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Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 9

Globalization

A connected world

What your child practises

Practises the benefits and challenges of globalization, past and present, and its effect on culture.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: SCO7; SCO8 · benefits and challenges of globalization, and its impact on culture

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is trade?

    • buying and selling goods and services
    • growing vegetables in a garden
    • moving to a new home in another city
    • drawing a map of the world by hand
  2. Question 2

    Which is a benefit of cultural sharing?

    • All cultures become exactly identical overnight
    • People learn about and enjoy other cultures
    • Languages disappear from the world for sure
    • People stop learning from one another
  3. Question 3

    A tourist from another country visits Prince Edward Island. This is an example of…

    • isolation from all other places and people
    • globalization through travel
    • a trade ban between countries
    • a type of climate zone near the equator
  4. Question 4

    One way a community can keep its culture strong is to…

    • avoid all contact with other communities
    • stop speaking its language at home and in school
    • hide its traditions from young people
    • teach its language and traditions to young people
  5. Question 5

    What is an import?

    • a good brought into a country from another country
    • a local tourist who visits a nearby town
    • a local tax paid on goods sold in a shop
    • a good sold to another country by a local business
  6. Question 6

    Which is a benefit of globalization?

    • People lose all contact with other countries
    • Trade between countries completely stops
    • People can buy a wider variety of goods
    • Every product costs much more than before