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Prelim in Contemporary World

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New technology created the connections that propelled globalization.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

It is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

a)

World Bank

b)

International Monetary Fund

c)

United Nations

d)

World Trade Organization

3.

The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

The phenomenon of globalizations is a fact of life.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The three facets of globalization. Separate your answer with comma

ex. answer,answer,answer

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6.

Refer to the creation of the international marketplace including the international cultural environment where education, social institutions, material elements are connected and occur at different levels.

(a)  

7.

Refers to the expansion, stretching and acceleration of the networks of the former.

(a)  

8.

He argues that there are multiple globalizations and it depends on what is being globalized. It could be an idea, material, and nonmaterial culture.

a)

Kenichi Ohmae

b)

Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai

c)

Manfred Steger

d)

Danug and Campanilla

9.

To emphasize this new spirit of closer ties and the insignificant of miles in today’s global world, organizations should treat all clients as “equidistant” from their organizations.

a)

Kenichi Ohmae

b)

Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai

c)

Manfred Steger

d)

Danug and Campanilla

10.

" He said "the expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world time and across world-space.”

a)

Kenichi Ohmae

b)

Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai

c)

Manfred Steger

d)

Danug and Campanilla

11.

Refers to the relative standing of one competitor against other competitors

(a)  

12.

Measures long distance flow of goods, capital, and services as well as information and perception that accompany market exchanges.

a)

Social globalization

b)

Economic globalization

c)

Political globalization

13.

Measures the spread of ideas, information, images, and people.

a)

Social globalization

b)

Economic globalization

c)

Political globalization

14.

Measures the diffusion of government policies in terms of the number of embassies and consulates in a country, membership in international organization, likewise participation of a country in United Nations peace missions and similar advocates

a)

Social globalization

b)

Economic globalization

c)

Political globalization

15.

What country was ahead in the ranking in terms of economic globalization?

a)

Belgium

b)

Denmark

c)

Singapore

d)

Ireland

16.

What NAFTA stands for?

(a)  

17.

American Cars

a)

Chevrolet

b)

Nissan

c)

Ford

d)

Plymouth

e)

Renault

18.

The increased volume of capital movements. The dollar value of the world trade is greater than even before.

a)

First change in the world economy

b)

Second change in the world economy

c)

Third change in the world economy

d)

Last change in the world economy

19.

The end of the Cold War

a)

First change in the world economy

b)

Second change in the world economy

c)

Third change in the world economy

d)

Last change in the world economy

20.

The world emergence of the world economy as the dominant economic unit.

a)

First change in the world economy

b)

Second change in the world economy

c)

Third change in the world economy

d)

Last change in the world economy

21.

Concerns the relationship between productivity and employment. Productivity continues to grow even if employment in manufacturing remains steady or had declined.

a)

First change in the world economy

b)

Second change in the world economy

c)

Third change in the world economy

d)

Last change in the world economy

22.

Relies on households and firms to allocate resources.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

23.

The role of the state in a market economy is to promote competition and ensure consumer protection.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

24.

Consumers decide what goods they desire, and firms determine how much is made.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

25.

The market system is an economic democracy where people have the option to buy according to their choice and budget.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

26.

The country or nation has broad powers to serve the public interest on what is appropriate based on their judgement.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

27.

Consumers are free to spend their money on what is available but government planners make decisions, about what us produced, and therefore what is available.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

28.

There is no “pure market or command allocation systems among the world’s economies.”

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

29.

It means all market systems have a command sector and all command systems have a market sector.

a)

Market allocation system

b)

Command allocation system

c)

Mixed allocation system

30.

Have such serious economic, social, and political problems that they represent very limited opportunities for investment and operations.

a)

Low-Income Countries

b)

Low-Middle-Income Countries

c)

Upper-Middle-Income Countries

d)

High-Income Countries

31.

These countries are typically at relatively early stages of industrialization.

a)

Low-Income Countries

b)

Low-Middle-Income Countries

c)

Upper-Middle-Income Countries

d)

High-Income Countries

32.

In these countries, the percentage of population engaged in agriculture drops sharply as people move to the industrial sector and the degree of urbanization increases.

a)

Low-Income Countries

b)

Low-Middle-Income Countries

c)

Upper-Middle-Income Countries

d)

High-Income Countries

33.

Known as advanced, developed, industrialized, or post-industrial countries.

a)

Low-Income Countries

b)

Low-Middle-Income Countries

c)

Upper-Middle-Income Countries

d)

High-Income Countries

34.

Which countries belong to the G-7 or Group of Seven?

a)

Qatar

b)

Sweden

c)

United States

d)

Japan

e)

Germany

35.

The perspective of this first claim dwells on the vital functions of the free market, on its rationality and efficiency likewise on its allegedly ability to bring about greater social integration and material progress.

a)

Globalization: Liberation and Global Integration of Markets

b)

Globalization: Inevitable and Irreversible

c)

Nobody is in Charge of Globalization

d)

Globalization Benefits everyone

e)

Globalization Furthers the Spread of Democracy in the world

36.

The perspective of this claim two is that globalization reflects the spread of irreversible market forces driven by technological innovations that make the global integration of national economies inevitable.

a)

Globalization: Liberation and Global Integration of Markets

b)

Globalization: Inevitable and Irreversible

c)

Nobody is in Charge of Globalization

d)

Globalization Benefits everyone

e)

Globalization Furthers the Spread of Democracy in the world

37.

This perspective focuses on the classical liberal concept of the “self-regulating market”. The semantic link between “globalization market” and the adjacent idea of “no leader” is simple

a)

Globalization: Liberation and Global Integration of Markets

b)

Globalization: Inevitable and Irreversible

c)

Nobody is in Charge of Globalization

d)

Globalization Benefits everyone

e)

Globalization Furthers the Spread of Democracy in the world

38.

This claim links “globalization” and “market” to the adjacent concept of “democracy”, which also plays a significant role in liberalism, conservatism, and socialism.

a)

Globalization: Liberation and Global Integration of Markets

b)

Globalization: Inevitable and Irreversible

c)

Nobody is in Charge of Globalization

d)

Globalization Benefits everyone

e)

Globalization Furthers the Spread of Democracy in the world

39.

This perspective is supported by the joint statement of powerful industrialized nations in 1996 G-7 Summit in Lyons, France.

a)

Globalization: Liberation and Global Integration of Markets

b)

Globalization: Inevitable and Irreversible

c)

Nobody is in Charge of Globalization

d)

Globalization Benefits everyone

e)

Globalization Furthers the Spread of Democracy in the world

40.

Competitiveness has become a prominent business and government concern in the era of global business as a contest among nations.

a)

True

b)

False