WorksheetsGlobalization - Module 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Globalization is ______________
A recent phenomenon
An age-old phenomenon
Globalization is an ongoing process that involves interconnected changes in ______________________
economic sphere of society
cultural sphere of society
social sphere of society
political sphere of society
economic, cultural, social & political spheres of society
What is the primary characteristic of globalization?
Free Trade
Liberalization
Merging political systems
Greater Cross-cultural contacts
All of the above
What are the main classifications of globalization?
Political, Social and Military
Social, Economic and Cultural
Economic, Political and Social
Military, Cultural and Economic
Giddens dimensions of globalization include
the world capitalist economy
the nation-state system
the world military order
global or international division of labour
all of the above
_________________________ can be added to the 4 dimensions of Globalization given by Giddens.
Cultural globalization
Political globalization
Social globalization
Post-modern globalization
The World-Systems Theory divides the countries of the world into ______________________
Participating, Non-participating and Semi-Participating Countries
Developed, Developing and Under-developed Countries
Capitalist, Socialist and Mixed Economy Countries
Core, Periphery and Semi-Periphery
___________________ is the main proponent of the World-Systems Approach
Meyer
Wallerstein
Hirst
Thompson
________________ adds the analysis of world polity - the global system of nation-states - as operating parallel to world economy.
Sklair
Hirst
Castells
Meyer
Robertson recognizes the continuity between theory of globalization and modernity. He takes up the discussion on modernity, which was characterized by a shift from ___________________to _________________________, continues to apply the same at a global level.
primitive to modern
simple to complex
rural to industrial
gemeinschaft to gesellschaft
Marshall McLuhan's name is associated with the __________________
GLOBAL ECONOMY APPROACH
GLOBAL POLITY APPROACH
GLOBAL SOCIETY APPROACH
GLOBAL CULTURE APPROACH
The theory of _______________ sees the process of globalization as market-led extension of modernization. It is a result of ‘natural’ human desires for economic welfare and political freedom.
Marxism
Liberalism
Realism
Constructivism
How does the theory of Political Realism discuss globalization?
The political realists highlight the issues of power and power struggles and the role of states in generating global relations.
Some scholars stand for a balance of power, where any attempt by one state to achieve world dominance is countered by collective resistance from other states.
Globalization has also been explained as a strategy in the contest for power between several major states in contemporary world politics.
all of these
For Marxists, globalization happens because ____________________
the transcendence of capitalism leads to modes of production and social exploitation through unjust distribution to spread globally
capital by its nature drives beyond every spatial barrier to conquer the whole earth for its market.
trans-world connectivity enhances opportunities of profit-making and surplus accumulation.
all of the above
Postmodernism understands society in terms of knowledge power. Certain knowledge structures support certain power hierarchies. This is highlighted by scholars like ___________
Karl Marx
Michel Foucault
Ferdinand Tonnies
Max Weber
