CADS 2000 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Which of the following claims in support of globalization is supported by evidence? -
Answers - Consumers generally have more choice and pay lower prices.
Which of the following claims opposed to globalization is supported by evidence? -
Answers - Globalization if making wealthy individuals and corporations wealthier.
Which of the following is true, based on the experience of French dairy farmers and
Mexican avocado growers? - Answers - Globalization opens new markets but also leads
to new risks.
Which of the following is NOT an effect of globalization on the movie industry? -
Answers - The majority of box office revenue for Hollywood now comes from the United
States.
How are most pharmaceuticals manufactured? - Answers - Designed in the United
States and manufactured abroad.
Imagine you work for a company that manufactures snowboards in China and sells
them in Europe. What is the most efficient way to ship those snowboards from China to
Europe? - Answers - By ship, loaded into containers
What is the purpose of NATO? - Answers - To safeguard its members' freedom and
security
Who are members of the International Criminal Court? - Answers - About half the
countries in the world
What is the purpose of the World Trade Organization? - Answers - To manage
international trade and resolve disputes
Which of the following statements about globalization is correct? - Answers -
Globalization has been around a long time, but it is faster and more widespread than it
was centuries ago.
Which resource was used to make the pages of the physical Cradle to Cradle book? -
Answers - Plastic
The Planet Money video points out that what percent of US cotton is genetically
modified? - Answers - 90
, In the Planet Money video, in which country was the women's garment manufactured
(cut & sewn)? - Answers - Columbia
In the Planet Money video, it is stated that the humble hero of the global economy is
the: - Answers - Shipping container
The industrial revolution took place from ____ to 1820/1840? - Answers - 1760
Which of the following were key inventions that came out of the industrial revolution? -
Answers - water powered spinning frame, spinning jewelry, power loom
During the industrial revolution women and children made up what fraction of the work
force in Great Britain? - Answers - 2/3
Frances Lowell was known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" -
Answers - false
During the time of the Lowell factory mills, the work force was mostly made up of: -
Answers - young girls
The second industrial revolution ended in 1914 when what happened? - Answers -
world war 1 started
As the industrial revolution continued, retail markets started moving away from
centralized commerce and started developing into decentralized commerce. - Answers -
false
By the 1920s, the United States was producing what percentage of the world's overall
manufactured goods? - Answers - 44%
What specific side effect of World War II affected consumerism? - Answers - rationing of
goods
Which of the following is NOT a component of socialism: - Answers - Supply & demand
determines market economy
Before the 1970s, the term "sustainability" had not been introduced by experts. -
Answers - false
Which of the following options, is not the three pillars of sustainability? - Answers -
political
Which of the following options is one of the sub-components of the "environmental "
pillar of sustainability? - Answers - resource integrity
ANSWERS
Which of the following claims in support of globalization is supported by evidence? -
Answers - Consumers generally have more choice and pay lower prices.
Which of the following claims opposed to globalization is supported by evidence? -
Answers - Globalization if making wealthy individuals and corporations wealthier.
Which of the following is true, based on the experience of French dairy farmers and
Mexican avocado growers? - Answers - Globalization opens new markets but also leads
to new risks.
Which of the following is NOT an effect of globalization on the movie industry? -
Answers - The majority of box office revenue for Hollywood now comes from the United
States.
How are most pharmaceuticals manufactured? - Answers - Designed in the United
States and manufactured abroad.
Imagine you work for a company that manufactures snowboards in China and sells
them in Europe. What is the most efficient way to ship those snowboards from China to
Europe? - Answers - By ship, loaded into containers
What is the purpose of NATO? - Answers - To safeguard its members' freedom and
security
Who are members of the International Criminal Court? - Answers - About half the
countries in the world
What is the purpose of the World Trade Organization? - Answers - To manage
international trade and resolve disputes
Which of the following statements about globalization is correct? - Answers -
Globalization has been around a long time, but it is faster and more widespread than it
was centuries ago.
Which resource was used to make the pages of the physical Cradle to Cradle book? -
Answers - Plastic
The Planet Money video points out that what percent of US cotton is genetically
modified? - Answers - 90
, In the Planet Money video, in which country was the women's garment manufactured
(cut & sewn)? - Answers - Columbia
In the Planet Money video, it is stated that the humble hero of the global economy is
the: - Answers - Shipping container
The industrial revolution took place from ____ to 1820/1840? - Answers - 1760
Which of the following were key inventions that came out of the industrial revolution? -
Answers - water powered spinning frame, spinning jewelry, power loom
During the industrial revolution women and children made up what fraction of the work
force in Great Britain? - Answers - 2/3
Frances Lowell was known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" -
Answers - false
During the time of the Lowell factory mills, the work force was mostly made up of: -
Answers - young girls
The second industrial revolution ended in 1914 when what happened? - Answers -
world war 1 started
As the industrial revolution continued, retail markets started moving away from
centralized commerce and started developing into decentralized commerce. - Answers -
false
By the 1920s, the United States was producing what percentage of the world's overall
manufactured goods? - Answers - 44%
What specific side effect of World War II affected consumerism? - Answers - rationing of
goods
Which of the following is NOT a component of socialism: - Answers - Supply & demand
determines market economy
Before the 1970s, the term "sustainability" had not been introduced by experts. -
Answers - false
Which of the following options, is not the three pillars of sustainability? - Answers -
political
Which of the following options is one of the sub-components of the "environmental "
pillar of sustainability? - Answers - resource integrity
