November 22

SOCIAL 10-1

You watched part 3 of "The Corporation" in class today, and while you watched this documentary, you should have completed the film study guide. Please see the study guide for the Chapter 10-11 Test below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Wednesday, November 28th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

SOCIAL 30-1

You went through the Structure of Canadian Government today, by looking at the diagram below. You should have also discussed different electoral systems and specifically talked about first past the post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR). You should have also received the Unit 2 WRA II essay question sheet. You're writing this essay on Monday, November 26th. If you switched to 30-2, you will be doing a WRA III writing assignment. I'll teach you how to do these assignments in class on Monday. 

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote the Evolution of Liberalism Test today. You'll get the results next week.