AP World Prep

DBQ

Using the provided documents, analyze the major continuities and changes in global economic interactions from 1900 to the present.

Multiple Choice

Which development best illustrates economic globalization in the late 20th and early 21st centuries?

• Expansion of transnational corporations and global supply chains
• Decline of international trade agreements
• End of all regional trading blocs
• Return to mercantilist policies

Suggested answer: Expansion of transnational corporations and global supply chains

SAQ

Explain ONE way digital technology reshaped social or political movements since 1990. Explain ONE challenge globalization created for the environment or public health.

Multiple Choice

Which institution most directly regulates global trade rules?

• World Trade Organization
• World Health Organization
• International Court of Justice
• OPEC

Suggested answer: World Trade Organization

Multiple Choice

NAFTA is best described as:

• A trade agreement linking the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
• A military alliance in Europe
• A UN climate treaty
• A global human rights court

Suggested answer: A trade agreement linking the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

Multiple Choice

Which development most directly enabled the growth of global supply chains?

• Containerization and cheaper shipping
• The end of air travel
• Decline of information technology
• Isolationist trade policies

Suggested answer: Containerization and cheaper shipping

Multiple Choice

Outsourcing refers to:

• Relocating production to lower-cost regions
• Ending all foreign trade
• Nationalizing industries
• Closing multinational firms

Suggested answer: Relocating production to lower-cost regions

Multiple Choice

Which organization is most associated with global public health coordination?

• World Health Organization
• World Trade Organization
• African Union
• European Union

Suggested answer: World Health Organization

Multiple Choice

The Green Revolution primarily:

• Increased agricultural yields through new crops and technology
• Ended global hunger by 1970
• Eliminated chemical fertilizers
• Reduced irrigation use worldwide

Suggested answer: Increased agricultural yields through new crops and technology

Multiple Choice

The Paris Climate Agreement aimed to:

• Limit global temperature rise by reducing emissions
• Ban international trade in fossil fuels
• Replace the UN
• Create the WTO

Suggested answer: Limit global temperature rise by reducing emissions

Multiple Choice

A key feature of the digital divide is:

• Unequal access to internet and technology
• Universal access to broadband
• End of mobile communication
• Equal educational outcomes worldwide

Suggested answer: Unequal access to internet and technology

Multiple Choice

Which trend best reflects cultural diffusion in the late 20th century?

• Global spread of music, fashion, and film
• Complete cultural isolation
• End of migration
• Decline of international tourism

Suggested answer: Global spread of music, fashion, and film

Multiple Choice

The 2008 global financial crisis began with:

• U.S. housing and banking failures
• Oil embargoes in the Middle East
• A global crop collapse
• The fall of the Berlin Wall

Suggested answer: U.S. housing and banking failures

Multiple Choice

Which organization provides loans and policy guidance to states in financial crisis?

• IMF
• NATO
• UNICEF
• Interpol

Suggested answer: IMF

Multiple Choice

Transnational corporations are significant because they:

• Operate across multiple countries with global supply chains
• Are limited to one national market
• Avoid international investment
• Replace all governments

Suggested answer: Operate across multiple countries with global supply chains

Multiple Choice

Which development best illustrates economic regionalism?

• European Union integration
• Collapse of the WTO
• End of trade blocs
• Isolationist tariffs worldwide

Suggested answer: European Union integration

Multiple Choice

Global migration has most directly contributed to:

• Urban growth and multicultural societies
• End of diaspora communities
• Complete cultural uniformity
• Decline of remittances

Suggested answer: Urban growth and multicultural societies

Multiple Choice

Which example best illustrates globalization of communication?

• Social media enabling global activism
• End of satellite networks
• Local-only newspapers
• Decline of mobile phones

Suggested answer: Social media enabling global activism

Multiple Choice

A major environmental consequence of globalization is:

• Increased carbon emissions and climate change
• Immediate global reforestation
• End of industrial pollution
• Elimination of fossil fuel use

Suggested answer: Increased carbon emissions and climate change

Multiple Choice

Which concept best explains the spread of identical fast-food chains worldwide?

• Cultural homogenization
• Autarky
• Mercantilism
• Isolationism

Suggested answer: Cultural homogenization

Multiple Choice

Biodiversity loss is most closely linked to:

• Habitat destruction and climate change
• Reduced industrial activity
• Decline in agriculture
• End of urbanization

Suggested answer: Habitat destruction and climate change

Multiple Choice

Which development best reflects the gig economy?

• Platform-based short-term contract work
• Lifetime factory employment
• Collective farming systems
• State-assigned labor only

Suggested answer: Platform-based short-term contract work

Multiple Choice

The term "BRICS" refers to:

• Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
• A military alliance in Europe
• A UN humanitarian agency
• A Cold War treaty

Suggested answer: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes neoliberal economic policy?

• Deregulation, privatization, and free trade
• State ownership of all industries
• Closed national markets
• Abolition of global finance

Suggested answer: Deregulation, privatization, and free trade

Multiple Choice

A major goal of the Kyoto Protocol was to:

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• End global trade
• Ban nuclear energy
• Create the WTO

Suggested answer: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Multiple Choice

Which human rights document was adopted by the UN in 1948?

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Magna Carta
• Treaty of Versailles
• Geneva Protocol

Suggested answer: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Multiple Choice

Containerization mattered because it:

• Lowered shipping costs and sped trade
• Ended maritime transport
• Eliminated global trade
• Increased tariffs worldwide

Suggested answer: Lowered shipping costs and sped trade

Multiple Choice

Which factor most directly accelerated the spread of pandemics?

• Increased global travel and urban density
• End of international air routes
• Isolationist policies
• Decline in migration

Suggested answer: Increased global travel and urban density

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes cultural hybridity?

• Blending of global and local cultural practices
• Total rejection of outside influences
• Uniform global culture everywhere
• State-imposed cultural isolation

Suggested answer: Blending of global and local cultural practices

Multiple Choice

The WTO is significant because it:

• Provides a forum for trade disputes and rules
• Controls global health policy
• Runs peacekeeping operations
• Issues a single world currency

Suggested answer: Provides a forum for trade disputes and rules

Multiple Choice

The rise of social media has most directly enabled:

• Rapid global activism and information sharing
• End of censorship worldwide
• Decline in political participation
• Reduced cultural exchange

Suggested answer: Rapid global activism and information sharing

Multiple Choice

Which example best illustrates outsourcing?

• A U.S. firm moving call centers to India
• A government nationalizing a factory
• A country closing its ports
• A company raising tariffs on imports

Suggested answer: A U.S. firm moving call centers to India

Multiple Choice

Which organization is a regional bloc in Southeast Asia?

• ASEAN
• NATO
• OPEC
• IMF

Suggested answer: ASEAN

Multiple Choice

Which trend best explains rising urbanization in the Global South?

• Rural-to-urban migration and job opportunities
• Decline in industrial activity
• Global ban on cities
• Population collapse

Suggested answer: Rural-to-urban migration and job opportunities

Multiple Choice

A key role of NGOs in globalization is to:

• Provide humanitarian aid and advocacy
• Replace all governments
• Ban international trade
• Control global currency

Suggested answer: Provide humanitarian aid and advocacy

Multiple Choice

The Genocide Convention primarily:

• Defined genocide and made it an international crime
• Created the EU
• Ended the Cold War
• Established the WTO

Suggested answer: Defined genocide and made it an international crime

SAQ

Explain ONE way globalization changed labor markets. Explain ONE response by workers or governments.

SAQ

Describe ONE environmental consequence of globalization. Explain ONE international response to that consequence.

SAQ

Explain ONE way global institutions like the IMF or World Bank influence national policy. Explain ONE criticism of their role.

SAQ

Describe ONE way cultural diffusion shaped youth culture since 1980. Explain ONE way local cultures adapted global influences.

SAQ

Explain ONE cause of increased migration since 1970. Explain ONE effect of migration on a receiving society.

SAQ

Describe ONE way global trade agreements affected domestic industries. Explain ONE effect on workers.

SAQ

Explain ONE way pandemics have affected globalization. Explain ONE way globalization has affected the spread of disease.

SAQ

Describe ONE example of a human rights campaign since 1945. Explain ONE outcome of that campaign.

SAQ

Explain ONE way digital technology changed political participation. Explain ONE new challenge created by digital media.

SAQ

Describe ONE example of regional integration. Explain ONE benefit and ONE drawback of that integration.

SAQ

Explain ONE reason global inequality persists. Explain ONE policy aimed at reducing inequality.

SAQ

Describe ONE way terrorism affected global security policy after 2001. Explain ONE consequence for civil liberties.

SAQ

Explain ONE way climate change impacts economic development. Explain ONE adaptation or mitigation strategy.

SAQ

Describe ONE role of social media in social movements. Explain ONE limitation of online activism.

SAQ

Explain ONE way globalization reshaped consumer culture. Explain ONE backlash or resistance to that change.

LEQ

Evaluate the extent to which technological innovation drove globalization from 1970 to the present.

LEQ

Compare and contrast the impacts of globalization on developed and developing economies since 1980.

LEQ

Evaluate the extent to which environmental movements reshaped international policy since 1970.

DBQ

Using the provided documents, analyze how globalization has affected cultural identity since 1980.