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How has globalization made countries more interdependent? Choose five answers.Countries now rely on one another for vital resources.Countries now rely on each other for new industries.Countries now rely on one another for chances to import and export.Countries now rely on one another to lower their GDP.Countries rely on each other for cheaper products.Countries now rely on one another for an employment base.

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Countries now rely on one another for vital resources.
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Countries now rely on each other for new industries.
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Countries now rely on one another for chances to import and export.
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Countries now rely on one another to lower their GDP.
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Countries rely on each other for cheaper products.
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Countries now rely on one another for an employment base.
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The chart shows a circular flow model describing the movement of goods and services.

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The foreign sector influences how services move between firms and households.
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The foreign sector influences how imports and exports move between firms and households.
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The foreign sector influences how factors of production move between firms and households.
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The foreign sector influences how goods move between firms and households.
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Gross domestic product tracks economic growth by measuring all goods and services

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exported by an economy.
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produced by an economy.
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imported by an economy.
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purchased by an economy.
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The images show the cost of the same bike in the United States and Britain.

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purchasing power parity.
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exchange rates.
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factors of production.
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gross domestic product.
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What are the most likely reasons a US corporation would open a factory in China? Choose four answers.to take advantage of affordable land pricesto take advantage of abundant resourcesto take advantage of lower labor coststo take advantage of favorable tax lawsto take advantage of US employment opportunities

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to take advantage of affordable land prices
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to take advantage of abundant resources
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to take advantage of lower labor costs
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to take advantage of favorable tax laws
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to take advantage of US employment opportunities
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Globalization leads to more trade between

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consumers.
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businesses.
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factories.
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countries.
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Global trade provides consumers with

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more options and lower prices.
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fewer options and lower prices.
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more options and higher prices.
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fewer options and higher prices.
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A US shoe company opens a factory in China and hires Chinese workers to make shoes.
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A US shoe company opens a factory in the US and hires US workers to make shoes.
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A US shoe company opens a factory in the US and hires Chinese workers to make shoes.
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A Chinese shoe company opens a factory in China and hires Chinese workers to make shoes.
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The US and Western Europe are strong because they have high GDPs.
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The US and Western Europe are weak because they have low GDPs.
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The US and Western Europe are strong because they have low GDPs.
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The US and Western Europe are weak because they have high GDPs.
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Technologies that allow for instant worldwide communication include

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high-speed trains and naval ships.
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mobile phones and Internet access.
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airplanes and container shipping.
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outsourcing and new trade markets.

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