AP®︎ World History: Topic 9.4 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 9.4 of AP World History – Economics in the Global Age.
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Topic 9.4
Question 1 Easy
Aerial photograph of an industrial park in northern Mexico, early 21st century
Photograph, c. 2000s. Pulitzer Center.
The cross-border manufacturing activity shown in the photograph was most directly enabled by which of the following developments?
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Topic 9.4: Economics in the Global Age
Thematic Focus: Economic SystemsECN
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
Learning Objective: Unit 9: Learning Objective D
Explain the continuities and changes in the global economy from 1900 to present.
Historical Developments: KC-6.3.I.D
In a trend accelerated by the end of the Cold War, many governments encouraged free-market economic policies and promoted economic liberalization in the late 20th century.
Historical Developments: KC-6.3.I.E
In the late 20th century, revolutions in information and communications technology led to the growth of knowledge economies in some regions, while industrial production and manufacturing were increasingly situated in Asia and Latin America.
Historical Developments: KC-6.3.II.B
Changing economic institutions, multinational corporations, and regional trade agreements reflected the spread of principles and practices associated with free-market economics throughout the world.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- The United States under Ronald Reagan
- Britain under Margaret Thatcher
- China under Deng Xiaoping
- Chile under Augusto Pinochet
- Finland
- Japan
- U.S.
- Vietnam
- Bangladesh
- Mexico
- Honduras
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Nestlé
- Nissan
- Mahindra and Mahindra
