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The Contemporary World

The Contemporary World

This course introduces students to the contemporary world by examining the multifaceted
phenomenon of globalization. Using the various disciplines of the social sciences, it examines the
economic, social, political, technological, and other transformations that have created an increasing
awareness of the interconnectedness of peoples and places around the globe. To this end, the course
provides an overview of the various debates in global governance, development, and sustainability.
Beyond exposing the student to the world outside the Philippines, it seeks to inculcate a sense of
global citizenship and global ethical responsibility.
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When businesses want to manufacture their products at a cheaper rate, they

employ the services from developing countries which is possible in countries such
Outsourcing
as China and Cambodia, where manufacturing costs and wages are lower than
highly developed countries. This business practice is called ____________.
What attribute of a global city refers to having a storehouse of smart, educated,
Human capital
creative people?
McDonald's marketing has different strategy in different regions. Even in Asia, the
advertising content for each country is different. For example, in Japan, most
Japanese have high preferences on animations and the animation in Japan is the
fastest growing industry as well. So McDonald's tends to use more animation
elements for marketing and advertising. It aims to attract more target customers,
including kids, teenagers, and even young adults. Many well-known cartoons were
used in McDonald's advertisement marketing that enhances the attractiveness and
Understand different cultures
popularity of products. In Malaysia, the Halal logo are indicated in all kinds of Halal
food advertising. It also emphasizes on good values with draw attentions of local
customs. The customs in different areas presents diversity. McDonald's also
considered the local eating habits to practice the different marketing strategies. For
example, many Chinese people choose Chinese food for breakfast, McDonald's
launched a Chinese-style breakfast based on the eating habits (Li, 2016). What
attribute of global corporations does McDonald's practice?
The development of our world today by using the earth's resources and the
Sustainable Development
preservation of such sources for the future is called
The founding of the World Trade Which of the following examples refers to political factor influencing economic
Organization (WTO) globalization?
Neoliberals ________ see the effort of environmentalists as serious impediments to trade
This is one of the importance of demography that is concerned with the youth and
Educational Planning
providing them this basic right for schooling
What is a system of beliefs, rituals, and practices, usually institutionalized in one
manner or another, which connects this world with the beyond and provides the
Religion
bridge that allows humans to approach the divine, the universal life force that both
encompasses and transcends the world?
The term _______ comes from the word medium which is defined as channel,
Media
means, or method:
According to McLuhan, the world
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was entering a fourth ''age'' he
called the iron age, where people
everywhere would be able to find
and experience the same
information through technological
tools.
Gulf Cooperation Council
The correct answer is 'True'.
Capitalism
All of the choices.
Uniform regions
Nodal regions also called
perceptual regions, based around
some central point or node; typically
circular with fading boundaries.
Right
Elderly Dependency Rate
Transnational corporation
The South is comprised of
countries with developing
economies which were initially
referred to as Second World
countries during the Cold War.
Population ageing
The correct answer is 'False'.
Core
Fair Trade
Digital media
Research Design
Government
Population Projection
Japan
Which of the following statements is not true?
It is a political and economic alliance of six countries in the Arabian Peninsula:
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates:
One of the downsides of globalization is the inverted relationship of population
growth and the availability of resources.
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 ________________.
Which of the following statements is true about the effects of globalization?
These regions are also called formal regions some trait is shared with relative
uniformity across the space.
Which of the following statements is not true?
Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Having Education
This the ratio between the elderly population and the working age (15-64 years)
The rise of global cities has been linked with the expansion of the role of TNCs in
global production patterns. TNC stands for:
Which of the following statements is not true?
The phenomenon wherein fertility declines and life expectancy rises, the proportion
of the population above a certain age rises as well:
The solutions to the problems of globalization is dependent on its citizens
In his book, The Modern World System, American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein
described high-income nations as the ____ of the world economy.
This is aims at a more moral and equitable global economic system whereby price
is not set by the market rather it is transparently negotiated by both producers and
consumers
This form of media is also known as new media, consisting of contents that are
organized and distributed on digital platforms:
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Body of the research paper?
A group of people who has the ultimate authority to act on behalf of a state is
called:
This provide a basis for other statistical projections, helping governments in their
decision making and it is measured in terms of annual growth rate and in
thousands of people
Aside from South Korea, the only Asian country belonging to the First World
category is:
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Church wherein membership is by childbirth: new generations are born into the church and
are formally inducted through baptism:
The correct answer is 'False'. It is impossible to transfer the idea of global citizenship at a global level
It is a socio-economic and political divide of countries, comprising the three worlds
North-South Divide
known as First, Second, and Third Worlds.
Responsibility Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Paying Taxes
When did the UN Security Council decided on comprehensive and mandatory
August 1990
sanctions, for the first time in the past 22 years against Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?
What is the timeframe over which a product is created, passed on to exhibit, and
Item life cycle
over the long run removed from the world market?
Global Security should be a priority for all countries regardless if it is developed or
The correct answer is 'True'.
less developed
Long before Airbnb persuaded strangers to sleep in one another's homes and
became a $25 billion company, it was just an idea to make extra bucks and make
rent. It started with an email. Joe Gebbia sent his roommate, Brian Chesky, an idea:
What if they made a designer's bed and breakfast, complete with a sleeping mat
and breakfast? It was a way to "make a few bucks." Almost nine years later that idea
is worth $25 billion. They created a simple site, airbedandbreakfast.com, and
Turbo-charged by the internet bought three air mattresses. The duo had met at college at the Rhode Island School
of Design, so they thought acting as tour guides to designers would be a fun way to
make money. By 2011, four years after the first air mattress guests, Airbnb was
already in 89 countries and had hit 1 million nights booked on the platform. It also
finally won the break-out mobile app award at SXSW - despite having tried to launch
there three years earlier (Carson, 2016). What attribute of global corporations
contributed to the success of Airbnb?
It is the complex phenomenon of a total way of life for the Jewish people,
Judaism
comprising theology, law, and innumerable cultural traditions:
________ is associated with environmental damage but it also puts emphasis on the
Free Trade
expansion of manufacturing,
This includes private economy, educational institutions, churches, hospitals,
Civil society
fraternal organizations, and other non-profit organizations:
Third World The term ______ is often used as shorthand for poor or developing nations.
This is one of the importances of demography that is concerned with providing
Planning for Food Supply basic needs of people as more and more are experiencing inadequacies in this
basic need.
Innovations have been in phenomenal in the past centuries and all of these have
The correct answer is 'False'.
been advantageous to humans, society and the world
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is a comprehensive, internationally
binding agreement on the rights of children, a human rights treaty which sets out
UN General Assembly 1989
the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. When was
the treaty adopted by the United Nations?
The term international financial institution typically refers to the International
Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the Asian
Multilateral Development Banks Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development. The last five banks are considered MDBs.
What does MDBs stand for?
The decision, the conflict, and the resolution of that conflict are done through the
Institution ______ of the government established and codified in that particular state, whether
or not through elections:
Industrial Revolution Economic Development was hastened by
Prophet In the Islam religion, Jesus is considered a ______.
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What was coined to refer to ethnically or religiously defined populations living
within or across national boundaries, nations without a sovereign state, and
Fourth World
indigenous groups that are nomadic, uncontacted or living outside of global
society?
Europe What area has the greatest percentage of population aged 60 or over
It is an urban center that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves
Global city
as a hub within a globalized economic system:
These organizations were established to link together geographically and
Regional organizations
ideologically related states:
It is a regional organization comprising seven member states lying in the littoral and
BIMSTEC
adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity:
What is the term coined by Marshall McLuhan which describes the phenomenon of
Global village the world's culture shrinking and expanding at the same time due to pervasive
technological advances that allow for instantaneous sharing of culture?
Many American companies are now transferring technology development,
customer service, financial and administrative jobs to international markets. India is
the leading recipient of the outsourcing of information technology functions like
Outsourcing software development and maintenance, and also BPOs. The latter includes back-
office functions like accounting, human resources, call centers and data analysis
(DiCarlo, 2003). The practice of farming out jobs from a home base to other
countries, largely in an effort to cut costs is called:
The level of riches, comfort, material merchandise, cash and necessities accessible
Way of life
to a specific financial class in a specific region is called:
This is one of the progressive values/forces that are considered as products of
Democracy
globalization that is about the freedom and rights of a nation's citizens
This is an approach to global economic resistance which is defined as a deliberate
Trade Protectionism
attempt to intervene in foreign trade by putting up barriers to trade
This type of financing is provided by the Multilateral Development Banks to member
Grant financing
countries, mostly for technical assistance, advisory services, or project preparation:
It is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing
interdependence of the Asia-Pacific and its 21 members aim to create greater
APEC prosperity for the people of the region by promoting balanced, inclusive,
sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by accelerating regional economic
integration:
This is one of the importance of social demography that is concerned with the
Health Planning welfare specifically of the mother and child, specially the problem faced of mothers
during pregnancy which is malnutrition
In the distinct socio-economic and political categorization of countries, which
New Zealand and Australia
countries in the southern hemisphere are labeled part of the North?
This is one of the importance of demography that is concerned with providing the
Housing Planning growing number of population which has a direct impact on the increase for the
need for shelter
These are factors in the destination country that attract the individual or group to
Pull factor leave their home because of the opportunities presented in the new location were
not available to them previously:
It is currently the world's largest religious group stemming from the life, teachings,
Christianity
and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century AD:
People who enter a country, usually in search of employment, without the necessary
Irregular migrants
documents and permits:
Media are a vehicle for cultural
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expression and cultural incoherence Which of the following statements is not true?
within and between nations.
Media culture
Awakened One
Statement of the Problem
Cultural imperialism
Child labor deprives children of their
childhood.
International migration
Improved Survival Rate and High
Fertility Rate
Watchdog
Second World
Sociological
The correct answer is 'False'.
Recreational
Total Fertility Rate
The correct answer is 'True'.
The "three worlds" model of
geopolitics first arose in the mid-
18th century as a way of mapping
the various players in the Cold War.
Japan
Eradicate extreme hunger and
poverty
Geography
This refers to industrial culture, organized on the model of mass production and is
produced for a mass audience according to types (genres), following conventional
formulas, codes, and rules.
The term Buddha is a Sanskrit word which means:
Which of the following is NOT a part of the methods of the research paper?
What takes place when a country dominates others through its media exports,
including advertising messages, films, and television and radio programming?
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:
A type of migration which refers to territorial relocation of people between nation-
states:
What are the two factors identified to be contributors to the increase in population?
The term used to describe the role of media in promoting transparency in public life
and public scrutiny of those with power through exposing corruption,
maladministration and corporate wrong-doing:
What was the term used to describe several industrial countries and majority of
these countries either practiced a socialistic system of government or a communist
system of government?
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?
One of the benefits of globalization is the eradication of global inequality
Which of the following does not belong to the four pillars of urban life?
This is the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were
to live to the end of her child-bearing year
Humans treatment of resources as exhaustible will cause long term problems for
the future generation
Which of the following statements is not true?
Since joining the world body in 1956, this country has all along positioned
cooperation with the United Nations as a major pillar of its diplomacy. It has
cooperated in UN activities in a wide range of areas, making the second largest
financial contributions among the member States next only to the United States:
The Millennium Development Goals were the eight international development goals
created by the United Nations for the year 2015 to address the different problems in
the world. Which of the following ranked first in the eight development goals?
It is the statistical study of human populations:
The correct answer is 'True'.
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Security Council
The correct answer is 'False'.
Uniform regions
Poverty line
Committee on International
Assistance and Verification
Political
Economic regionalism
Homogenous regionalism is
institutional arrangements designed
to facilitate the free flow of goods
and services and to coordinate
foreign economic policies between
countries in the same geographic
region.
Europeans traveled around the
globe to barter crafts and furs in
exchange for silks and perfumes in
the Middle Ages
Allah
Global inequality is one of the downside of innovations
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 United Nations is responsible for maintaining ceasefires
and stabilizing situations on the ground, providing crucial support for political
efforts to resolve conflict by peaceful means. Those missions consisted of
unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops with primarily monitoring,
reporting and confidence-building roles. Which unit of the United Nations is
responsible for these efforts?
Trade protectionism is in line with the principles of free trade by the neoliberalists
These regions are also called formal regions wherein some trait is shared with
relative uniformity across the space.
The level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor
according to governmental standards:
Conflicts in Central America made major progress toward a peaceful settlement,
thanks to an active role played by the United Nations. A general election was held
on February 25, 1990. What was the name of the committee established by UN in
response to a request by Central American countries, which started its activity to
ensure the dissolution and repatriation of the anti-government guerrillas?
The European Union grew out of a desire for peace in a war-torn and divided
continent. Five years after World War II ended, France and Germany came up with a
plan to ensure their two countries would never go to war against each other again.
The result was a deal signed by six nations to pool their coal and steel resources in
1950. Seven years later a treaty signed in Rome created the European Economic
Community (EEC) - the foundations of today's European Union. The UK was one of
three new members to join in the first wave of expansion in 1973. Today the EU has
28 member states with a total population of more than 500 million (bbc.com). The
founding of the European Union is influenced by what aspect of globalization?
What is the institutional arrangements designed to facilitate the free flow of goods
and services and to coordinate foreign economic policies between countries in the
same geographic region?
Which of the following statements is not true?
Which of the following examples refers to historical factor influencing economic
globalization?
He is viewed as the sole God-creator, sustainer, and restorer of the world in the
Islam religion:
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phenomenon because of its distinctive blend of addictive melodies, slick
choreography and production values, and an endless parade of attractive South
Korean performers who spend years in grueling studio systems learning to sing and
dance in synchronized perfection. Aside from the music, K-pop has also influenced
the global audience in terms of fashion, movies, dramas, and cuisine. K-pop has
Cultural
been building for two decades, but K-pop in particular has become increasingly
visible to global audiences in the past five to 10 years. South Korean artists have hit
the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least eight times since the Wonder Girls first cracked
it in 2009 with their crossover hit "Nobody" - released in four different languages,
including English - and the export of K-pop has ballooned South Korea's music
industry to an impressive $5 billion industry. K-pop is what aspect of globalization?
This is one of the importance of demography that is concerned with creating a plan
Employment Planning
of action in providing job security for people.
This is one of the identified way to reduce economic marginalization of people and
Reducing Trade Barrier
nations
This type of financing is provided by Multilateral Development Banks to member
countries, with maturities of up to 20 years, based on market interest rates. The
Long-term loans
financial resources for these loans are obtained by borrowing on the international
capital markets and re-lend to borrowing governments in developing countries:
The annual changes in population resulting from births, deaths and net migration
Growth rate
during the year:
The religion which was promulgated by the Prophet Muhammed in Arabia in the 7th
Islam
century CE.
A pull factor refers to conditions
which force people to leave their Which of the following statements is not true?
homes.
Cold War Dividing the countries in two hemispheres originated in which period?
These institutions provide financial support and professional advice for economic
International Financial Institutions and social development activities in developing countries and promote international
economic cooperation and stability:
The five largest religions in the world are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism,
Buddhism
and:
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
Political
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?
United States of America, Germany,
Canada, the United Kingdom, According to UN, the following countries are projected to be the top net receivers of
Australia and the Russian international migrants (more than 100,000 annually) between 2015 and 2050:
Federation
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and the United States
colonized countries and spread their empires. These nations have created global
Imperialism
economic, political, cultural, and social connections around the world. The
extending of a country's power and influence is called:
The correct answer is 'True'. Environmental degradation comes with globalization
Citizenship This is one of the identified reasons why

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Measure success
Responsibility
Print media
Globalization is a recent
phenomenon which traces its origin
in the Information Age and thrived The following statements are correct about globalization except for the following:
because of the presence of social
media and new technologies.
Population
Peace
North-South Divide
Summary of Results
The Arab League is a regional
intergovernmental organization,
which main goal is maintaining
cooperation on political, economic, Which of the following statements is not true?
environmental, humanitarian,
cultural and other issues between a
number of former Soviet Republics.
Environmentalist
Data Presentation
Child labor
China
Alfred Sauvy
Growth Rate
External intervention
Regionalism
Philip Morris International is an American cigarette and tobacco company which
sells its products in 180 countries outside the United States. In the Forbes Global
2000 List, it grabbed the top spot with foreign revenue unsurprisingly accounting for
100 percent of total revenue, considering that it sells its products exclusively
overseas. What attribute of global corporations does Philip Morris International
employ?
Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Allegiance to the nation
A form of media consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a printing process that
is traditionally mechanical:
This refers to all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and
aliens permanently settled in a country. This indicator shows the number of people
that usually live in an area:
This is one of the progressive values/forces that are considered as products of
globalization that is about creating an environment of harmonious relationship of
the citizens and the government of a nation
What is the distinct socio-economic and political categorization of countries
comprising the three worlds known as First, Second, and Third Worlds?
Which of the following is a part of the discussions?
_____________argue that environmental issues should be given priority over
economic issues
Which of the following is a part of the results?
The work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity,
and that is harmful to physical and mental development is called:
The most populous country in the world today is:
Who introduced the "three worlds" model wherein the First World included the
United States and its capitalist allies in places such as Western Europe, Japan and
Australia; the Second World consisted of the communist Soviet Union and its
Eastern European satellites; and the Third World encompassed all the other
countries that were not actively aligned with either side in the Cold War?
This refers to the annual changes in population resulting from births, deaths and
net migration during the year
One of the traditional challenges of a country is an invasion of other countries,
which is also called:
It is the proneness of the governments and peoples of two or more states to
establish voluntary associations and to pool together resources in order to create
common functional and institutional arrangements and a process occurring in a
given geographical region by which different types of actors come to share certain
fundamental values and norms:

Church
Cultural
Elderly population
Autonomy
Mao Zedong
The correct answer is 'False'.
The high costs of and the risks
associated with long voyages did
not limit trade to a relatively small
set of commodities of high value
relative to their weight and bulk.
Regionalization
The correct answer is 'False'.
Population
Membership in the regional
development banks is limited to
countries from the region.
Global Security
Carefully chosen international
partners
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Developing country
Right
The correct answer is 'False'.
Review of Related Literature
The correct answer is 'False'.
Membership in this religious organization is by childbirth wherein new generations
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are born into it and are formally inducted through baptism:
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?
This refers to the group of population who are aged 65 years old and above
This is one of the progressive values/forces that are considered as products of
globalization that is about the independence of nations
Who theorized that the 1st World was composed of the "superpowers" - US, Soviet
Union, etc; the 2nd World was composed of lesser powers; and the 3rd World was
composed of post-colonial emerging markets?
Due to technological innovations, particularly in science and technology, we will not
have problems in catching up with much needed resources to survive
Which of the following is not true about the history of global market integration?
It is a continuing process of forming regions as geopolitical units, as organized
political cooperation within a particular group of states, and/or as regional
communities such as pluralistic security communities:
Globalization takes a linear approach to thinking and has been a contributor in
bringing peace to various nations.
This refers to all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and
aliens permanently settled in a country
Which of the following statements is not true?
This means delivering sufficient food to the entire world population
Nike and Apple's "Nike+" is a co-branding collaboration which started as as a way to
bring music from Apple to Nike customers' workouts using the power of
technology: Nike+iPod created fitness trackers and sneakers and clothing that
tracked activity while connecting people to their tunes. It's a genius co-branding
move that helps both parties provide a better experience to customers - and with
the popularity of fitness tracking technology, Nike+ is ahead of the curve by making
it easy for athletes to track while they play. What attribute of global corporations do
Nike and Apple employ?
It is estimated that around 2050, the world requires to feed around __________people
What term is alternatively used to refer to Third World countries?
Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Freedom of Speech
The relationship between globalization and sustainability is multi-dimensional ---it
involves economic, political and socials aspects
Which of the following is NOT part of the Preliminary Pages?
Efforts to counter the effect of climate change have the full support of
governments and corporations

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Namibia
The correct answer is 'True'.
With regard the skepticism
surrounding global media,
international communication argues
Which of the following statements is not true?
that global media are in fact best
described as Eastern media, at
most of global scope.
The correct answer is 'True'.
Marshall McLuhan
The founding of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation
Helping the bottom billion
Right and Responsibility
Third World
China
Gulf Cooperation Council
Right
Item life cycle
China, Korea, Japan
Value opportunity to expand
Mao Zedong
Imperialism
In January 1989, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to implement in April
the resolution to establish the UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) and called
for material and personnel support from member countries. In November, a
constitutional assembly election was held under observation of the UNTAG. As a
result, this country became independent in March 1990 and joined the United
Nations in April:
Experts believe that technological innovations can sustain a growing economy
Global Citizens may be considered as a new breed of people who can travel across
and within various boundaries
Who coined the term "global village" which describes the phenomenon of the
world's culture shrinking and expanding at the same time due to pervasive
technological advances that allow for instantaneous sharing of culture?
Which of the following examples does not refer to resources and markets as
factors affecting economic globalization
The SAARC comprises of eight Member States: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC stands for:
This sees that increasing aid is one of the many measures that are needed and that
needs should be adapted in the international norms and standards.
Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Voting
What is the shorthand term used to describe for poor or developing nations?
What is the top most populous country in the world according to Time
Which of the following does not belong among the regional organizations in the
Western Hemisphere?
Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Having privacy and security
_____ is the timeframe over which a thing is created, passed on to exhibit, and over
the long run removed from the world market.
ASEAN +3 is a forum that functions as a coordinator of co-operation between the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations and three other nations namely:
KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling
fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great
Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept,
and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Utah in 1952. By 1963,
Sanders was fielding franchise requests without having to put in the legwork, and
had more than 600 restaurants across the US and Canada selling Kentucky Fried
Chicken. Years later, Kentucky Fried Chicken would establish its own restaurants
around the world, and the rest is history. The success of KFC as a business is what
attribute of global corporations?
Who theorized that the 1st World was composed of the "superpowers" - US, Soviet
Union, etc; the 2nd World was composed of lesser powers; and the 3rd World was
composed of post-colonial emerging markets.
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:
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Internationalism with the aim of the economic betterment of the planet in mind, not the perpetuation
of power and privilege in the hands of the western dominated economies:
This can be defined "as a moral and ethical disposition that can guide the
Global Citizenship understanding of individuals or groups of local and global contexts, and remind
them of their relative responsibilities within various communities."
The United Nations defines _____ as a condition characterized by severe deprivation
Extreme poverty of basic human needs including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities,
health, shelter, education and information.
Rapid expansion of global communications can be traced back to the mechanical
Telegraph advancements of technologies during the 18th/19th centuries, which began with
the invention of the _______ in 1837:
Abstract Which of the following is a part of the Preliminary Pages?
A non-traditional form of religion, the doctrine of which is taken from diverse
sources, either from non-traditional sources or local narratives or an amalgamation
of both, whose members constitute either a loosely knit group or an exclusive
Cult group, which emphasizes the belief in the divine element within the individual, and
whose teachings are derived from either a real or legendary figure, the purpose of
which is to aid the individual in the full realization of his or her spiritual powers
and/or union with the Divine:
The correct answer is 'True'. Resistance to globalization is multiple, complex, contradictory and ambiguous
Which of the following is NOT a multi dimensional factor of globalization and
Social
sustainability
The semi-periphery of the world
Based on the Modern World System of Immanuel Wallerstein, which of the
economy is the manufacturing base
following statements is incorrect?
of the planet.
This refers to finding the fastest possible way of producing large amounts of a
Efficiency
certain product or achieving more in less possible time
Globalization is a recent
phenomenon which traces its origin
in the Information Age and thrived Which of the following statements is not true about globalization?
because of the presence of social
media and new technologies.
These regions are also called perceptual regions which are often based around a
Vernacular regions
common cultural characteristic:
Eradicate extreme poverty and Among the eight Millennium Development Goals created by the United Nations in
hunger the 1990's, which ranked first?
Which of the following is not considered a reason why people move across
Religion
international borders:
The correct answer is 'False'. Citizens of a country entails him/her rights and privileges but no responsibility
Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Having Protection from the
Right
government
Globalization brings a culture of
monism, meaning religions "with
overlapping but distinctive ethics Which of the following statements is not true?
and interests" interact with one
another.
This involves systematic government intervention in foreign trade through tariffs
Trade Protectionism and non- tariffs barriers in order to encourage domestic producers and deter their
foreign competitors.
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coffee house has made its mark from Brazil to China, where many thought it would
fail to take off due to the cultural importance of tea drinking. The company has
gone to great lengths to make sure that every Starbucks feels like a local coffee
Understand different cultures
house, without losing brand consistency. For example, in China, a regional dislike
for coffee was combatted with coffee-free drinks, whilst stores in Asia feature more
adaptable seating arrangements to cater for larger groups. This effort is what
attribute of a global corporation?
A type of migration which refers to a move from one area (a province, district or
Internal migration
municipality) to another within one country:
According to Albert Subbloie, CEO and Founder of Tangoe, a good benchmark of
20-50% whether your company should continue efforts in a country is when _______ percent
of your business is coming from outside the United States.
Formed as a "club" of nation states,
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization took some time to find
out that cooperation with regional
organizations might be of some use
Which of the following statements is not true?
in improving social and economic
living conditions as well as
maintaining international peace and
security and safeguarding the
enjoyment of human rights.
A religious organization requiring a high level of commitment and activity wherein
Sect members are expected to support its teachings and to comply with its lifestyle,
which may be strict and ascetic:
People with qualifications as managers, executives, professionals, technicians or
Highly skilled and business similar, who move within the internal labor markets of trans-national corporations
migrants and international organizations, or who seek employment through international
labor markets for scarce skills:
Citizenship This pertains to legal relationship between a state and a person.
Companies that invest in the
internet and produce web-based
products are more unlikely to grow
Which of the following is not true about the attributes of global corporations?
globally because there is more
money involved in their international
expansion.
A movement from individuals, groups and organizations who are oppressed by
The correct answer is 'True'.
globalization will rise as they seek a more democratic process of globalization
It is the proneness of the governments and peoples of two or more states to
establish voluntary associations and to pool together resources in order to create
Regionalism common functional and institutional arrangements and a process occurring in a
given geographical region by which different types of actors come to share certain
fundamental values and norms.
A form of media, such as radio and television, that reach target audiences using
Broadcast media
airwaves as the transmission medium:
Toyota factories and assembling Which of the following examples refers to generation issues as factors influencing
plants in different parts of the globe economic globalization?
Judaism It is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews:
Responsibility Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Following the Law
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Magnetism across the globe, and to "mobilize their assets" to boost economic, social and
environmental development:
This type of financing is provided by the Multilateral Development Banks to member
countries, with maturities of 30 to 40 years, at interest rates well below market
Very-long-term loans
rates. These are funded through direct contributions by governments in the donor
countries:
Right Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Choosing own religion
These are migrants who migrate for a limited period of time in order to take up
Temporary labor migrants
employment and send money home:
Hinduism According to some scholars, the oldest living religion on Earth is ______:
Global citizens act as glue which binds individuals together in an increasingly
The correct answer is 'True'.
globalized world.
It is a continuing process of forming regions as geopolitical units, as organized
Regionalization political cooperation within a particular group of states, and/or as regional
communities such as pluralistic security communities.
Economic globalization is the
independence of world economies
as a result of the growing scale of Which of the following statements is not true?
cross-border trade of commodities
and services.
What term refers to the permanent change of residence by an individual or group
Migration excluding such movements as nomadism, migrant labor, commuting, and tourism,
all of which are transitory in nature?
Culture can be explained as a set of
beliefs concerning the cause,
nature, and purpose of the universe,
especially when considered as the
creation of a superhuman agency or
Which of the following statements is not true?
agencies, usually involving
devotional and ritual observances,
and often containing a moral code
governing the conduct of human
affairs.
This is one of the importance of demography that is studying the mobilization
Migration Planning
trends of people .
Right Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Running for a public office
Green Climate Fund The five Multilateral Development Banks are composed of the following, except:
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