Large companies began locating their production facilities outside their home countries. This was small scale until World War II then it dramatically expanded, especially after 1970.
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Like the economy of individual nations, the world's economy is measured by GDP, or gross domestic product. In 2012, the global GDP was 71.83 trillion U.S. dollars.
The US is interconnected with other parts of the world. Therefore, when our economy is doing poorly it reflects on the economies of other countries as well.
to describe a situation caused by a weak economy and rising prices
The correct answers are: Human-environmental interaction: Understand how people have affected the landscape; Movement: Understand how global trade affects a regional economy; Place: Appreciate how people feel about their homelands; Location: Estimate how long it might take to fly to another city.
Ample foreign trade bolstered the economy.