viernes, 13 de diciembre de 2013

5. A globalized economy


1.             What is globalization?

2.             What are the principal characteristics of globalization? Short answer.

3.             Why did present companies merge?

4.             Explain ‘outsourcing’.

5.             Short explanation about globalization factors.

6.             Explain some real effects of new technologies on the economy?

7.             Mention two liberalization policies.

8.             When did the communist bloc disappear?

9.             What countries stayed in a communist system?

10.         What are the positive effects of globalization?

11.         What are the less-positive effects of globalization?

12.         What are the traditional economic powers?

13.         What are the emerging economic powers?

14.         What are the regional economic powers?

15.         What is the world’s poorest region?

16.         What are American economy characteristics? Short answer.

17.         What are the economic effects of American scientific and technological advances?

18.         What are the consequences of American high consumption?

19.         What are the weak elements of American economy?

20.         What are the bases for Japanese economy?

21.         What are the strong points of the Japanese economy?

22.         What are the weak points of the Japanese economy?

23.         Why was the creation of the European economic union so important?

24.         Is trade relevant in EU? Why? The answer is difficult. Three points.

25.         What are the largest economies in the EU?

26.         What are the weak points of the EU’s economy?

27.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Madrid?

28.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Paris?

29.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Andalusia?

30.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Romania?

31.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Sweden?

32.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Latvia?

33.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Rome?

34.         Look at European map. What is the GDP per capita in Milan?

35.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in Spain?

36.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in USA?

37.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in China?

38.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in India?

39.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in Brazil?

40.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in Portugal?

41.         Look at world map. What is the Gross Domestic Product in Turkey?

42.         What countries form the ‘BRIC’?

43.         What is Chinese economic system? Capitalist, Communist, Mixed?

44.         Why do multinationals invest in China?

45.         What are the Chinese economic weak points?

46.         What are the Brazilian economic strong points?

47.         What are the Brazilian economic weak points?

48.         What are the reasons for the Indian economic boom?

49.         Explain India’s second economic sector?

50.         What are the Indian economic weak points?

51.         What was Russian economic situation after the Communist breakdown?

52.         Name all Russian economic resources?

53.         What are the Russian economic weak points?

54.         What are the ‘Asian tigers’?

55.         What are the main factors in the economy of ‘Asian tigers’?

56.         Explain positive and negative factors in South African economy.