Globalization Timeline Quiz

What is the process by which more people across large distances become connected in more different ways?

What is a crucial maritime trade route that connected Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa?

What was a key innovation that originated in China and spread westward along trade routes, eventually reaching the Islamic world and later Europe?

What major event during the medieval period marked the spread of the plague from Asia to Europe, significantly impacting the social and economic fabric of Europe?

What period marked the rebirth of art, science, and exploration, driven by the expansion of trade routes and new technologies?

What was the key voyage that led to the discovery of the Americas in 1492?

What European powers began colonizing the Americas, Africa, and parts of Asia in the 15th and 16th centuries?

What technological innovation revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, and communication, beginning in Britain in the late 18th century?

What global event led to the forced transportation of millions of Africans to the Americas, playing a vital role in the global economy and fueling the labor-intensive agricultural systems of the Americas?

What key inventions led to near-instantaneous communication across vast distances, further shrinking the world in the 19th century?

What revolutionized the movement of goods and people, opening up new frontiers for exploration and settlement during the 19th century?

What era saw unprecedented acceleration in the process of globalization, driven by industrialization, technological innovations, and the expansion of global empires?

What is the transfer of ideas, practices, values, or cultural elements across different regions, societies, and contexts during the process of globalization?

What refers to the profound and often irreversible changes that occur because of the increasing interconnectedness of the world's economies, cultures, societies, and political systems?

What exemplifies a rise in international institutions that govern and regulate cross-border issues, blurring the lines between countries and promoting international cooperation?

What refers to the blending of cultural elements across the world, creating a global culture or a global identity?

What exemplifies the success of companies like Apple or Amazon, which operate on a global scale, transcending national boundaries?

What has dramatically transformed how people communicate, access information, and conduct business, enabling instant communication and the sharing of knowledge across the globe?

What exemplifies the increasing interconnectedness of social movements and the rise of global activism, where people around the world are joining forces to tackle common challenges, building a sense of global solidarity?

What refers to the idea of overcoming limited, local, or personal perspectives to adopt a universal human perspective and address global challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and conflict?

What emphasizes the competitive and conflictual side of international relations?

What theory promotes individual liberty, international cooperation, and the importance of international organizations and law to solve common global problems?

What is the theory that countries are primarily motivated by their own interests and security, leading to conflict, and emphasizes military power and the need for states to act in ways that ensure their own survival?

Liberalism is optimistic about human nature and believes that cooperation is possible.

Realism is optimistic about human nature and believes that cooperation is the primary driver of international relations.

What emphasizes economic cooperation and global trade, believing that interconnected economies lead to peace?

What emphasizes military power and the need for states to ensure their own survival, often through a balance-of-power strategy?

What is a politically organized sovereign community independent of outside control, bound by penalties of nationhood, legally supreme within its territory, acting through a government functioning under a regime of law?

What is a community of persons sufficient in number and capable of maintaining the permanent existence of the community and held together by a common bond of law?

What is the definite portion of the earth where people reside and must be capable of sustaining its inhabitants?

What is the institution inside the state that is composed of the body or entity that provides for the policies that govern the entirety of state affairs and thus by doing so acts as the agents through which the state acts?

What is the inherent authority of a state or government to regulate behaviors and enforce order within its territory, often to protect public health, safety, morals, and general welfare?

What is the power of the state to take any kind of private property, provided it is for public welfare, with the payment of just and reasonable compensation?

What is the power of the state to impose taxes to generate revenue for funding government functions, such as infrastructure, defense, public services, and welfare programs?

What are independent of governments and can be seen as two types: advocacy NGO's, which aim to influence governments with a specific goal, and operational NGO's, which provide services?

What is a company that has business operations in at least one country other than its home country?

What is a school of thought that emphasizes the competitive and conflictual side of international relations, believing that states are primarily motivated by their own interests and security, often leading to conflict?

Realism emphasizes the importance of international organizations and law in promoting peace and cooperation.

What refers to a situation where countries, businesses, or individuals rely on each other for resources, goods, services, or security?

What refers to a situation where one country, organization, or individual relies on another for resources, support, or economic well-being, often resulting in vulnerability?

What encompasses the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services and examines the choices that individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make to allocate resources?

What is the result of human innovation and technological progress, characterized by the increasing integration of economies around the world through the movement of goods, services, and capital across borders?

What is the adaptation of a particular product or service to one of those markets?

What is the process by which companies expand their operations, products, or services to other countries?

What was the first global trade route in history, known for connecting the East and West, facilitating the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas?

What is a Spanish sailing vessel that made an annual round trip across the Pacific between Manila (in the Philippines) and Acapulco (in present Mexico) from the late 16 th century to the early 19th century?

What is a monetary system in which paper money is freely convertible into a fixed amount of gold?

What is a government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver, but rather by the government that issued it?

What refers to a regime where the currency price of a nation is set by the forex market based on supply and demand relative to other currencies?

What is a place where parties can gather to facilitate the exchange of goods and services, where prices are usually determined by supply and demand?

What is a trade pact between countries that offers preferential access to certain products or services, usually by reducing tariffs or offering other trade benefits?

What is a free-trade agreement between countries where the countries agreed to trade freely among themselves but can trade with other countries outside of the free-trade area in whatever way they wish?

What involves the countries agreeing to trade freely among themselves and adopting common external barriers against any country attempting to import into the custom union, typically involving a common external tariff?

What is a common market with a common currency and a common central bank, where countries integrate and collaborate on the level of monetary policy, fiscal policy, and other tax policy as well?

What involves the complete unification of economic policies and the establishment of a single economic entity, which may include a shared currency, unified fiscal and monetary policies, and harmonized economic regulations?

What is the assumption that in competitive markets, with no transaction costs, no official trade barriers, and tradable goods, the price of an identical asset or commodity will have the same price globally, regardless of location?

What is a tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country to influence it, raise revenues, or protect competitive advantages?

What refers to the adaptation of products, services, or content to meet the specific needs of a local market or culture?

The Silk Road was primarily focused on the trade of silk, hence the name.

The Gold Standard is a monetary system where paper money is freely convertible into a fixed amount of gold.