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8.117 Migration and Technology in Global Exchange Worksheet

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This Grade 8 Social Studies worksheet provides structured practice on 8.117 Migration and Technology in Global Exchange. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Migration and Technology in Global Exchange - Explain how migration and technology shaped global connections relevant to U.S. development. (C3 D2.Geo.7–11.6–8; NG Std 9,11)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Mini-dossier, 1677–1682 1) Thuy, from Netherlands, settled in Honolulu. 2) Organizations and employers relied on more accurate maps to coordinate travel, hiring, or shipping. 3) Community networks helped newcomers share information, send money or goods, and stay in contact across borders. 4) The city became more connected to international flows of labor, information, and products.

Consider the evidence and choose the strongest thesis about how migration and technology shaped global connections for the United States. Answer Choices:

AGlobal connections formed only through wars, not through everyday work and communication.

BTechnology alone explains global connections; migrant communities played no role.

CNew technologies and migrant networks reinforced one another, turning U.S. communities into nodes that linked people, information, and trade across borders.

DMigration reduced global exchange because newcomers avoided foreign goods and contacts.

Solution & Explanation:The dossier points to both technology (coordination) and migrant networks (information and remittances), supporting an interactive thesis.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Claim: In 1974, television strengthened global connections by helping migrants from Cambodia settle in Los Angeles and participate in international exchange. Current evidence: a short interview with Rakesh describing sending money or goods home and getting news more quickly.

Which additional evidence would most help confirm the claim made in the passage? Answer Choices:

AA list of popular songs from the period, with no connection to migration or technology.

BData showing how television changed cost/speed over time AND records of migrant settlement and cross-border transfers linked to Los Angeles in the same period.

CA weather report for Los Angeles from a single day in 1974.

DA photograph of one street in Cambodia with no information about movement or exchange.

Solution & Explanation:To test the claim, you need evidence that the technology changed conditions and that migration/exchange patterns changed alongside it.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Counterfactual prompt: 1940 Assume radio news did NOT spread widely, but other conditions (pay, conflict, and laws) stayed similar. Giselle is considering leaving Jamaica for Boston.

Which counterfactual outcome is most plausible if the key technology in the passage had not been adopted widely? Answer Choices:

ABorders would disappear because information is unrelated to policy.

BGoods would stop moving because communication alone controls ships.

CInformation about opportunities and dangers would travel more slowly, weakening chain migration and delaying cross-border coordination.

DPeople would have more information than before, even without the technology.

Solution & Explanation:Fewer timely updates means networks coordinate less efficiently, so migration linked to shared information would likely slow.

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