Exam 12: Creating a Global Economy

What economic good is most likely to be transported by air?

What part of the transportation network was served by the construction of canals and railroads?

What type of cities were particularly transformed by the growth of global maritime trading?

What is an argument against Thomas Friedmann's assertion that the world is flat?

Because of the affordable cost of air freight, high-demand perishables like seasonal fruits and vegetables are often grown in the _____ hemisphere, and shipped to where the opposite hemisphere is experiencing _____.

What invention closed the age of sailboats and further shrank the net of space-time?

Space-time convergence can bend physical space, bringing cities closer. Alternatively, _____ transportation connections can _____ the physical distance between two cities.

What was inaugurated by the Columbian Encounter of 1492?

What item was the center of several decisions made between 1968 and 1970 by the International Organization of Standardization to create global standards for its size, markings, and other fittings?

What type of goods did the earliest cargo of long distance maritime global trade carry?

What was part of the second wave of globalization?

What industry was a major component of space-time convergence from the 1500s to the 1800s?

What has enabled the Global Shift in manufacturing from developed countries to developing countries?

When the compass was invented and improved the accuracy of maritime navigation, what especially enabled the expansive maritime empires of the colonial period?

Why is economic activity concentrated in coastal regions?

What occurred following the end of World War II?

What was the easiest way to move people and goods long distances for many centuries?

What is NOT an example of a global production chain?

What city was the pivot of the international trading system during the period from 1865 to 1914?

What was the first new development in transportation instituting a convergence of space-time?