CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Midterm Coverage Reviewer

1ST QUIZ
FALSE 1. Terms the North and South emerged during the 1980s in their global context.
FALSE 2. Australia and New Zealand belong to the Northern hemisphere.
FALSE 3. North which also can be called the First World means “developed” and developing countries.

TRUE 4. There are some East Asian countries which are included in Global North.
FALSE 5. A coalition of developing nations called the Group of 77 was formed in 1954.
FALSE 6. The term First world was avoided to get rid of stigma associated with it.
7. Many people in the Third World were subjected in European colonies, living far from the
TRUE
global sources of economic, political, and military power.
8. (India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka) were the Indian subcontinent involved in the Asian-Africa
FALSE
Conference organized in 1995.
9. Awareness and exposure to western culture raised expectations and hopes, and inspired
TRUE
many Third world leaders to try and improve colonial living conditions.
10. The North encompasses the majority of the global population that continues to increase, is
FALSE
something called the majority world.

LESSON 7 QUIZ CONTEMPORARY WORLD

1. The proliferation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) counter-balances and
FALSE
increases governmental power.
2. Multinational enterprises weaken their power and cannot be regulate business
FALSE
because it is at the expense of the government and under its sovereignty and ability.
3. Multinational corporations pay fewer taxes to the government thus, depriving their
TRUE
own country of revenue.
FALSE 4. Multinational corporation increase tax rate and increase social living benefit.
5. Globalization brings dilemma to a country whether to conform with the neo-liberal
TRUE
ideas and free-market principles of deregulation.
6. Multinational companies can affect local government policy like threatening to leave
TRUE
if demands are not meet.
FALSE 7. Multinational corporation can decrease social benefits that may affect stability.
8. State sovereignty was reduced through agreements demanding respect of human
TRUE
rights law.
9. Globalization has allowed activism that challenges right abuses, usually committed
TRUE
in state.
10. Activists seek to further ensure that governments held accountable for their
TRUE
domestic and international actions.
 True 1. Religion allowed the proliferation of international terrorism.
2. Religious extremism is based on the belief that a supreme being grants violence
True
glorifying one’s faith
True 3. Religion has caused global conflicts and political clashes.
False 4. Greek and Latin are Islam’s sacred language even outside the Arab world
True 5. Globalization has given way to religious tradition to prosper in places where they had
been largely unknown.

vernacularization 1. A cultural feature that refers to the blending of universal religions and local language
oral 2. It is the oldest form of social media
electronic 3. This form of media includes television, film, radio and telegraph
extremism 4. The practice of some Muslim groups that refers to the holy war is known as
ISIS 5. The terror group with the base of operation in Syria and Iraq
Cultural 6. This is a result of a strong tendency that globalization engenders a growing
convergence sameness of culture
Cultural 7. It is the clash between two different cultures like that of the Islam and the west that
differentialism are required to merge as a response to the need of globalization.
Media 8. A tool for interaction of people with different cultures
easternization 9. The spread of system of beliefs or religion from the east to western countries
10. It is the method of transforming a universal religion to suit the specifics of a
Indigenization
particular ethnic group.

1. Regionalism implies cooperation of groups of countries aimed at facilitating regional

TRUE
integration
2. The momentum for regionalism in Asia that led to institutionalized progress started in
TRUE
the year 1980.
3. Asian regionalism is established primarily to promote trade and economic
cooperation within the different aspects of international relations. (T or F)
4. Unification of world religion can pave to achieve global pace. (T or F)
5. This group of people believe that men ought to legitimize their actions based on the
Fundamentalists
sacred scriptures. (identification)
6. It refers to introduction of religious traditions to places where theses practices had
Deterritorialization
been unknown before due migration
7. The group of people believe that radical measures are necessary to achieve the will
Extremist
of God
Easternization of 8. This concept implies that western countries have become the recipient of a new
the West system of beliefs from the East
Monotheism 9. It is religious system advocating belief in one God.
10.