What is one of the positive outcomes of recent (after WWII) globalization?

In the last few decades, hundreds of millions of people have come out of poverty and now earn a living wage.

What are some of the reasons the population has grown so quickly during this global era?

Better health care that reduces early deaths, and improved agriculture that feeds more people.

How does globalization impact the way people access and consume experiences such as Bollywood movies, Swedish hip-hop, Brazilian soap operas, and highlights from Congolese football matches?

Globalization diversifies cultural interactions.

How does globalization threaten unions and workers’ rights?

Companies can move their factories to places without worker protections.

According to many critics, how has globalization negatively affected the global economy? Options: Many believe that globalization decreases global health. Many believe that globalization increases global inequality. Many believe that globalization increases global poverty. Many believe that globalization decreases global economic output.

Many believe that globalization increases global inequality.

What does the term “universal rights” refer to?

Rights held by every person because they are human.

Which agreement was made to recognize, “the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world” (1948)?

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Which of the following was NOT a response to the 1948 formation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)? Options: Civil rights activist W.E.B DuBois and the NAACP brought charges against the U.S. government over segregation. Serbian nationalists revolted against the Austro-Hungarian empire and instigated WWI. Colonies in Asia and Africa demanded their right to self-determination and decolonization. India challenged South Africa over its racist apartheid system.

Serbian nationalists revolted against the Austro-Hungarian empire and instigated WWI.

According to Bennett Sherry, what is the fundamental problem facing human rights activists?

Leaders and governments can ignore human rights because they hold more power.

What do cultural relativists believe about human rights?

Human rights should be interpreted contextually, differently in different places.

Of the genocides that have occurred since the Second World War, which was the first to be subjected to the UN’s (United Nations) 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide? Options: The Holocaust in Second World War, The Cambodian genocide in the 1970’s, The Rwandan genocide in the late 1990’s, The genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in 2018

The Rwandan genocide in the late 1990’s

Why didn’t the UN (United Nations) intervene to stop the Cambodian genocide?

Its security council was made up of member nations with political interests that were better met by not intervening, so the killing continued.

When one of the UN member nations vetoes a proposal to intervene in a conflict to stop a genocide, what is usually the reason given?

Member nations often refuse to “violate the national sovereignty” of the country where the genocide is happening.

Why might one argue that the post-WWII international system was “operating exactly as it was designed”? Options: The post-WWII international system was designed to increase violence, and that is what it does today; The post-WWII international system was designed to minimize national sovereignty, and that is what it does today; The post-WWII international system was designed to protect human rights, and that is what it does today; The post-WWII international system was designed to give power to the powerful, and that is what it does today.

The post-WWII international system was designed to give power to the powerful, and that is what it does today.

What is one way a historian might describe the “implicit social contract” between China’s authoritarian government and Chinese citizens?

If their lives continue to improve, Chinese citizens will continue to support their government.

Which countries have seen the sharpest increase in service industry jobs (like health care, advertising, and hospitality)? Options: United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada; Russia, Brazil, Vietnam, and Peru; Bulgaria, Madagascar, Iceland, and Ghana; China, Japan, Mexico, and Korea

United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada

What is the difference between internationalism and transnationalism?

Internationalism is cooperation between nation-states while transnationalism describes the globalization of identity.

How is nationalism seen as promoting a common good in Rwanda?

Government initiatives utilize nationalism to encourage reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis.

There is a misconception that globalization is only a one-way affair that changed the lives of indigenous peoples without involving them. Which response challenges this misconception?

Many indigenous foods, words, and even principles of government have been integrated into the largely non-indigenous population of the Americas.

The 2016 Standing Rock protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline was an example of what frequent problem associated with globalization?

Local needs conflicting with global industry

How has the relatively sudden rise of CO2 levels in the last century affected our world?

The global temperature has risen.

What effect does the absorption of more CO2 have on oceans?

The water becomes more acidic, hurting shellfish, corals, and other marine life.

Which statement best describes the “Green Revolution”?

A transfer of technologies that resulted in increased crop yields

How did the Green Revolution change most people’s attitude about poverty, at least in regard to hunger?

It was increasingly seen as a problem that could be solved by science, rather than as an unavoidable reality.

Which response best describes the difference between the “preservationist” and “conservationist” ideas about land management?

A preservationist wants to protect land from human development, while a conservationist allows for some development but still wants the land to be protected.

Neocolonialism refers to the way in which states that broke free of their colonizers are often still dependent on them, or other powerful states, because of which of the following?

Foreign corporations controlling their economy

Powerful states have many reasons for colonizing other regions and people. Which of the following is the most common and significant reason states colonize regions and people? To increase citizenship and nationalistic support , To spread ideology, both religious and political , To get more land and spread out their populations , To extract resources and profit from them

To extract resources and profit from them

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When did globalization begin?

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Historians continue to debate the beginning of this phenomenon.

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Increasing racism, enslavement, and genocide in the age of globalization are problems of which kind? Choose the best answer: Economics, Human and civil rights, Networks, Technology and environment

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Human and civil rights

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In recent decades, the rise of social media and increased personal connections has had a dramatic effect on our world. Which area has experienced the greatest effect from this rise? Choose the best answer: Rights, Healthcare, Identity, Environment

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Identity

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If we were to focus on the Production and Distribution frame, which sphere would we study to determine the most direct and significant impact of globalization? Choose the best answer: Human and civil rights, Legal institutions, Identity, Trade and finance

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Trade and finance

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How have some scholars defined globalization in the period following the Industrial Revolution?

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When local life is shaped by what is happening in other parts of the world.

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Which of the following majorly globalized the world and led to the formation of international peacekeeping organizations (The United Nations, NATO, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund)?
Options: The Cold War, Decolonization, Imperialism , The World Wars

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The World Wars

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Which of the following dramatically increased linguistic, cultural, food and overall population diversity globally? Technological advancements, Human migration, International market, Global warfare

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Human migration

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