Environment & Responsibility
Name one environmental impact of transportation in global trade.
Answer: Pollution or CO₂ emissions.
What is one item Indigenous peoples traded before Europeans arrived?
Answer: Food, tools, furs, materials, etc.
What is an import?
Answer: Goods brought into a country.
What do workers usually want in global trade?
Answer: Fair pay and safe working conditions.
What was one major item traded during the fur trade?
Answer: Beaver pelts/furs.
How can factories harm the environment?
Answer: Air pollution, chemicals, waste, greenhouse gases.
Why did Europeans come to North America?
Answer: To find resources, furs, and wealth.
What is an export?
Answer: Goods sent out to another country.
What do companies usually want in global trade?
Answer: Profit and lower costs.
Name one way transportation today is different from transportation during the fur trade.
Answer: Today we use cargo ships, airplanes, and trucks instead of canoes.
How does packaging affect the environment?
Answer: It creates waste and pollution.
What was the main purpose of the fur trade?
Answer: To get beaver furs to sell for money.
What is it called when countries rely on each other for goods and products?
Answer: Interdependence.
What is fair trade?
Answer: A system that helps ensure workers are treated fairly and paid properly.
How is global trade today different from trade during the fur trade?
Answer: More countries, more products, faster transportation, and technology are involved today.
Which group is most concerned about pollution caused by trade?
Answer: Environmentalists.
Name one positive effect and one negative effect of early contact.
Answer:
Positive: trade, new tools, sharing knowledge
Negative: disease, land conflict, cultural change
What mode of transportation is most commonly used to move heavy goods across oceans?
Answer: Cargo ships.
Why might consumers and environmentalists have different perspectives on trade?
Answer: Consumers may want low prices while environmentalists want less pollution and waste.
Why is global trade much faster today than in the past?
Answer: Better transportation and technology.
Give two environmental problems caused by global trade.
Answer: Pollution, emissions, factory waste, plastic waste, habitat destruction, etc.
How were Indigenous peoples’ goals in trade different from Europeans’ goals?
Answer: Indigenous peoples focused more on relationships and survival, while Europeans focused more on profit and resources.
Explain how imports and exports make countries interdependent.
Answer: Countries rely on each other for products and resources they cannot make or grow themselves.
Why do different groups have different opinions about trade?
Answer: Different groups have different goals, needs, and priorities.
Give two major differences between the fur trade and modern global trade.
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