GE6102 - The Contemporary World
The Contemporary World is a study of
=Current trends about Globalization
The Contemporary World is a study of:
=Current trends about Globalization
Among the different conceptions about globalization, which
pertains to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms,
behaviors, and ways of life of a certain country to another
= Globalization in Culture
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
What is false about the difference between standard of life
and quality of life in terms of Globalization?
=Standard of living pertains to the geographic area of an
individual while Quality of life pertains to the level of the country he is
living on
mong the different conceptions about globalization, which
pertains to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms,
behaviors, and ways of life of a certain country to another.
=Globalization in Culture
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
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
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.
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
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?
=Value opportunity to expand
With around 20,000 stores in 63
countries, Starbucks, the world's most popular 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 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?
=Understand different cultures
In his book, The Modern World
System, American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein described high-income nations
as the ____ of the world economy.
=Core
Which of the following is not
true about the history of global market integration?
=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.
It is the prevailing factor that
influence the European nations-states to compete with their economical level
through navigation and finding raw materials
= Mercantilism
The following are the roles of
International Financial Institutions in the world. EXEPT
= Supports program of a
country of quality education for all
The United Nations defines _____ as a condition
characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe
drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and
information.
= Extreme poverty
Which of the following statements is not true?
=Economic globalization is the independence of world
economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities
and services.
It is an attribute of Global Corporations that is considered
as the most essential characteristic of any international business.
=Think Globallyv
The term international financial institution typically
refers to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the African
Development Bank, the Asian 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?
=Multilateral Development Banks
It is the statistical study of human
populations. It includes the study of the
size, structure, and distributions of different
populations and changes in them in response
to birth, migration, aging, and death.
=Demography
The annual changes in population resulting from births,
deaths and net migration during the year
=Growth rate
Who is thepeople who return to their countries of origin
after a period in another country.
=Return Migrants
It is the statistical study of human populations. It
includes the study of the size, structure, and distributions of different
populations and changes in them in response to birth, migration, aging and death
=. Demography
These regions are also called perceptual regions which are
often based around a common cultural characteristic:
=Vernacular regions
Which of the following does not belong to the four pillars
of urban life?
=Recreational
Who is the people who return to their countries of origin
after a period in another country.
=Return Migrants
It is the statistical study of human populations:
=Demography
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:
=China, Korea, Japan
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?
=Second World
These are factors in the destination country that attract
the individual or group to leave their home because of the opportunities presented
in the new location were not available to them previously:
=Pull factor
Which of the following statements is not true?
= A pull factor refers to conditions which force people
to leave their homes
The relationship between globalization and sustainability is
multi-dimensional.
=True
A type of migration which refers to a move from one area (a
province, district or municipality) to another within one country:
.=Internal migration
People who enter a country, usually in search of employment,
without the necessary documents and permits:
=Irregular migrants
Which of the following is not considered a reason why people
move across international borders:
=Religion
What term refers to the permanent change of residence by an
individual or group excluding such movements as nomadism, migrant labor,
commuting, and tourism, all of which are transitory in nature?
=Migration
People with qualifications as managers, executives,
professionals, technicians or similar, who move within the internal labor
markets of trans-national corporations and international organizations, or who
seek employment through international labor markets for scarce skills:
=Highly skilled and business migrants
According to UN, the following countries are projected to be
the top net receivers of international migrants (more than 100,000 annually)
between 2015 and 2050:
=United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia and the Russian Federation
These are migrants who migrate for a limited period of time
in order to take up employment and send money home:
=Temporary labor migrants
No one benefits in the globalization
=False
A narrower concept pertains to legal relationship between a
state and a person.
=citizenship
An ideology that is similarly geared towards a
decrease of international barriers but 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 like we see at work with the forces
responsible for globalization.
=Internationalism
This is an approach to global economic resistance which is
defined as a deliberate attempt to intervene in foreign trade by putting up
barriers to trade
=Trade Protectionism
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.
= Helping the bottom billion
Globalization takes a linear approach to thinking and has
been a contributor in bringing peace to various nations.
=False
According to Peski, it can be identified as a moral and
ethical disposition that can guide the understanding of individuals or groups
of local and global contexts, and remind them of their relative
responsibilities within various communities.
= Global Citizenship
Global inequality is one of the downside of innovations
=True
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
= Fair Trade
The deliberate attempt to intervene in foreign trade by
putting up barriers to trade
=trade protectionism
Which of the following is a part of the Preliminary Pages?
= Abstract
Which of the following is NOT a part of the methods of the
research paper?
=Rationale/Background of the Study
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Body of the
research paper?
=Research Design
One of the aims of a Research paper is for students to know
proper citation.
=True
Which of the following is a part of the discussions?
= Summary of Results
Which of the following is NOT part of the Preliminary Pages?
= Review of Related Literature
Which of the following is a part of the results?
=Data Presentation
The acceptable format for the Research is IMRaD
=True
IMRaD is an acronym for the main sections of a scientific
article namely: Introduction, Materials, Results, and Discourse
=False
Students must make a research paper and the topic should be
related to Industrialization
=False
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 prosperity for the people of the region by promoting balanced,
inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by accelerating
regional economic integration:
=APEC
In the Islam religion, Jesus is considered a ______.
=Prophet
The term _______ comes from the word medium which is defined
as channel, means, or method:
=Media
A form of media consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a
printing process that is traditionally mechanical:
=Print media
The religion which was promulgated by the Prophet Muhammed
in Arabia in the 7th century CE.
=. Islam
Which of the following statements is not true?
= Globalization brings a culture of monism, meaning
religions "with overlapping but distinctive ethics and interests"
interact with one another.
It is a regional organization comprising seven member states
lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a
contiguous regional unity:
=Uniform regions
Which of the following does not belong among the regional
organizations in the Western Hemisphere?
=Gulf Cooperation Council
What is the shorthand term used to describe for poor or
developing nations?
=Third World
Which of the following statements is not true?
= The South is comprised of countries with developing
economies which were initially referred to as Second World countries during the
Cold War.
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 bridge that allows humans to approach the divine, the
universal life force that both encompasses and transcends the world?
= Religion
Which of the following statements is not true?
=With regard the skepticism surrounding global media,
international communication argues that global media are in fact best described
as Eastern media, at most of global scope.
These regions are also called perceptual regions which are
often based around a common cultural characteristic:
=Vernacular region
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:
=Gulf Cooperation Council
In the distinct socio-economic and political categorization
of countries, which countries in the southern hemisphere are labeled part of
the North?
=New Zealand and Australia
What term is alternatively used to refer to Third World
countries?
=Developing country
The term Buddha is a Sanskrit word which means:
=Awakened One
Which of the following statements is not true?
=The Arab League is a regional intergovernmental
organization, which main goal is maintaining cooperation on political,
economic, environmental, humanitarian, cultural and other issues between a
number of former Soviet Republics.
Which of the following statements is not true?
=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 agencies, usually involving devotional and
ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of
human affairs
Which of the following statements is not true?
=Nodal regions also called perceptual regions, based around
some central point or node; typically circular with fading boundaries.
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?
=second World
What is the distinct socio-economic and political
categorization of countries comprising the three worlds known as First, Second,
and Third Worlds?
=North-South Divide
Which of the following statements is not true?
=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.
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:
=China, Korea, Japan
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?
=Alfred Sauvy
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.
=Media culture
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?
=Economic regionalism
Which of the following statements is not true?
=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 in improving social and economic
living conditions as well as maintaining international peace and security and
safeguarding the enjoyment of human rights.
It is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient
Hebrews:
= Judaism
A form of media, such as radio and television, that reach
target audiences using airwaves as the transmission medium:
=Broadcast media
These organizations were established to link together
geographically and ideologically related states:
=Regional organizations
The SAARC comprises of eight Member States: Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC
stands for:
=South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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:
=Regionalization
What was coined to refer to ethnically or religiously
defined populations living within or across national boundaries, nations
without a sovereign state, and indigenous groups that are nomadic, uncontacted
or living outside of global society?
=Fourth World
Which of the following statements is not true?
=According to McLuhan, the world 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
Dividing the countries in two hemispheres originated in
which period?
=Cold War
A religious organization that claims to possess the truth
about salvation exclusively wherein membership is by childbirth: new
generations are born into the church and are formally inducted through baptism:
= Church
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:
=Christianity
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?
=Marshall McLuhan
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:
=Watchdog
Aside from South Korea, the only Asian country belonging to
the First World category is:
=Japan
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:
=Regionalism
Which of the following statements is not 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.
He is viewed as the sole God-creator, sustainer, and
restorer of the world in the Islam religion:
=Allah
Which of the following statements is not true?
=Media are a vehicle for cultural expression and cultural
incoherence within and between nations.
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 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:
= Cult
According to some scholars, the oldest living religion on
Earth is ______:
= Hinduism
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?
=Mao Zedong
What takes place when a country dominates others through its
media exports, including advertising messages, films, and television and radio
programming?
= Cultural imperialism
The level of personal or family income below which one is
classified as poor according to governmental standards:
=Poverty line
Which of the following examples does not refer to resources
and markets as factors affecting economic globalization
=The founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)
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 the civil, political, economic, social,
health and cultural rights of children. When was the treaty adopted by the
United Nations?=
=UN General Assembly 1989
Through the Eight Millennium Development Goals, United
Nations (UN) has addressed the different problems around the world and ranking
first is the eradication of the extreme poverty and hunger, under what
circumstances bellow makes this problem different in all parts of the globe.
=Standards of Life
One of the traditional challenges of a country is an
invasion of other countries, which is also called:
=External intervention
The United Nations defines _____ as a condition
characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe
drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and
information.
=Extreme poverty
Which of the following examples refers to generation issues
as factors influencing economic globalization?
=Toyota factories and assembling plants in different parts
of the globe
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?
=Security Council
The following statements are correct about globalization
except for the following:
=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.
Korean Pop music or more famously known as K-pop has become
a truly global 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 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?
=Cultural
The level of riches, comfort, material merchandise, cash and
necessities accessible to a specific financial class in a specific region is
called:
=Way of life
Which of the following is not true about the attributes of
global corporations?
= Companies that invest in the internet and produce
web-based products are more unlikely to grow globally because there is more
money involved in their international expansion.
With around 20,000 stores in 63 countries, Starbucks, the
world's most popular 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 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?
= Understand different cultures
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and
the United States colonized countries and 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
According to Albert Subbloie, CEO and Founder of Tangoe, a
good benchmark of whether your company should continue efforts in a country is
when _______ percent of your business is coming from outside the United States.
=20-50%
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
It is the prevailing factor that influence the European
nations-states to compete with their economical level through navigation and
finding raw materials.
=Mercantilism
Which of the following is not true about the history of
global market integration?
= 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
The Contemporary World is a study of:
= Current trends about Globalization
What is the timeframe over which a product is created,
passed on to exhibit, and over the long run removed from the world market?
=Item life cycle
Among the different conceptions about globalization, which
pertains to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms,
behaviors, and ways of life of a certain country to another.
= Globalization in Culture
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:
=Namibia
Which of the following statements is not true?
=Economic globalization is the independence of world
economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities
and services.
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 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?
=Turbo-charged by the internet
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 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?
= Understand different cultures
The work that deprives children of their childhood, their
potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental
development is called:
= Child labor
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?
= Political
In an outsourcing work, how did capitalist from the emerging
countries benefits from the developing countries in many service-related
positions?
=Expanding their business in other country have hidden
expenses
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:
=Japan
It is an economic phenomenon that has discernibly political
and social connotations and is intrinsically bound to western cultural
imperialism.
=Globalization
The Contemporary World is a study of
=Current trends about Globalization
The Contemporary World is a study of:
=Current trends about Globalization
Among the different conceptions about globalization, which pertains
to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms, behaviors, and
ways of life of a certain country to another
=Globalization in Culture
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
What is false about the difference between standard of life
and quality of life in terms of Globalization?
=Standard of living pertains to the geographic area of an
individual while Quality of life pertains to the level of the country he is
living on
Among the different conceptions about globalization, which
pertains to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms,
behaviors, and ways of life of a certain country to another.
=Globalization in Culture
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
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
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.
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
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?
=Value opportunity to expand
With around 20,000 stores in 63 countries, Starbucks, the
world's most popular 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 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?
=Understand different cultures
In his book, The Modern World System, American sociologist
Immanuel Wallerstein described high-income nations as the ____ of the world
economy.
=Core
Which of the following is not true about the history of
global market integration?
=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.
It is the prevailing factor that influence the European
nations-states to compete with their economical level through navigation and
finding raw materials.
= Mercantilism
The following are the roles of International Financial
Institutions in the world. EXEPT:
=Supports program of a country of quality education for all
The United Nations defines _____ as a condition
characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe
drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and
information.
=Extreme poverty
Which of the following statements is not true?
= Economic globalization is the independence of world
economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities
and services.
It is an attribute of Global Corporations that is considered
as the most essential characteristic of any international business.
= Think Globally
The term international financial institution typically
refers to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the African
Development Bank, the Asian 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?
= Multilateral Development Banks
The level of personal or family income below which one is
classified as poor according to governmental standards:
=Poverty line
Which of the following examples does not refer to resources
and markets as factors affecting economic globalization
=The founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)
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 the civil, political, economic, social,
health and cultural rights of children. When was the treaty adopted by the
United Nations?
=UN General Assembly 1989
Through the Eight Millennium Development Goals, United
Nations (UN) has addressed the different problems around the world and ranking
first is the eradication of the extreme poverty and hunger, under what
circumstances bellow makes this problem different in all parts of the globe.
=Standards of Life
One of the traditional challenges of a country is an
invasion of other countries, which is also called:
=External intervention
The United Nations defines _____ as a condition
characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe
drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and
information.
=Extreme poverty
Which of the following examples refers to generation issues
as factors influencing economic globalization?
=Toyota factories and assembling plants in different parts
of the globe
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?
=Security Council
The following statements are correct about globalization
except for the following:
=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.
Korean Pop music or more famously known as K-pop has become
a truly global 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 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?
=Cultural
The level of riches, comfort, material merchandise, cash and
necessities accessible to a specific financial class in a specific region is
called:
=Way of life
Which of the following is not true about the attributes of
global corporations?
=Companies that invest in the internet and produce web-based
products are more unlikely to grow globally because there is more money
involved in their international expansion.
With around 20,000 stores in 63 countries, Starbucks, the
world's most popular 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 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?
=Understand different cultures
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and
the United States colonized countries and 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
According to Albert Subbloie, CEO and Founder of Tangoe, a
good benchmark of whether your company should continue efforts in a country is
when _______ percent of your business is coming from outside the United States.
= 20-50%
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
It is the prevailing factor that influence the European
nations-states to compete with their economical level through navigation and
finding raw materials.
=Mercantilism
Which of the following is not true about the history of
global market integration?
= 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.
The Contemporary World is a study of:
=Current trends about Globalization
What is the timeframe over which a product is created,
passed on to exhibit, and over the long run removed from the world market?
=Item life cycle
Among the different conceptions about globalization, which
pertains to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms,
behaviors, and ways of life of a certain country to another.
= Globalization in Culture
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:
=Namibia
Which of the following statements is not true?
=Economic globalization is the independence of world
economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities
and services.
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 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?
=Turbo-charged by the internet
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 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?
=Understand different cultures
The work that deprives children of their childhood, their
potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental
development is called:
=Child labor
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?
=Politica
In an outsourcing work, how did capitalist from the emerging
countries benefits from the developing countries in many service-related
positions?
= Expanding their business in other country have hidden
expenses
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:
=Japan
It is an economic phenomenon that has discernibly political
and social connotations and is intrinsically bound to western cultural
imperialism.
=Globalization
It is the statistical study of human
populations. It includes the study of the
size, structure, and distributions of
different populations and changes in them
in response to birth, migration, aging, and
death.
=Demography
The annual changes in population resulting from births,
deaths and net migration during the year:
=Growth rate
Who is thepeople who return to their countries of origin
after a period in another country.
=. Return Migrant
It is the statistical study of human populations. It
includes the study of the size, structure, and distributions of different
populations and changes in them in response to birth, migration, aging and death
=Demography
These regions are also called perceptual regions which are
often based around a common cultural characteristic:
=Vernacular regions
Which of the following does not belong to the four pillars
of urban life?
= Recreational
Who is the people who return to their countries of origin
after a period in another country.
=Return Migrants
It is the statistical study of human populations:
=Demography
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:
=China, Korea, Japanv
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?
=Second World
These are factors in the destination country that attract
the individual or group to leave their home because of the opportunities
presented in the new location were not available to them previously:
=Pull factor
Which of the following statements is not true?
= A pull factor refers to conditions which force people
to leave their homes.
The relationship between globalization and sustainability is
multi-dimensional.
=True
A type of migration which refers to a move from one area (a
province, district or municipality) to another within one country:
= Internal migration
People who enter a country, usually in search of employment,
without the necessary documents and permits:
= Irregular migrants
Which of the following is not considered a reason why people
move across international borders:
=. Religion
What term refers to the permanent change of residence by an
individual or group excluding such movements as nomadism, migrant labor,
commuting, and tourism, all of which are transitory in nature?
= Migration
People with qualifications as managers, executives,
professionals, technicians or similar, who move within the internal labor
markets of trans-national corporations and international organizations, or who
seek employment through international labor markets for scarce skills:
= Highly skilled and business migrants
According to UN, the following countries are projected to be
the top net receivers of international migrants (more than 100,000 annually)
between 2015 and 2050:
=United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia and the Russian Federation
These are migrants who migrate for a limited period of time
in order to take up employment and send money home:
=Temporary labor migrants
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 prosperity for the people of the region by promoting
balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by
accelerating regional economic integration:
=APEC
In the Islam religion, Jesus is considered a ______.
= Prophet
The term _______ comes from the word medium which is defined
as channel, means, or method:
= Media
A form of media consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a
printing process that is traditionally mechanical:
= Print media
The religion which was promulgated by the Prophet Muhammed
in Arabia in the 7th century CE.
=Islam
Which of the following statements is not true?
=Globalization brings a culture of monism, meaning religions
"with overlapping but distinctive ethics and interests" interact with
one another.
It is a regional organization comprising seven member states
lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a
contiguous regional unity:
=BIMSTEC
These regions are also called formal regions wherein some
trait is shared with relative uniformity across the space.
=Uniform regions
Which of the following does not belong among the regional
organizations in the Western Hemisphere?
=Gulf Cooperation Council
What is the shorthand term used to describe for poor or
developing nations?
=Third World
Which of the following statements is not true?
=The South is comprised of countries with developing
economies which were initially referred to as Second World countries during the
Cold War.
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 bridge that allows humans to approach the divine, the
universal life force that both encompasses and transcends the world?
=Religion
Which of the following statements is not true?
=With regard the skepticism surrounding global media,
international communication argues that global media are in fact best described
as Eastern media, at most of global scope.
These regions are also called perceptual regions which are
often based around a common cultural characteristic:
=Vernacular regions
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:
=Gulf Cooperation Council
In the distinct socio-economic and political categorization
of countries, which countries in the southern hemisphere are labeled part of
the North?
=New Zealand and Australia
What term is alternatively used to refer to Third World
countries?
= Developing country
The term Buddha is a Sanskrit word which means:
=Awakened On
Which of the following statements is not true?
=The Arab League is a regional intergovernmental
organization, which main goal is maintaining cooperation on political,
economic, environmental, humanitarian, cultural and other issues between a
number of former Soviet Republics.
Which of the following statements is not true?
=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 agencies, usually involving devotional and
ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of
human affairs.v
Which of the following statements is not true?=
=Nodal regions also called perceptual regions, based around
some central point or node; typically circular with fading boundaries.
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?
=Second World
What is the distinct socio-economic and political
categorization of countries comprising the three worlds known as First, Second,
and Third Worlds?
=North-South Divide
Which of the following statements is not true?
=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.
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:
=China, Korea, Japan
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?
=Alfred Sauvy
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.
= Media culture
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?
=Economic regionalism
Which of the following statements is not true?
=. 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 in improving social and economic living
conditions as well as maintaining international peace and security and
safeguarding the enjoyment of human rights.
It is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient
Hebrews:
=Judaism
A form of media, such as radio and television, that reach
target audiences using airwaves as the transmission medium:
= Broadcast media
These organizations were established to link together
geographically and ideologically related states:
=Regional organizations
The SAARC comprises of eight Member States: Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC
stands for:
=. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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:
=Regionalization
What was coined to refer to ethnically or religiously
defined populations living within or across national boundaries, nations
without a sovereign state, and indigenous groups that are nomadic, uncontacted
or living outside of global society?
=Fourth World
Which of the following statements is not true?
=According to McLuhan, the world 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
Dividing the countries in two hemispheres originated in which
period?
=Cold War
A religious organization that claims to possess the truth
about salvation exclusively wherein membership is by childbirth: new
generations are born into the church and are formally inducted through baptism:
=Church
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:
= Christianity
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?
=Marshall McLuhan
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:
=Watchdog
Aside from South Korea, the only Asian country belonging to
the First World category is:
=Japan
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:
=Regionalism
Which of the following statements is not 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.
He is viewed as the sole God-creator, sustainer, and
restorer of the world in the Islam religion:
=Allah
Which of the following statements is not true?
= Media are a vehicle for cultural expression and
cultural incoherence within and between nations.
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 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:
= Cult
According to some scholars, the oldest living religion on
Earth is ______:
= Hinduism
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?
=Mao Zedong
What takes place when a country dominates others through its
media exports, including advertising messages, films, and television and radio
programming?
= Cultural imperialism
No one benefits in the globalization
=False
A narrower concept pertains to legal relationship between a
state and a person.
=citizenship
An ideology that is similarly geared towards a
decrease of international barriers but 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 like we see at work with the forces
responsible for globalization.
=Internationalism
This is an approach to global economic resistance which is
defined as a deliberate attempt to intervene in foreign trade by putting up
barriers to trade
=Trade Protectionism
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.
= Helping the bottom billion\
Globalization takes a linear approach to thinking and has
been a contributor in bringing peace to various nations.
=False
According to Peski, it can be identified as a moral and
ethical disposition that can guide the understanding of individuals or groups
of local and global contexts, and remind them of their relative
responsibilities within various communities.
=Global Citizenship
Global inequality is one of the downside of innovations
=True
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
= Fair Trade
The deliberate attempt to intervene in foreign trade by
putting up barriers to trade
=trade protectionism