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Globalization - Module 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Globalization is ______________

a)

A recent phenomenon

b)

An age-old phenomenon

2.

Globalization is an ongoing process that involves interconnected changes in ______________________

a)

economic sphere of society

b)

cultural sphere of society

c)

social sphere of society

d)

political sphere of society

e)

economic, cultural, social & political spheres of society

3.

What is the primary characteristic of globalization?

a)

Free Trade

b)

Liberalization

c)

Merging political systems

d)

Greater Cross-cultural contacts

e)

All of the above

4.

What are the main classifications of globalization?

a)

Political, Social and Military

b)

Social, Economic and Cultural

c)

Economic, Political and Social

d)

Military, Cultural and Economic

5.

Giddens dimensions of globalization include

a)

the world capitalist economy

b)

the nation-state system

c)

the world military order

d)

global or international division of labour

e)

all of the above

6.

_________________________ can be added to the 4 dimensions of Globalization given by Giddens.

a)

Cultural globalization

b)

Political globalization

c)

Social globalization

d)

Post-modern globalization

7.

The World-Systems Theory divides the countries of the world into ______________________

a)

Participating, Non-participating and Semi-Participating Countries

b)

Developed, Developing and Under-developed Countries

c)

Capitalist, Socialist and Mixed Economy Countries

d)

Core, Periphery and Semi-Periphery

8.

___________________ is the main proponent of the World-Systems Approach

a)

Meyer

b)

Wallerstein

c)

Hirst

d)

Thompson

9.

________________ adds the analysis of world polity - the global system of nation-states - as operating parallel to world economy.

a)

Sklair

b)

Hirst

c)

Castells

d)

Meyer

10.

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.

a)

primitive to modern

b)

simple to complex

c)

rural to industrial

d)

gemeinschaft to gesellschaft

11.

Marshall McLuhan's name is associated with the __________________

a)

GLOBAL ECONOMY APPROACH

b)

GLOBAL POLITY APPROACH

c)

GLOBAL SOCIETY APPROACH

d)

GLOBAL CULTURE APPROACH

12.

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.

a)

Marxism

b)

Liberalism

c)

Realism

d)

Constructivism

13.

How does the theory of Political Realism discuss globalization?

a)

The political realists highlight the issues of power and power struggles and the role of states in generating global relations.

b)

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.

c)

Globalization has also been explained as a strategy in the contest for power between several major states in contemporary world politics.

d)

all of these

14.

For Marxists, globalization happens because ____________________

a)

the transcendence of capitalism leads to modes of production and social exploitation through unjust distribution to spread globally

b)

capital by its nature drives beyond every spatial barrier to conquer the whole earth for its market.

c)

trans-world connectivity enhances opportunities of profit-making and surplus accumulation.

d)

all of the above

15.

Postmodernism understands society in terms of knowledge power. Certain knowledge structures support certain power hierarchies. This is highlighted by scholars like ___________

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Michel Foucault

c)

Ferdinand Tonnies

d)

Max Weber