Outsource It!
Globalization
Vocabulary
India
China
100
contracting with workers from other countries to provide products and services
What is outsourcing?
100
electronic systems for communicating at a distance
What is telecommunications?
100
to enter into or make an agreement
What is a contract?
100
3 million
What is the number of college graduates each year?
100
The country that grew it's economy the fastest since globalization.
What is China?
200
Located in a foreign country.
What is offshore?
200
1993
What is the year the first Web browser was launched?
200
the basic foundation a company, city, state, or country needs in order to function well
What is infrastructure?
200
Bangalore
What is the name of the city with the most call centers?
200
keep labor costs down by using low-paid workers
What are Chinese factories?
300
$5,000 per year in India.
What is the average pay for a customer service job?
300
far away from other people or places
What is the meaning of isolated?
300
a new invention, method, or idea
What is innovation?
300
allows Indians to "plug into the world from India"
What is the Internet?
300
employees require minimal supervision.
What is the effect of Chinese culture's obedience?
400
based on strong reasons or facts
What does valid mean?
400
ask yourself how two things are the same
What is compare?
400
the way a system is generally developing or changing; current style
What is a trend?
400
one third of Indians are
Who is fluent in 3 or more languages?
500
Many jobs can be done more cheaply outside the U.S.
What is the reason that American companies outsource jobs?
500
ask yourself how two things are different.
What is contrast?
500
related to the central government
What is federal?
500
Infrastructure
What did India lack to support businesses and institutions?
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