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    Child labor is a significant problem in Africa, where one-fifth of children work. Nine percent work in hazardous conditions, the highest proportion globally. In total, 72.1 million African children work, with 31.5 million in hazardous work. Child labor deprives children of their childhood.

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    Child labor is a significant problem in Africa, where one-fifth of children work. Nine percent work in hazardous conditions, the highest proportion globally. In total, 72.1 million African children work, with 31.5 million in hazardous work. Child labor deprives children of their childhood.

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    Child labor is a significant problem in Africa, where one-fifth of children work. Nine percent work in hazardous conditions, the highest proportion globally. In total, 72.1 million African children work, with 31.5 million in hazardous work. Child labor deprives children of their childhood.

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    Child labor is a significant problem in Africa, where one-fifth of children work. Nine percent work in hazardous conditions, the highest proportion globally. In total, 72.1 million African children work, with 31.5 million in hazardous work. Child labor deprives children of their childhood.

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    The 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour indicate that one-fifth of all African

    children are involved in child labour, a proportion more than twice as high as in any
    other region. Nine per cent of African children are in hazardous work, again highest
    of all the world's regions. Africa has the largest number of child labourers; 72.1
    million African children are estimated to be in child labour and 31.5 million in
    hazardous work (International Labour Organization, 2017). The statement means
    that:
    - Child labor deprives children of their childhood.

    Dabbing, or the dab, is a simple dance move in which a person drops the head into
    the bent crook of a slanted arm, typically while raising the opposite arm in a parallel
    direction but out straight; both arms are pointed to the side and at an upward angle.
    Since 2015, it has also been used as a gesture of triumph or playfulness, becoming a
    youthful American dance fad and Internet meme (Ducey, 2015). Since the trend has
    gone viral, young Filipinos also picked it up as a playful pose. The dab fad in the
    Philippines is what aspect of globalization?
    - Cultural

    Which of the following statements is true about the effects of globalization?


    - All of the choices.

    The United Nations came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second
    World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and
    security. The UN does this by working to prevent conflict; helping parties in conflict
    make peace; peacekeeping; and creating the conditions to allow peace to hold and
    flourish. What aspect of globalization deals with the establishment of UN in order to
    maintain international peace and security?
    - Political

    Social media has become a ubiquitous part of daily life, but this growth and
    evolution has been in the works since the late 70s. From primitive days of
    newsgroups, listservs and the introduction of early chat rooms, social media has
    changed the way we communicate, gather and share information, and given rise to a
    connected global society (Morrison, 2015). This evolution of social media is what
    aspect of globalization?
    - Sociological

    Economic globalization is the increasing economic interdependence of national


    economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of
    goods, service, technology, and capital. Some sociologists, like William I. Robinson
    has argued that because a capitalist economy is premised on growth and expansion,
    a globalized economy is the inevitable result of ________________.
    - Capitalism

    Which of the following statements is not true about globalization?


    - Globalization is a recent phenomenon which traces its origin in the Information Age
    and thrived because of the presence of social media and new technologies.

    _____ is the timeframe over which a thing is created, passed on to exhibit, and over
    the long run removed from the world market.
    -  Item life cycle

    When businesses want to manufacture their products at a cheaper rate, they employ
    the services from developing countries which is possible in countries such as China
    and Cambodia, where manufacturing costs and wages are lower than highly
    developed countries. This business practice is called ____________.
    - Outsourcing

    Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and the United States
    colonized countries spread their empires. These nations have created global
    economic, political, cultural, and social connections around the world. The extending
    of a country's power and influence is called:
    -  Imperialism

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