COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Final Examination in
THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
(TCWN01G)

Instructions: Use pencil in shading your OMR sheet.

No erasures allowed.

Test 1. Kindly choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Sociologist______________ popularized the term “global city” in the 1990s. Her criteria for what
constitutes a global city were primarily economic.
a. Helen Milner c. Saskia Sassen
b. Elihu Katz d. Margaret Thatcher
2. What is the stock exchange of London?
a. Financial Times Stock Exchange c. London Stock Exchange
b. New York Stock Exchange d. Nikkei
3. What does ISIL stands for?
a. Islamic State of Iraq and the Lebanese c. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
b. Islamic State of Iraq and Lebanon d. Islamic State of Iraq and the Leviathan
4. A phenomenon of driving out the poor in favor of newer.
a. Degeneration c. Degradation
b. Generalization d. Gentrification
5. In France, poor Muslim migrants are forced out of Paris and have clustered around ethnic
enclaves known as___________.
a. Scavengers c. Terrorists
b. Banlieue d. ISIS members
6. Who sang the famous song “New York, New York”.
a. Beyonce c. Frank Sinatra
b. Pussycat Dolls d. Jay Z
7. The _____________ carries the name of New York City, but it is far from being a local
newspaper.
a. The New York Tabloid c. The Empire State Times
b. The New York Today d. The New York Times
8. Located in Boston, _______________ is the world’s top university.
a. Harvard University c. Georgetown University
b. Yale University d. Princeton University
9. The center of the American film industry is from what part of America?
a. Rhode Island c. Connecticut
b. San Francisco d. Los Angeles
10. As the birthplace of “New Nordic” cuisine, ____________ has set into motion various culinary
trends like foraging the forests for local ingredients.
a. Tokyo c. Copenhagen
b. Oslo d. Mumbai
11. He is the British scholar who wrote “An Essay on the Principle of Population” in 1978.
a. Dwight Eisenhower c. Paul Ehrlich
 b. Thomas Malthus d. Winston Churchill
12. An American biologist who wrote The Population Bomb
a. Helen Milner c. Thomas Rutherford
b. Woodrow Wilson d. Paul Ehrlich
13. As early as 1958, the American policy journal, _______________, had already advocated
“contraception and sterilization” as the practical solutions to global economic, social, and
political problems.
a. Mein Kempf c. Principle of Population
b. Foreign Affairs d. The Diary of Anne Frank
14. ____________ disagrees with the advocates of Neo-Malthusian theory and accused governments
of using population control as substitute for social justice and much needed reforms.
a. Betsy Hartmann c. Anne Ehrlich
b. Saskia Sassen d. Tracy Osial
15. The _____________ created high-yielding varieties of rice and other cereals and the development
of new methods of cultivation.
a. The Green Movement c. The Green Minded
b. The Green Cultivation d. The Green Revolution
16. In 1967, ___________ average total fertility rate (TFR) was 6.7 children.
a. Philippines c. Bolivia
b. China d. Bahrain
17. What is the meaning of FAO?
a. The Food and Agriculture Organization c. The Farm and Agriculture Organization
b. The Field and Agriculture Order d. The Farm Assessment Order
18. They sang the song “Empire State of Mind”
a. Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull c. Jay Z and Alicia Keys
b. Nicki Minaj and Eminem d. Arfhil and Ashley
19. As ____________ notes, “Ecologists have found that by concentrating their populations in
smaller areas, cities and metros decrease human encroachment on human habitat.
a. Richard Florida c. Betsy Hartmann
b. Thomas Malthus d. Ronald Reagan
20. In Southeast Asia, __________ is slowly becoming a cultural hub for the region. It houses MTV
Southeast Asia and Channel News Asia.
a. Thailand c. Malaysia
b. Philippines d. Singapore
21. Education is currently__________ third largest export, just behind coal and iron ore, and
significantly ahead of tourism.
a. Russia c. Australia
b. America d. Finland
22. In______________, reproductive health supporters regard their work as the task of transforming
their “poor country” into a “modern nation”.
a. Peru c. Ghana
b. Mexico d. Puerto Rico
23. What are the two kinds of migration?
a. Internal, external c. Unilateral, bilateral
b. Express, implied d. Inclusive, exclusive
24. According to the think-tank _____________ “first generation immigrants constitute 13 percent of
the population of the population in Western Europe, 15 percent in North America”.
 a. Mckinsey Global Institute b. NSO c. American Global Institute d. WHO
25. What does OECD stands for?
a. Organization to Ecology Co-operation and Development
b. Organization for Economical Cooperative Distribution
c. Organization for Economy Co-operation and Development
d. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Developments

26. This president attempted to ban travel into the United States of people from majority-Muslim
countries, even those with proper documentation.
a. President John F. Kennedy c. President Donald Trump
b. President Rodrigo Duterte d. President Dwight Eisenhower
27. What is the meaning of ADB?
a. The Asian Development Bank c. The Asian Development Bureau
b. The American Development Bank d. The Asian Distribution Bank
28. What does POEA stands for?
a. Philippine Oversees Employment Agency c. Philippine Overseas Employment Agency
b. Philippine Overview Employer’s Agency d. Philippine Overseas Employed Agency
29. Global migration is “siphoning qualified personnel, and removing dynamic workers”. This
process is called ____________.
a. Economic drain c. Brain drain
b. Migration drain d. Employment drain
30. In 2012, ________ identified 21 million men, women and children as victims of “forced labor”.
a. World Health Organization c. Department of Labor and Employment
b. International Labor Organization d. National Labor Relations Commission
31. ___________ has been very profitable, earning syndicates, smugglers, and corrupt state officials
profits of as high as $150 billion a year in 2014.
a. Forced labor c. Piracy
b. Illegal drugs d. Human Trafficking
32. The ____________ predicted that the flow of refugees fleeing the war in Syria and Iraq would
actually grow Europe’s GDP, albeit “modestly”.
a. International Labor Organization c. International Monetary Fund
b. UNICEF d. The Asian Distribution Bank
33. In___________, the inflow of refugees from the Middle East has not affected social welfare
programs, and had very little impact on wages and employment.
a. Russia c. Croatia
b. Germany d. Seychelles
34. What is the meaning of GDP?
a. Gross Domestic Product c. Grossed Domestic Product
b. Grossly Domestic Product d. Gross Domesticated Product
35. The ________________ provides initial support for new Chinese migrants, guiding them in
finding work or in settling up their small businesses in the state and elsewhere.
a. The Chinese Cooperative Beneficial Association of California
b. The Chinese Cooperation Beneficiary Association of California
c. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of California
d. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associative of California
36. What is the meaning of EDSA?
a. Epifanio de los Sevillas Avenue c. Epifanio de los Sentosa Avenue
 b. Epifanio de los Santos Avenue d. Epifanio de los Simeon Avenue
37. In ___________, sandstorms combined with combustion exhaust from traffic and industrial waste
has lead the WHO to declare its capital as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
a. Kuwait c. Dubai
b. Qatar d. Saudi Arabia
38. The 15 million tons of sulfur dioxide that were released when ____________ erupted on June 21,
2001 created “hazy layer of aerosol particles composed primarily of sulfuric acid droplets”.
a. Mount. Vesuvius c. Mount Kilauea
b. Mount Pinatubo d. Mount Taal
39. An archived article in the journal __________ blamed the pollution for “contributing to more than
half a million premature deaths each year at the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars”.
a. The Population Bomb c. Scientific American
b. An Essay on the Principle of Population d. Scientific Pollution
40. Where is Kilauea volcano located?
a. Greece c. Fiji
b. Cuba d. Hawaii
41. It is the result of billions of tons of carbon dioxide, various pollutants, and other gases
accumulating in the atmosphere.
a. Climate change c. SMOG
b. Greenhouse effect d. Global warming
42. It is responsible for recurring heat waves and long droughts in certain places as for heavier rainfall
and long droughts in certain places.
a. Global warming c. Greenhouse effect
b. Acid rain d. Climate change
43. In 1997, 192 countries signed the _________ to reduce greenhouse gases.
a. Hyogo Protocol c. Kyoto Project
b. Kyotako Protocol d. Kyoto Protocol
44. _____________ concludes that the unhealthy environment deepens poverty, increases the
vulnerability of both the poor and non-poor living in slums, and excludes the slum poor from growth.
a. Merlinda Ramos c. Marife Ballesteros
b. Alyssa Cayabyab d. Jennifer Lawrence
45. Glaciers are melting every year since 2002, with ______________ losing 134 billion metric of
ice.
a. Siberia c. South Pole
b. Antarctica d. North Pole
46. What is the meaning of CFCs?
a. chlorofluorocarbons c. chluroflorocarbons
b. chloroflurocarbon d. chloronfluroncarbons
47. ________________ reported that in 2015, air pollution the country was at its worst, aggravated by
the Indian’s government inadequate monitoring system.
a. Greenpeace Qatar c. Greenpeace India
b. Greenpeace Doha d. Greenpeace New Delhi
48. It is tagged as the culprit in changing rainfall patterns in Asia and the Atlantic Ocean.
a. Aerosol c. CFCs
b. Red tide d. Acid rain
49. Aedes aegypti is a kind of _____________.
a. Bird b. Cancer c. Mosquito d. Disease
50. The _____________ provides leeway for countries to decide on their national targets which seeks
to limit the increase in global average temperature.
a. American accord
b. Versailles accord
c. Russian accord
d. Paris accord