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Question

10.5. Analyze how the global economy connects workers and consumers.
Identify the statement that best describes how globalization shapes economic connections between workers and consumers.
Commodity exchange harms both workers and consumers.
Commodity chains have extended across territories and cultures.
Commodities are exchanged at markets.
Commodity chains are primarily local.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes how globalization shapes economic connections between workers and consumers is:

**"Commodity chains have extended across territories and cultures."**

Globalization has linked different parts of the world into a comprehensive network of economic relationships, whereby production, distribution, and consumption of goods involve multiple countries and diverse cultural contexts. This complex interconnection allows for the exchange of commodities across vast distances, integrating markets and economies.