Question

Globalization has affected developed countries by

encouraging new products.
providing a solid consumer base.
turning their focus to providing services.
increasing employment for unskilled workers.

Answer 1

Best answer: turning their focus to providing services.

Explanation:
- Encouraging new products: true to an extent (larger/global markets and competition spur innovation), but that's a general effect rather than the principal structural change.
- Providing a solid consumer base: partially true—global markets expand customers—but developed countries themselves already had large domestic consumer bases; globalization mainly opens foreign markets.
- Turning their focus to providing services: true and the clearest effect—manufacturing has been outsourced, so advanced economies have shifted toward high-value services and knowledge industries.
- Increasing employment for unskilled workers: false—globalization has tended to reduce unskilled manufacturing jobs in developed countries as production moves to lower-wage countries.