1. What has been the impact of the computer on the global market?
Countries are more interdependent
Makes the world “smaller” in that we can connect more easily
Less reliant on stores to acquire merchandise
Causing some businesses to collapse while others start and strive

2. Made transporting goods easier
75. How has the Suez Canal and Panama Canal influenced world trade patterns? (p. 642, 677)
The Suez Crisis: Key maps
The Suez Canal provided a vital trading route from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and beyond to Africa and Asia.
Made transporting goods easier
Israeli forces began arriving in Egypt on 29 October 1956 at the start of "Operation Musketeer", a combined mission with the British and French, aimed at regaining control of the Suez Canal.
Increased tensions in Israel and the Middle East

3. Made shipping faster and easier
How much of an impact the bigger, better canal will have on global trade?
Roughly 65% of the goods sailing through the canal go to or from U.S.
and American ports and rail yards that compete with the canal will fight to retain as much business as they can.
Shippers must balance myriad factors — fuel costs, type of cargo, time and distance — in calculating the best route for individual shipments.
The Panama Canal
Made shipping faster and easier
Cargo from Asia, for example, can reach U.S. markets either via the canal or by docking at a West Coast port and riding rail lines to inland destinations.

4. 76. What impact does OPEC have on the global economy. (p

5. 77. Identify positive and negative examples of the impact modernization has had on traditional societies. (p )

7. 78. Give examples of genocide being used as a political and/or military strategy in the modern world. (p , 808, 642, & see notes)

8. 79. How have nuclear weapons influenced Pakistan-India relations. (p
As both nations have access to nuclear weapons, and they are fighting over the region of Cashmere, the world is concerned about nuclear warfare there.