2 Historical Geographies of Globalization Online Quiz Questions

True

False

A single country produces and sells every product locally

Different stages of making and selling a product occur in different places

A route used only to transport raw materials between ports

An agreement that eliminates all trade barriers

Railways

Steamships

Canals

Telegraphs

True

False

Only markets in the Americas

Only markets in Europe

Markets in Europe and Asia

Only markets in Africa

Core regions tend to concentrate powerful institutions and more profitable activities

Peripheral regions are more often subordinated within global divisions of labor

Semiperipheral places combine features of core and peripheral positions

These categories are fixed labels that apply uniformly to whole countries

To replace all international trade with domestic production

To support international economic cooperation

To prevent improvements in transport and telecommunications

To give every region the same role in global production

It may remain less connected because major routes bypass it

It will automatically become a powerful financial center

It must control the trade passing through nearby ports

It will no longer be affected by global markets

True

False

Premodern networks were already a single, continuously integrated world economy.

Premodern networks linked important regions, while later oceanic routes helped sustain connections among major continents.

Premodern networks carried only goods, whereas later routes carried people and ideas.

Premodern networks were controlled by one empire, while later routes were not controlled by political powers.

They eliminated the influence of states and empires over trade.

They made all places equally connected by removing the effects of distance.

They lowered some costs of distance, while political and trade arrangements continued to shape access.

They mainly slowed the movement of people and bulk goods.

Colonies and conquered territories often supplied commodities, while imperial centers concentrated power.

Colonies generally controlled the routes and set the terms of exchange for imperial centers.

Colonial economies avoided redirecting resources toward imperial markets.

The system distributed commercial and political power evenly among all participating places.

Industrial economies increasingly imported manufactured goods and exported food and raw materials.

Industrial economies increasingly exported manufactured goods and imported food and raw materials.

Industrial economies stopped trading with distant production regions.

Industrial economies relied mainly on exporting raw materials and importing manufactured goods.