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17.5 Practice

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The idea that the world’s economies and societies are all part of one big system is called
a.
symbiosis.
c.
interconnectedness.
b.
globalism.
d.
mercantilism.
 

 2. 

Which of the following countries is not a supplier of energy resources to the United States?
a.
Canada
c.
Saudi Arabia
b.
Chile
d.
Mexico
 

 3. 

The estimated number of illegal immigrants in the United States today is
a.
12 million.
c.
350,000.
b.
24 million.
d.
7 million.
 

 4. 

In 1997 38 nations signed what treaty to reduce pollution that may be the cause of global warming?
a.
the Dayton Accords
c.
the Kyoto Protocol
b.
the EPA Agreement
d.
the Amnesty Treaty
 

 5. 

The leading causes of death in the United States today are
a.
cancer and diabetes.
c.
diabetes and heart disease.
b.
heart disease and stroke.
d.
cancer and heart disease.
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

The invention that drives the technology revolution is the __________________.
 

 

 7. 

Because the United States imports far more than it exports, this results in a massive __________________.
 

 

 8. 

__________________ leads to the loss of farmland and wilderness areas.
 

 

 9. 

In 1987 23 nations agreed to ban chemicals suspected of harming the __________________.
 

 

 10. 

Pollution mixed with water vapor in the air makes __________________.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
deport
d.
interdependent
b.
amnesty
e.
border patrol
c.
outsourcing
 

 11. 

rely on one another
 

 12. 

send out of the country
 

 13. 

transfer of work to other countries
 

 14. 

a pardon
 

 15. 

needed to control illegal immigration
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

What does it mean that countries are interdependent?
 

 17. 

What is the name of the huge web of linked computer networks?
 

 18. 

What is the World Trade Organization?
 

 19. 

What do scientists think is causing global warming?
 

 20. 

Why do many oppose free trade?
 



 
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