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Chapter 5
Globalization

1) Until recently, Canada would have been termed a First World country. A more
contemporary model would term Canada as:
a. undeveloped.
b. Second World.
c. developing.
d. Semiperiphery.
e. industrializing.

Answer: d
Diff: 2
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Type: MC
Page Reference: 102
Skill: Applied

2) Just as people within a nation are stratified by power, prestige, and property, so are the
world's nations. According to the text, we can illustrate global stratification by
categorizing nations based on the:
a. average level of education of the society's members.
b. size of their national debt.
c. degree of industrialization in the nation.
d. form of government in the society.
e. national literacy rates.

Answer: c
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102
Skill: Factual

3) One of the problems with classifying nations according to their level of

industrialization is that this classification system:
a. disguises the level of poverty in the Least Industrialized nations.
b. does not take national average educational levels into consideration.

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c. does not take into consideration the level of urbanization of the countries.
d. has a built-in bias favouring the Most Industrialized Nations.
e. glosses over significant differences between oil-rich nations and other countries with
little industrialization.

Answer: e
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102
Skill: Factual

4) refers to the decision by governments to forcibly create an empire so they

can expand their markets and gain access to cheap raw materials.
a. Annexation
b. Colonialism
c. Enslavement
d. Imperialism
e. Territorial aggression

Answer: d
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102
Skill: Factual

5) When a more powerful country takes over another country and leaves a controlling
force to exploit the country's labour and natural resources, this process is referred to as:
a. planned dependency.
b. annexation.
c. imperialism.
d. colonization.
e. enslavement.

Answer: d
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102

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Skill: Factual

6) Immanuel Wallerstein proposed a[n] theory based on the economic and

political connections that tie most of world's countries together.
a. world system
b. dependency
c. modernization
d. industrialization
e. colonization

Answer: a
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102–103
Skill: Factual

7) Stanislaus lives in an eastern European country. According to world system theory,

Stanislaus lives in a[n] nation.
a. external area
b. internal area
c. core
d. periphery
e. semiperiphery

Answer: d
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Reference: 103
Skill: Applied

8) Shirley lives in France, one of the nations in which capitalism first developed.
According to world system theory, Shirley lives in a[n] nation.
a. core
b. semi-industrializing
c. external
d. periphery

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e. semiperiphery

Answer: a
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102–103
Skill: Applied

9) Nations such as those in Africa and Asia are termed the nations in world
systems theory because these nations were left out of the development of capitalism.
a. core
b. semi-periphery
c. internal area
d. external area
e. periphery

Answer: d
Diff: 3
Type: MC
Page Reference: 102–103
Skill: Applied

10) The position of Japan in today's global stratification system would not have been
expected based on the theories of imperialism and colonization, or world system theory.
This illustrates that:
a. Japan was not included in the theorists' studies.
b. theories are exercises in futility.
c. these theories are proved false.
d. each theory yields only a partial explanation.
e. theories are useless in explaining human events.

Answer: d
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 105
Skill: Applied

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11) Dependency theory stresses how the _ nations grew dependent on the
nations.
a. most industrialized; Third World
b. Second World; Third World
c. least industrialized; most industrialized
d. developed; undeveloped
e. most industrialized; least industrialized

Answer: c
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 104
Skill: Factual

12) A major means of control used by the neocolonialists is:

a. increasing border security.
b. bribing the country's government officials.
c. debt, with ever mounting interest.
d. controlling the country's mass media.
e. coercion by using military occupation.

Answer: c
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 105
Skill: Factual

13) Because multinational corporations operate across national boundaries and may
manufacture their product in some countries, obtain raw materials in others, and run
transportation and advertising networks around the globe, these corporations have helped:
a. in redistribution of profits in the global economy.
b. to maintain the international stratification system.
c. to promote multiculturalism.
d. all poor nations to get out of debt.
e. increase cooperation in the global economy.

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Answer: b
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Reference: 105
Skill: Factual

14) The elite in the least industrialized nations and the multinational corporations work
closely together in an informal partnership. The end result of this partnership is the:
a. increase in the standard of living of people in poor nations.
b. increased conflict in least industrialized nations.
c. necessary political stability to maintain the partnership.
d. elite of the poor nations gaining the ability to help their countries.
e. decreased conflict in industrialized nations.

Answer: c
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 105
Skill: Factual

15) is a process that involves the interaction and integration of

increasing numbers of people through international trade and investment, travel, tourism,
information technology, and mass media.
a. Industrialization
b. Post-industrialization
c. International migration
d. Globalization
e. Social stratification

Answer: d
Diff: 1
Type: MC
Page Reference: 95, 109
Skill: Factual

16) In many Asian countries, young girls are lured to tax-free “factory cities,” called
by the promise of good jobs manufacturing products for export.

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a. Garment industries
b. Export processing zones
c. Soft sectors
d. Semi-peripheries
e. Non-profit sectors

Answer: b
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 97
Skill: Factual

17) Economist John Kenneth Galbraith contends that some nations are held back by their
own cultures. This explanation of global inequality is referred to as:
a. globalization.
b. neocolonialism.
c. world systems theory.
d. dependency theory.
e. the culture of poverty.

Answer: e
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 104
Skill: Applied

18) Proponents of globalization argue that poor people and countries benefit from
increased employment opportunities and rising standards of living. In order to achieve
these benefits, they argue that countries should accept which of the following?
a. Nations must accept that the world is not a level playing field and never will be.
b. Nations must be willing to allow business monopolies.
c. Nations must open their borders to international trade.
d. Nations must recognize that certain human and labour rights will inevitably be
undermined by the IMF and World Bank.
e. Nations must opt out of the world capitalist economy.

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Answer: c
Diff: 2
Type: MC
Page Reference: 97
Skill: Factual

19) Kuwait would be excellent example of a country that does not fit into the "Three
Worlds of Development" model of global stratification.
a. True
Correct: Correct
b. False
Incorrect: Incorrect

Answer: a
Diff: 2
Type: TF
Page Reference: 102
Skill: Applied

20) Neocolonialism is allowed to flourish because poorer countries owe wealthier

countries massive debts.
a. True
Correct: Correct
b. False
Incorrect: Incorrect

Answer: a
Diff: 2
Type: TF
Page Reference: 105
Skill: Factual

21) The mushrooming of international migration to countries such as Canada and the
United States can, in part, be attributed to the globalization of communication
technologies and the pervasiveness of mass communication, which reinforces dreams of
“an easy life” abroad.
a. True
Correct: Correct
b. False

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Incorrect: Incorrect

Answer: a
Diff: 2
Type: TF
Page Reference: 96
Skill: Factual

22) Global tourism, arguably the world’s largest industry, is becoming a privilege that is
open to much of the world’s population.
a. True
Incorrect: Incorrect
b. False
Correct: Correct

Answer: b
Diff: 2
Type: TF
Page Reference: 96
Skill: Factual

23) Name the four major international institutions and/or treaties that have had a
significant influence on the current pattern of globalization.

Answer:

Diff: 1
Type: ES
Page Reference: 97
Skill: Factual

24) Briefly discuss how the World Bank and the IMF affect the lives of the world’s
population in both negative and positive ways.

Answer:

Diff: 3

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Type: ES
Page Reference: 97–98
Skill: Factual

25) Discuss some of the arguments for and against globalization.

Answer:

Diff: 3
Type: ES
Page Reference: 97
Skill: Factual

26) Outline the six issues that members of the anti-globalization movement target and
explain the role of the World Social Forum in the fight against globalization.

Answer:

Diff: 3
Type: ES
Page Reference: 106
Skill: Factual

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