COLLEGE DEPARTMENT

2nd Semester, AY. 2022-2023

Midterm Exam
Year & Section : BSCRIM1, BTVTED1, BTLED1
Course Code & Title : GE3/GEEd3 – The Contemporary World

Learning Outcomes:
 Define the term “global south” from the Third World
 Analyze how a new conception of global relations emerged from the experience of Latin America
 Analyze how different Asian states confront the challenges of globalization and regionalization.
 Analyze how various media drive forms of global integration
 Explain the dynamics between local and global cultural production
 Explain how globalization affects religious practices and beliefs

Direction. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

8. It refers to the culture created under the influence of
1. It refers to the developing countries which represents mass media.
mainly agrarian economies in Africa, India, Latin America a. Media Culture
and others that are not as economically sound and b. Culture Media
politically stable. c. Media
a. Periphery d. Culture
b. Third World 9. Who says that different media simultaneously extend and
c. Global South amputate human senses?
d. Global North a. Lule
2. Which of the following is characteristic of Global North? b. Mcluhan
a. Low Gender Related Illiteracy c. Besserat
b. Unstable Governments d. Pigaffeta
c. High Child Mortality 10. Who describes the media as a means of conveying
d. High Fertility Rates something, such as a channel of communications?
3. It refers to countries that were colonized by the a. Lule
Spaniards in the American continent. b. Mcluhan
a. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics c. Besserat
b. United States of America d. Pigaffeta
c. Latin America 11. What does Magen David signifies in Jewish liturgy?
d. Asia a. God as the savior of David
4. Which of the following country belongs to the global b. God as the supporter of David
south? c. God as the protector of David
d. God as the companion of David
a. Belgium
12. Which of the following is NOT a type of religion?
b. Canada
a. Animistic
c. Mexico b. Monotheistic
d. England c. Polytheistic
5. It is a strengthened collective identity in a conglomerate d. Tetratheistic
of nations occupying a particular geographic area or 13. In the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, the newly discovered
aiming at shared goals; increase in economic exchanges lands outside Europe were divided into two, if the West is
in particular area. belonged to the Crown of Castile, where the east
a. Globalism belong?
b. Regionalism a. Spain Empire
c. Conglomerate b. USSR
d. Religionism c. USA
6. It is the division of a nation into states or provinces? d. Portuguese Empire
14. In which world refers to countries that did not belong in
a. Regionalism
either type of formal economies?
b. Regionalization a. First World
c. Region b. Second World
d. Regional c. Third World
7. Who articulated that after the Cold War, the relations d. First and Second World
between nations have been dynamic and unique? 15. Dividing the countries in two hemispheres originated in
a. Takana and Igonuchi which period?
b. Tnaka and Inoguchi a. World War I
c. Tanaka and Igonuchi b. Renaissance
d. Tanaka and Inoguchi c. Medieval
d. Cold War

16. Based on the definition of Global South, it is evident that
it is tend to be characterized by ______.
a. Politically stable, Poverty, and Tyranny
b. Economically Stable, Tyranny, and Cord War
c. War, Poverty, and Financial Stable
d. Tyranny, War, and Poverty
17. Considered as the home of all members of the Group of
Eight (G8). It is also the abode of the four powerful
permanent members of the United Nations Security
Council.
a. Global South
b. Rich North
c. Global North
d. Poor South
18. Aside from South Korea, the only Asian county belonging
to the First World category is _________.
a. Japan
b. North Korea
c. China
d. India
19. What is the distinct socio-economic and political
categorization of countries comprising the three worlds
known as First, Second, and Third Worlds?
a. Nort-East Divide
b. North-South Divide
c. South-West Divide
d. East-West Divide
20. Which of the following is NOT true about global north?
a. Richer and developed region
b. Low fertility rates
c. Low poverty
d. High child mortality
21. After its establishment, what makes Asian nation
stronger than ever is ________.
a. The growth of societal integrated
b. Collaborations and cooperation based on
respect
c. Political process by economic policy
d. Free movement of people, goods, services and
capital within the EU market
22. The cold war between US and USSR created a division
between two states, one of the is the
Capitalist/Democratic states, which of the following
country is belong to this state?
a. Canada
b. Brazil
c. Colombia
d. Philippines
23. If the first state given by number 22 is Capitalist, what is
the other state?
a. Fascist
b. Socialist
c. Communist
d. Industrialist
24. It is a belief which people are rewarded when they do
good things, and when they do terrible things, they suffer
the consequences depending on how the previous life
was spent. In what principles does this statement fall?
a. Dharma and Carnation
b. Dharma and Reincarnation
c. Karma and Carnation
d. Karma and Reincarnation
25. The development and the used of media in the
contemporary world is very crucial to achieve the goal of
the globalization. What order does media develop?
a. Printing press, Oral communication, Electronic,
Script, Digital
b. Digital, Script, Electronic, Oral communication,
Printing press
c. Oral communication, Script, Printing press,
Electronic, Digital
d. Electronic, Digital, Printing press, Script, Oral
communication
26. Which of the following is correct about media and culture
today?
a. Media provide entertainment with cultural
events
b. Media and culture provide information about
specific event that transfer to one another
c. Media provide an extensive transnational
transmission of cultural products
d. Media provide an extensive transnational
transmission of communication
27. Which of the following is NOT true about the world today
in terms of global media?
a. Global media entails and involves the collection
of various cultures ideas
b. Global media cultures create a continuous
cultural exchange.
c. Global media promotes the restructuring of
cultural and social communities.
d. Global media supports the creation of new
communities.
28. Which of the following statements is not true about
media?
a. Media are essential facilitators of democratic
processes and one of the guarantors of free and
fair elections.
b. Media are vehicle for cultural expression and
cultural incoherence within and between
nations.
c. Media provide us with much of what we learn
about the world beyond our immediate
experience
d. Media act as channels of information and
knowledge through which citizens communicate
with each other and make informed decisions.
29. The following are the impact of globalization in religion
except _____.
a. Flattens cultural differences
b. Improvement of communication
c. Erodes local customs and beliefs
d. Spread secular, capitalist way of life
30. It is currently the world’s largest religious group
stemming from the life teachings, and death of Jesus of
Nazareth in the 1st century AD.
a. Christianity
b. Buddhism
c. Islam
d. Hinduism
31. It is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient
Hebrews.
a. Buddhism
b. Christianity
c. Islam
d. Judaism
32. What is the relationship of region and globalization based
on Ayatollah Khomeini?
 a. There is no fundamental distinction among
constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, democratic
and communistic regimes.
b. Religion has always been at the very center of
all great political conflicts and movements of
social reforms.
c. The primary sources of conflict in the future will
be along cultural and religious lines
d. Media and technology play an importance role
to spread the ideas of every religion.
33. Economic globalization is the increasing economic
interdependence of national economic across the world
through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of
goods, service, technology, and capital. Some
sociologist, like William I. Robinson has argued that
because of capitalist economy is premised on growth and
expansion, a globalized economy is the inevitable result
of ________.
a. Capitalism
b. Socialism
c. Communism
d. Interactionism
34. Which of the following is NOT true about the “three
worlds”?
a. The First World included the United States and
its capitalist allies in places such as Western
Europe, Japan and Australia
b. The Second World consisted of the revolutionist
Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites
c. The Third World encompassed all the other
countries that were not actively aligned with
either side in Cold War
d. Alfred Sauvy introduced the “three worlds” and
compared it with the Third Estate.
35. Which of the following is NOT an example of territorial
conflict?
a. Lakdah Territory
b. Political Conflict
c. Senkaku islands
d. Korean Peninsula
36. What are the characteristics of international relations
after cold war?
a. Conflicts between nations are now clear in
terms of territorial disputes
Prepared by: Checked and approved:
EDROSE A. WYCOCO RUBELYN M. ESPERON, PHD.
Course Facilitator Chair of Tertiary Studies
b. Nations are using capitalist means to mitigate
the possibility of wars
c. Nations become more aggregable
d. Countries tend to rely on individual sectors
37. Dabbing, or the dab, is a simple dance move. 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?
a. Media
b. Communication
c. Traditional
d. Cultural
38. The following are the factors that affected the process of
economic globalization except ________.
a. Communication technology
b. Public policies
c. Traditional Heritage
d. Transportation
39. What is religion nowadays?
I. It’s no longer a set of beliefs that people arrive
at by reflection
II. It marks crucial moments in the life cycle with
rituals
III. It provides powerful mechanisms for
psychological and social tensions
a. I and II only
b. II and III only
c. I and III only
d. I, II, and III
40. The statement, “Religion was the result of a shift in state
policy” confirms that ____.
a. Religion has always been at the very center of
all great political conflicts
b. Politics is governed by the people with different
religion
c. Politics try to diminish cultural, ethic, ideological,
and religious differences
d. The primarily sources of conflict in the future will
be along political and religious lines
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ANSWER KEY:

1. C
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. D
16. D
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. D
21. D
22. A
23. C
24. D
25. C
26. C
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. D
32. A
33. A
34. B
35. B
36. C
37. D
38. C
39. D
40. A