Going global
UK
US
Science and utopia
World of Work
100

The term globalisation refers to the growing global _________ of trade, travel, knowledge and influence. 

What is network?

100

The UK consists of those countries. 

What are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

100

The name of the current US President's wife.

What is Jill Biden?

100
A fictional text dealing with an ideal future society.

What is a utopia?

100

Somebody contributes to a community without receiving any payment. 

What is volunteerism?

200

Through globalisation the world is getting smaller. It thus has become a ___________. 

What is global village?

200

The 3 elements of the British Parliament are: the monarch, the House of Lords and _____.

What is the House of Commons?

200

By the 1770s the "US" consisted of ____ colonies. 

What is 13?

200

Ray Bradbury's world-famous dystopian novel.

What is Fahrenheit 451?

200

A language spoken by such a vast number of people all over the world so that it enables speakers of different first languages to successfully communicate with each other. 

What is a lingua franca?

300

The latest financial crisis started in the USA in the Lehman Brothers Bank and affected the whole world in that year. 

What is 2008?

300

The name of the current British Prime Minister is ______. 

What is Rishi Sunak?

300

The term _________ describes the various ethnicities living in the US, adding their own traditions and cultural values but their various heritage does not merge into one. 

What is "salad bowl"?

300
A setting in the future, a setting in outer space or in other worlds, technology that is futuristic and new  scientific principles that have overcome know laws of nature are elements of that genre.

What is science fiction?

300

That number of EU countries have a statutory minimum wage. 

What is 21?

400

Due to increased mobility, diseases like the corona virus (COVID-19) or H1N1 (______) can easily spread all around the globe. 

What is "Swine Flu"?

400

The UK is divided into this number of constituencies. 

What is 646?

400

The idea of the _______ began when Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1776 that Americans were born with unalienable rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

What is The American Dream?

400

The author of Frankenstein.

Who is Mary Shelley?

400

A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.

What is vocation?

500

When jobs are outsourced to low-wage countries, the workers often wor in so-called ____ for long hours at a stretch, earning only minimum wages. 

What are sweatshops?

500

The traditional party of the "working class".

What is The Labour Party?

500

In that year American women gained the right to vote. 

What is 1920?

500

A, T, G and C. 

What are nucleotides?

500

A brief account of a person's education, qualifications, and previous occupations, typically sent with a job application.

What is a CV/Curiiculum Vitae?