1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. If the answer is "The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund", what is the question? | The Bretton Woods Institutions | 2. True or False? The cattle ranches and oil patches of Alberta are affected by the world markets? | True | 3. How would interdependence between countries lead to less war? | Trade between countries, less likely to go to war. | 4. Name two factors that affect the Global Economy? | War, famine, natural disasters, investors confidence, price changes, government economic policies, economic policies, economic uncertainty | 5. Name one way that WW1 affected the Global Economy. | answers may vary | 6. Name one way the Russian Revolution changed the Russian and Global Economy. | answers may vary | 7. What was the affect of the USSR exporting 2 million tones of grain to the World Market in 1932? | The Ukrainian Famine | 8. Who were the Bolsheviks? (hint; think USSR) | marxist revolutionary russians, social democratic party, responsible for the Russian revolution. | 9. October 29th 1929 (Black Tuesday) the world stock markets crashed. What world event did this start? | The Great Depression | 10. Describe the chain reaction of the Great Depression. (hint; think cycle) | banks no more loans, ppl stopped buying goods, unemployment, wages drop, answers may vary | 11. What were some ways that WW2 affected the Canadian economy? | 42,000 deaths, gov spending increase, farmers more mechanized, women in workforce, unemployment lowered | 12. After WW2 an organization was created to support democracy, trade issues, protection and free oceans. What was that country called? | The UN | 13. Name the four factors that contribute to expanding globalization. | communication technologies, travel, transport, media | 14. Define Trade Liberalization. | Reduction of trade barriers (tax) | 15. Define Free Trade | total removal of trade barriers such as tax | 16. What is the W.T.O? And what does it do? | world trade organization. Settle disputes in trade between nations. | 17. Name two criticisms of the WTO. | answers may vary | 18. Which 3 countries are involved in the NAFTA? | Can, US, Mex | 19. How is the European Union much more then a trade organization? Name one way | answers may vary | 20. How do transnational corporations contribute to globalization? | answers may vary, resources, labour, markets | 21. What is the main problem with E-Commerce? | not everyone as access | 22. What does "sustainability" mean? | sustain a level of resources needed | 23. Describe some ties between globalization and sustainability. | answers may vary | 24. What are some of the dangers of shipbreaking? Why do countries and ppl do it? | answers may vary | 25. Name the three cases the text has named in promoting sustainability. | kyoto, Alberta tar sands, alternate energy sources | 26. True/False; Prosperity means different things to different ppl. | true | 27. What is the GDP, describe it in one sentence. | standard of living $ created by a country | 28. What is the HDI? What 3 things does it measure? | longevity, knowledge, standard of living, gdp | 29. What are the 5 fuels that power economic growth? | foreign investment, privatization, trade liberation, knowledge economy, outsourcing. | 30. True/False; Agriculture is one of the main sectors that the WTO has pushed Trade Liberalization. | false | 31. What is a knowledge economy? | ppl who research new ideas for practical purposes | 32. What is privatization? Name an example. | selling a public service to a private company. examples may vary |
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