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QuestionIndicators which point to the globalization of the planet include all BUT which of these?Answer International trade and investment has increased rapidly.
International telecommunication has become easy and inexpensive. There has been a growth in tourism. Individual nation states have given up some of their independence when they joined international organizations or signed international agreement. Global stratification is decreasing.
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QuestionWhen Barbara Garson traced a small amount of money she invested in the Chase Manhattan Bank, she discovered that the money was used to:Answer bribe Thai officials
construct on oil refinery in Thailand destroy the natural environment displace farmers and fishers all of these choices
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QuestionAlthough social scientists disagree on the exact causes of globalization, most of them stress the importance of all BUT which of these causes:Answer technology
politics medical advancement economics trade
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QuestionWhich of the following is NOT TRUE about transnational corporations as compared to traditional corporations?Answer Transnational corporations rely on domestic labor and domestic production.
Transnational corporations increasingly emphasize skills and advances in design, technology, and management. Transnational corporations depend increasingly on world markets. Transnational corporations are increasingly autonomous from national governments. Transnational corporations depend increasingly on massive advertising campaigns.
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QuestionThe term to describe the simultaneous homogenization of some aspects of life and the strengthening of some local differences under the impact of globalization isAnswer McDonaldization
The three main trading blocs-- Asian, North American and West European--are dominated respectively by:Answer China, the United States and France
China, Canada and the European Union Japan, the United States and France Japan, the United States and Germany Japan, the United States and Great Britain
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QuestionWhich of the following statements does NOT illustrate an aspect of regionalization?Answer Most world trade takes place within each of the three main trading blocs.
Each trading bloc competes against the others for a larger share of world trade. The European Union now has the same currency. Globalization is making the world a more homogeneous place based on American values. Islam has become a unifying force over vast stretches of Asia and Africa.
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QuestionJihad can mean which of the following:Answer perseverance in achieving a high moral standard.
striving or struggle Islamic fundamentalist reaction to globalization all of these choices none of these choices
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QuestionWhich of the following was (were) a reaction against globalization?Answer the 9/11 jet highjackings
the armed rebellion in Mexico in the 1990s teddy bear catapults in Quebec all of these choices none of these choices
QuestionWhen John Lie spent a summer in the Philippines, he made which of the following observations about the most productive villages:Answer high birth rates.
little economic inequality happier inhabitants all of these choices little economic inequality and happier inhabitants only
QuestionFollowing World War II, former colonies, now independent, were exploited by new means, which replaced ____.Answer substantial foreign investment
support for authoritarian governments mounting debt direct political control all of these choices
QuestionMultinational corporations invested heavily in the former colonies, resulting inAnswer the siphoning off of wealth in the form of raw materials
low-paying jobs for the poor people higher paying jobs in the rich countries selling back manufactured goods to the poor countries all of these choices
QuestionAccording to dependency theorist, multinational corporations and rich countries continued their exploitation of the poor countries in the postcolonial period byAnswer giving economic aid to the poor
building schools and hospitals supporting local authoritarian governments teaching English to the former colonists all of these choices
QuestionIn 2002, foreign aid to the world's developing countries was only ____ the amount that the developing countries paid to Western banks in loan interest.Answer one-fiftieth the amount
one-half the amount one-seventh the amount two-thirds the amount thirteen-sixteenths the amount
QuestionWhich statement is NOT true of Taiwan and Korea?Answer They were colonies of Japan since the turn of the 20th Century.
Japan built up their economies. Japan established transportation networks in these countries. Japan destroyed them during the Second World War. After colonialism ended, they were at an advantage compared to most poor countries at that time.
QuestionLand reform, redistributing land to small farmers, was conducted in which countries in the late 1940s and early 1950s?Answer Columbia and Mexico
Japan and Thailand Taiwan and South Korea Serbia and Poland Ethiopia and the Congo
QuestionThe United Nations urges the world's 22 richest countries to contribute 0.7 per cent of their Gross Domestic Product to development aid of poor countries. In 2003, only five countries reached that goal. Which country is NOT on that list?Answer Denmark
QuestionIncreasing the amount of foreign aid and redesigning its delivery can help poor countries because:Answer Foreign aid is often beneficial.
Some charities waste a lot of money on administration and overhead expenses. Food aid often has detrimental effects on poor countries. all of these choices none of these choices
QuestionMany analysts argue that the world's rich countries and banks should simply write off the debt owed to them by the developing countries in recognition of historical injustices. This idea is supported by:Answer President Bush
former President Bill Clinton Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin all of these choices both Clinton and Martin
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QuestionA large body of research shows that democracy:Answer raises inequality
makes it easier for elite groups to misuse their power decreases political stability provides a better investment climate is less inclined to take steps to ensure basic needs like education and health
QuestionWhich of the following is NOT one of the reforms that Brym and Lie outlined that could change the nature of neoliberal globalization and turn it into democratic globalization?Answer support democracy in developing countries
contribute more and better foreign aid forgive the debt owed by developing countries to the rich countries eliminate the tariffs that restrict exports from developing countries none of these choices. They are all included in their four suggested reforms.
QuestionWhich statement is NOT true about poverty?Answer The income gap between rich and poor countries has grown worldwide in the last century.
The income gap between rich and poor individual has grown worldwide since the 19th century. In recent decades, the number of desperately poor people has declined absolutely. In recent decades, the percentage of poor people has declined. In recent decades, the number of desperately poor people has decreased in the less developed countries.
Question____ is the total dollar value of goods and services produced in a country in a year, based on the nationality of the owners.Answer Gross National Product
Gross Domestic Product Gross National Earnings Gross Domestic Earnings None of these choices
Question____ is the total dollar value of goods and services produced in a country in a year based on the location of the owners.Answer Gross National Product
Gross Domestic product Gross National Earnings Gross Domestic Earnings None of these choices
QuestionMovies do not always tell the real truth. Which of these statements concerning the Mid East is NOT true?Answer The US abandoned the freedom fighters of Iraq and the fight for democracy.
Saddam Hussein ruthlessly suppressed the rebels. The US protected the undemocratic regimes of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Most of the Arab world remains impoverished despite the oil wealth in the region. In Saudi Arabia all adult males are encouraged to vote.
QuestionThe ____ capitalist countries are rich countries, such as the United States, Japan and Germany that are the major sources of capital and technology in the world.Answer global
____ is the simultaneous homogenization of some aspects of life and the strengthening of some local differences under the impact of globalization.Answer Colonialism
Question____ is a form of rationalization. Specifically, it refers to the spread of the principles of fast-food restaurants, such as efficiency, predictability, and calculability, to all spheres of life.Answer McDonaldization
Question____ holds that economic underdevelopment results from poor countries lacking Western attributes. These attributes include Western values, business practices and stable governments.Answer Dependency theory
Modernization theory Globalization theory Regionalization theory Glocalization theory
Question____ is a policy that promotes private control of industry, minimal government interference in the running of the economy, the removal of taxes, tariffs, and restrictive regulations that discourage the international buying and selling of goods and services, and the encouragement of foreign investment.Answer Modernization theory
Question____ are large businesses that rely increasingly on foreign labor and foreign production; sills and advances in design, technology and management; world markets; and massive advertising campaigns.Answer Globalizations
Question____ creates a world that is more homogeneous in some ways and more localized in others. It also generates its own opposition.Answer Foreign aid
QuestionAccording to Brym and Lie, ____ is a process that became significant along with the development of capitalism and world exploration about 500 years ago.Answer foreign aid
globalization glocalization transnational regionalism modernization theory
QuestionSome anti-globalization activists suggest that globalization is a form of ____, the economic domination of one country by another.Answer colonialism
QuestionThe idea of McDonaldization extends Weber's concept of ____, the application of the most efficient means to achieve given ends.Answer colonialism
QuestionThose who see globalization merely as homogenization also ignore the ____ of the world, the division of the world into different and often competing economic, political and cultural areas.Answer colonialization
QuestionAccording to the United Nations, ____ of the world's population are poor, defined as lacking the ability to obtain adequate food, clothing, shelter and other basic needs.Answer
QuestionBeginning around 1500 the armed forces of the world's most powerful countries subdued and then annexed or colonized most of:Answer the rest of the world
QuestionTransnational corporations are different from traditional corporations in what way?Answer Traditional corporations extract natural resources or manufacture industrial goods. Transnational
corporations emphasize skills and advances in design, technology, and management. Traditional corporations work with or under national governments. Transnational corporations are increasingly autonomous from national governments. Traditional corporation sell to domestic markets. Transnational corporations depend increasingly on world markets. Traditional corporations rely on domestic labor and domestic productions. Transnational corporations depend increasingly on foreign labor and foreign production. All of the above.
QuestionThe fact that world trade is not evenly distributed around the planet or dominated by just one country is an example of:Answer regionalization.
glocalization. underdevelopment. development. None of the above.
QuestionWhich theory suggests that global inequality is a result of poor countries lacking Western attributes such as Western values and business practices?Answer dependency theory
modernization theory world system theory All of the above. None of the above.
QuestionWhich is NOT one of the ways in which semiperipheral countries differ from peripheral countries, according to the textbook?Answer type of colonialism
geopolitical position state policy social structure number of traditional corporations
QuestionNeoliberal globalization promotes:Answer public control of industry.
moderate to strong government management in the running for the economy. the introduction of new taxes, tariffs, and regulations to check and balance the power of transnational corporations. the encouragement of foreign investment. exclusive national buying and selling of goods and services.
QuestionIn leading to globalization, technological, political and economic factors:Answer do not work independently.
operate independently in the context of global competition. are interrelated and functional exclusively on a domestic level. All of the above. None of the above.
QuestionMcDonaldization:Answer refers to the spread of the principles of fast-food restaurants.
suggests that McDonald's has turned lunch preparation into a model of rationality. has come to stand for the global spread of values associated with the United States and its business culture. All of the above. None of the above.
QuestionAccording to Table 9.1 "Indicators of Globalization, Early 1980s - Circa 2003" in the textbook, which indicator showed the most change from 1980-81 to 1998-2003?Answer foreign direct investment as percent of GDP.
international tourist arrivals as a percent of the world population. Air freight and mail. number of international organizations. annual entries on globalization, Sociological Abstracts.
is the icon of Nike, but primarily at a national level. is the primary reason why Nike exploits labor in third-world countries. All of the above. None of the above.
QuestionFigure 9.2 "The Size and Influence of the U.S. Economy, 2000" in the Brym and Lie textbook:Answer shows how the GDP of various countries compares to that of each U.S. state.
shows that the economy of each U.S. state is as big as that of a whole country. emphasizes just how large the U.S. economy is. All of the above. None of the above.
QuestionA half-hour's drive from the center of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, an estimated 70,000 Filipinos live:Answer on a 55-acre mountain of rotting garbage.
crowded on filthy canal barges. virtually homeless in vast, temporary villages. All of the above. None of the above.
QuestionThe gross domestic product per capita across world regions from 1975-2000, indicates that:Answer Latin American and Caribbean countries are fast approaching high-income countries in GDP.
Countries in East Asia and the Pacific are fast approaching high-income countries. although the GDP in high-income countries is significantly higher than other world regions, the GDP in high-income countries has fallen since 1975. The GDP of high-income countries has increased since 1975, and remains much higher than other world regions. None of the above.
QuestionWhich is true in the wake of the late 1800s British takeover of what became Rhodesia, and is now Zimbabwe?Answer Every British trooper was offered about 9 square miles of native land.
The Matabele and Mashona people were subdued. Native survivors were left without a livelihood. Forced labor was introduced by the British. All of the above.
QuestionBased on data on national priorities collected in 2002 by the National Opinion Research Center, which priority had the highest percentage of respondents answering "Too Little" in response to the question, "I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount?"Answer Improving and protecting the nation's health.
Dealing with drug addiction. Highways and bridges. The military, armaments, and defense. Foreign aid.
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QuestionIndividual nation states give up some of their independence when they join international organizations or sign international agreements.Answer True
False
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QuestionTransnational corporations - also called multinational or international corporations - are the most important agents of globalization in the world today.Answer True
False
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QuestionTransnational corporations rely on domestic labor and domestic production.Answer True
False
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QuestionOf the 1.3 billion people around the world living on $1 a day or less, 1 billion of them are children.Answer True
False
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QuestionCrushing interest payments leave governments of poor countries with too little money for development.Answer True
False
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QuestionAlmost all sociologists agree that the dependency theorists are correct on one score. Since about 1500, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Britain, France, Italy, the United States, Japan and Russia treated the world's poor with brutality to enrich themselves.Answer True
False
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QuestionModernization theorists want the poor countries to revolt against the rich countries, throw up barriers to free trade and investment, and find their own paths to economic well-being.Answer True
False
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QuestionA large body of research shows that democracy raises inequality and discourages economic growth.Answer True
False
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QuestionFrom 1945 and 1991, the U.S. government gave military and financial aid to many antidemocratic regimes.Answer True
False
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QuestionThe anti-globalization movement includes union activists, environmentalists, supporters of worker and peasant movements in developing countries, and other opponents of transnational corporations.Answer True
False
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QuestionRegionalization is the division of the world into different groups according to their religions.Answer True
False
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QuestionSouth Korea, Taiwan and Israel are examples of peripheral countries.Answer True
False
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QuestionImperialism refers to the control of developing societies by more developed, powerful societies.Answer True
False
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QuestionDependency theory views economic underdevelopment as the result of exploitative relations between rich and poor countries.Answer True
False
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QuestionModernization theory holds that economic underdevelopment results from poor countries lacking Western attributes.Answer True
False
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QuestionDefine colonialism.Answer Colonialism refers to the control of developing societies by more developed powerful societies.
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QuestionWhat are core capitalist countries?Answer The core capitalist countries are rich countries, such as the United States, Japan and Germany that are the major
sources of capital and technology in the world.
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QuestionHow do dependency theorists view economic underdevelopment?Answer Dependency theory views economic underdevelopment as the result of exploitative relations between rich and
poor countries.
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QuestionHow does modernization theory view economic underdevelopment?Answer Modernization theory holds that economic underdevelopment results from poor countries lacking Western
attributes, which include Western values, business practices, levels of investment capital and stable governments.
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QuestionDefine imperialism.Answer Imperialism is the economic domination of one country by another.
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QuestionWhat is McDonaldization?Answer McDonaldization is a form of rationalization that refers to the spread of the principles of fast-food restaurants,
such as efficiency, predictability, and calculability, to all spheres of life.
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QuestionWhat is a global commodity chain?Answer A global commodity chain is a worldwide network of labor and production processes whose end result is a
finished commodity.
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QuestionDefine glocalization.Answer Glocalization is the simultaneous homogenization of some aspects of life and the strengthening of some local
differences under the impact of globalization.
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QuestionDefine regionalization.Answer Regionalization is the division of the world into different and often competing economic, political and cultural
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QuestionDescribe transnational corporations.Answer Transnational corporations are large businesses that rely increasingly on foreign labor and foreign production;
skills and advances in design, technology and management; world markets; and massive advertising campaigns.
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QuestionHow has globalization affected your life, your family and your town?Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionImagine a place in the world that has not been affected by globalization. How would it differ from most of the rest of the world?Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionWhat could Americans do to help end global poverty?Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionContrast the positive and negative effects that foreign investments can have on postcolonial countries.Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionCompare and contrast the two main sociological theories in their claims to explain global inequality.Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionExplain the legacy of colonialism still at work in today's global world.Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionExplain how international debt fosters anti-globalization sentiment.Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionDescribe these well-known people (or categories of people) who would typically support the modernization theory of globalization and explain why they do.Answer Answer not provided.
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QuestionDescribe three well-known people (or categories of people) who would typically support the dependency theory of globalization and explain why they do.Answer Answer not provided.
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