financing and design from elsewhere, and worldwide information networks. Which conclusion best fits this example?
- A
It is only a flow of goods because the finished phone is a physical object.
- B
It is only a flow of information because a phone can access the internet.
- C
It illustrates how tangible and intangible flows can overlap across places.
- D
It is a single flow that begins and ends in the country where the phone is sold.
A rural town has internet service, but it is expensive and unreliable. Which conclusion about the town’s connectivity is best supported?
- A
The town has no connectivity because its internet service is not free.
- B
The town is connected, but high costs and unreliable service limit people’s ability to use that connection.
- C
The town is highly connected because internet access exists, regardless of cost or reliability.
- D
The town’s connectivity can be judged only by how close it is to a major city.
A country’s economy is growing, but some neighborhoods in its prosperous largest city remain deprived. What does this example show about uneven development?
- A
Development differences can exist within a prosperous city as well as between countries.
- B
Development differences occur only between countries at different income levels.
- C
Growth in a country necessarily improves well-being for every group.
- D
A prosperous city cannot contain communities experiencing deprivation.
A factory joins a global value chain, but residents are unsure how much of the resulting value stays in the area. Which factors should they examine to assess local value capture? Select all that apply.
- A
Assess whether the factory performs higher-value activities or mainly lower-value tasks.
- B
Examine workers’ bargaining power.
- C
Find out whether local businesses own part of the production or supply chain.
- D
Compare the policies that shape the factory’s local economic effects.
- E
Assume that linking the factory to a global value chain guarantees equal sharing of its gains.
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