Topnotch-Conworld 1

Manfred Steger defined globalization as the expansion and intensification of social relations across world-time and across world space. What does the term EXPANSION mean?

• Stretching of networks
• Creation and multiplication of networks
• Acceleration of networks
• All of the above

Which of the following is a manifestation of an intensification of networks?

• Social media connecting the people of the world
• International NGOs establishing several regional partners
• Establishing the United Nations as an international organization
• Electronic trading increasing the volume of trade in London and New York

Which among the following interactions is NOT intensified by globalization?

• Economic
• Religious
• Political
• Social

Which among the following is TRUE about globalization? I. It provides a larger market for goods and services. II. Cultures and products are heterogenized. III. It concentrates wealth in richer countries. IV. Outsourcing does not benefit domestic firms.

• I only
• I and III
• I, II, and IV
• I, II, III, and IV

How is Globalism best described?

• Synonymous with globalization
• Highlights the positive effects of globalization
• Emphasizes the negative effects of globalization
• Balances the pros and cons of globalization

Who among the following is most likely to see globalization as a purely economic activity?

• Hyperglobalist
• Skeptic
• Transformationalist
• Global Citizen

Which among the following are not ways of achieving globalization?

• Privatization
• Multinational Companies
• Regularization of workers
• Liberalization of Trade Policies

Which among the following scapes of Arjun Appadurai pertains to the flow of culture?

• Ethnoscape
• Mediascape
• Technoscape
• Ideoscape

Which was Created based on common international principle (Kant), enshrined principles of cooperation and respect among nation-states (Mazzini), and democracy and self-determination (Wilson)?

• United Nations 1946
• Bretton Woods 1944
• Wesphalia 1648
• GATT 1947

The primary function of the United Nations when it was conceived was ____.

• Nuclear disarmament
• Fellowshipping
• Peacekeeping
• Special elections