Question

29 multiple choice 1 point
how did computers help connect countries to the world economy?
computers made cost-prohibitive satellites obsolete.
computer-based communication helped end the suez crisis and the vietnam war.
computer data made business transactions occur instantaneously.
computers predicted and prevented terrorist attacks, which improved tourism in western europe.

Explanation:

• The first option is incorrect because computers did not make satellites obsolete; satellites still play a key role in global communication and data transfer.
• The second option is wrong as computer-based communication was not a factor in ending the Suez Crisis or Vietnam War, which concluded before widespread computerized global communication existed.
• The fourth option is incorrect because computers cannot reliably predict and prevent all terrorist attacks, and this is not a core way they connected countries to the world economy.
• The correct option is that computer data enabled instantaneous business transactions, which streamlined global trade, financial flows, and economic interactions between countries.

Answer:

Computer data made business transactions occur instantaneously.