Chapter 30

Quiz for Chapter Thirty Thinking Like a Historian: Globalization: Its Proponents and Its Discontents

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Question 1

Petra Mata, a Mexican immigrant to the United States, writes, “I was employed in 1976 by . . . Levi Straus and Company. I earned $9.73 an hour and also had vacation and sick leave. Levi’s provided me and my family with a stable situation, and in return I was a loyal employee and worked there for fourteen years. On January 16, 1990, Levi’s closed its plant in San Antonio, Texas, where I had been working, leaving 1,150 workers unemployed, a majority of whom were Mexican-American women. The company moved its factory to Costa Rica.” Mata’s story provides evidence to support which of the following conclusions?



Question 2

According to source 2, the iPhone global supply chain figure, who in the Apple supply chain benefits most from the corporation’s participation in the integrated global economy?



Question 3

According to the passage issued by the Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (source 3), the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) policies in many nations recall which of the following historical trends?



Question 4

In a 2000 press release, the World Trade Organization concluded, “To alleviate poverty, developing economies need to grow faster, and the poor need to benefit from this growth. Trade can play an important part in reducing poverty, because it boosts economic growth and the poor tend to benefit from that faster growth.” This statement provides evidence to support which of the following conclusions?



Question 5

Petra Mata’s story (source 1) serves as evidence to challenge the points made in which one of the other sources presented in this feature?