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Q1. Study the graph below about the profits of a shop called Goldfish Wonders. Write short answers to the questions given below. (5 marks) Profit Over the Years 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 1. During which period was there a plateau in the profits? 2. During which year was the profit lowest? 3. In which years did profits fluctuate? 4. Indicate the three years when there was a drop in profits. 5. Write an introductory sentence that describes the line graph. Q2. Study the pie chart below about the countries where branches of Goldfish Wonders are found. Write short answers to the questions below. (5 marks) International Branches Greece Finland Germany 22% Italy Germany France Finland - UK Greece 1. What is the percentage of branches in France? 2. Which two countries have the lowest percentage of branches? 3. Which country has the highest number of branches? 4. Which two countries combined have more than 50% of the branches? 5. Do you think the sum of the percentages of Branches in the UK, Greece, and Finland is the same as the sum of branches in France? Q3. Read the two sources below and then write a paragraph of about 100-120 words based on a synthesis of the information from the two sources. A glossary has been provided at the end to help you understand the meaning of the underlined words. Notes: 1. Remember that merely copying from source materials is plagiarism. Do not use more than five words in a row from the original source. 2. You must paraphrase the information you use. Source (A) It has been argued that globalization is not a new phenomenon, but has its roots in the age of colonial development in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. However, its modern use can be dated to 1983, when Levitt's article "The Globalization of Markets' was published. Among the many definitions of the process that have been suggested, perhaps the simplest is that globalization is the relatively free movement of services, goods, people and ideas world-wide. An indication of the positive effect of the process is that cross-border world trade, as a percentage of global GDP, was 15 per cent in 1990 but is expected to reach 30 per cent by 2017. Among the forces driving globalization in the last two decades have been market liberalization, cheap communication via the internet and telephony, and the growth of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies. Source: Costa (2008) Source (B) Considerable hostility to the forces of globalization has been demonstrated in both the developed and developing worlds. In the former, there is anxiety about the outsourcing of manufacturing and service jobs to countries that offer cheaper labor, while developing countries claim that only a minority have benefited from the increase in world trade. They point out that per capita income in the 20 poorest countries has hardly changed in the past 40 years, while in the richest 20 it has tripled. The markets of Westem nations are still closed to agricultural products from developing countries, and while there is free movement of goods and capital, migration from poor countries to rich ones is tightly controlled. Source: Lin (2006) Words decade telephony hostility triple Synonyms ten years use of telephones dislike, anger increased three times Write your answer below: Word Count: Rubric: Categories Points Received Organization (clear synthesis of the content; key ideas described from both the sources) Writing Style (effective transitions, formal tone, non-biased language) Academic Integrity Check (paraphrased, quoted & cited clearly and correctly in APA format) In case of plagiarism, reduce the mark based on severity. Grammar, Usage and Mechanics Mechanics (punctuation, grammar, spelling) Total

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