Contemporary World Quiz 1

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1. Which of the following statements is true about the effects of globalization?. All of the
choices.

2. is the timeframe over which a thing is created, passed on to exhibit, and over the long run
removed from the world market. Item life cycle

3. Social media has become a ubiquitous part of daily life, but this growth and evolution has
been in the works since the late 70s. From primitive days of newsgroups, listservs and the
introduction of early chat rooms, social media has changed the way we communicate,
gather and share information, and given rise to a connected global society (Morrison, 2015).
This evolution of social media is what aspect of globalization? Sociological

4. The 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour indicate that one-fifth of all African children
are involved in child labour, a proportion more than twice as high as in any other region.
Nine per cent of African children are in hazardous work, again highest of all the world's
regions. Africa has the largest number of child labourers; 72.1 million African children are
estimated to be in child labour and 31.5 million in hazardous work (International Labour
Organization, 2017). The statement means that: Child labor deprives children of their
childhood.

5. Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and the United States colonized
countries spread their empires. These nations have created global economic, political,
cultural, and social connections around the world. The extending of a country's power and
influence is called: Imperialism

6. The United Nations came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second
World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security.
The UN does this by working to prevent conflict; helping parties in conflict make peace;
peacekeeping; and creating the conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish. What aspect
of globalization deals with the establishment of UN in order to maintain international peace
and security? Political

7. Dabbing, or the dab, is a simple dance move in which a person drops the head into the
bent crook of a slanted arm, typically while raising the opposite arm in a parallel direction
but out straight; both arms are pointed to the side and at an upward angle. Since 2015, it
has also been used as a gesture of triumph or playfulness, becoming a youthful American
dance fad and Internet meme (Ducey, 2015). Since the trend has gone viral, young Filipinos
also picked it up as a playful pose. The dab fad in the Philippines is what aspect of
globalization? Cultural

8. Which of the following statements is not true about globalization? Globalization is a

recent phenomenon which traces its origin in the Information Age and thrived because of
the presence of social media and new technologies.

9. Economic globalization is the increasing economic interdependence of national

economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of goods,
service, technology, and capital. Some sociologists, like William I. Robinson has argued that
because a capitalist economy is premised on growth and expansion, a globalized economy
is the inevitable result of ________________. Capitalism

10. When businesses want to manufacture their products at a cheaper rate, they employ the
services from developing countries which is possible in countries such as China and
Cambodia, where manufacturing costs and wages are lower than highly developed
countries. This business practice is called ____________.
Outsourcing