Globalization
100: Q: What is globalization?
A: The process of countries becoming more connected through trade, communication, and culture.
What event kick started the rapid production of goods and technologies?
Ind Rev
100: Q: What is climate change?
A: Long-term changes in global temperature and weather patterns, largely due to human activities.
100: Q: Name one effect of melting sea ice.
A: Rising sea levels.
100: Q: What is one way to reduce your fashion carbon footprint?
A: Buy secondhand clothes or support sustainable brands.
200: Q: What is infrastructure? Give two examples.
A: Infrastructure includes systems like transportation and communication; examples: roads, internet, hospitals, education centers, etc...
200: Q: What is mass production?
A: The manufacturing of large quantities of goods quickly and cheaply.
200: Q: What’s the difference between climate and weather?
A: Climate is long-term patterns; weather is day-to-day conditions.
200: Q: What is one example of how the U.S. is affected by climate change?
A: Increased wildfires in California.
200: Q: Who is leading the fight against climate change?
A: Younger generations, especially Gen Z.
300: Q: Name one positive and one negative effect of globalization.
A: Positive: more access to goods; Negative: job loss in some countries, exploitation of labor, deforestation, etc
300: Q: What historical events helped China become a global producer?
A: Industrial reforms, end of imperial rule, rise of communism, and economic opening in the 20th century.
300: Q: What role does carbon dioxide (CO₂) play in global warming?
A: It traps heat in the atmosphere, causing temperatures to rise.
300: Q: Give one piece of scientific evidence that climate change is caused by humans.
A: Rising CO₂ levels match industrial activity patterns.
300: Q: What is environmental justice?
A: The fair treatment of all people in environmental policies and climate action.
400: Q: Give two examples of early globalization.
A: The Silk Road, Indian Ocean Trade Network, and the Columbian Exchange.
What is Consumerism?
A: Consumerism is the culture of buying goods
400: Q: Why are increasing temperatures so concerning to scientists?
A: It could cause severe droughts, sea level rise, and ecosystem collapse.
400: Q: What is the difference between a climate change skeptic and a denialist?
A: A skeptic questions the evidence; a denialist rejects it despite evidence.
400: Q: What role did industrialization play in climate change?
A: It introduced widespread fossil fuel use and emissions.
How are globalization and climate change connected?
Answers may vary~ Ms. Goodman will approve/disapprove of them.
How and why are so many goods produced in China?
A: Cheap labor, large workforce, and developed infrastructure.
500: Q: Who is the world's largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions? How does the U.S compare to this country (specifically per Capita emissions)?
BE SPECIFIC.
A: China is the world's largest producer of fossil fuel emissions, but the U.S has a higher per Capita emissions (also the US has a smaller population than China too)
500: Q: How does climate change impact some parts of the world more than others?
A: Poorer nations and coastal regions face greater risks like flooding and crop failure.
500: Q: Name two climate change myths and debunk them.
Example:
A: Myth 1: "The climate has always changed." (True, but human-caused change is much faster.) Myth 2: "It’s too late to act." (False—reducing emissions still makes a difference.)