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WorksheetsGENDER IN WORLD POLITICS, GLOBAL POPULATION & MOBILITY
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Much feminist theory is based on the idea of (a) - the belief in the capacity of knowledge to drive positive normative change - specifically related to the improvement of women's lives worldwide.
PROPOSITION A: Emancipation characterizes men as protectors and women as protected. PROPOSITION B: It is used to justify and shape national security policies.
Only A is correct
Only B is Correct
Both are incorrect
both are true
The _____ results in women doing a high proportion of unpaid labor in the home, while men work outside for wages; it creates a "double burden" for women who seek to work outside the home and has reinforced women's lower pay in the global economy.
protection
gendered division of labor
gender-sensitive lens
gender-specific
The _____ myth is a popular assumption that men fight wars to protect the vulnerable, including women and children, and has been used to justify national security efforts.
protection
gendered division of labor
gender-sensitive lens
gender-specific
The idea of the _____ came from the feminist theorists: Peterson and Runyan.
protection
gendered division of labor
gender-sensitive lens
gender-specific
A _____, as proposed by Peterson and Runyan, helps us see how gender structures world politics.
protection
gendered division of labor
gender-sensitive lens
gender-specific lens
The gendering of world politics is seen in the following areas: WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST?
Prostitution and human trafficking.
Civil wars and refugee flows.
Trade and development.
Gender equity
Intersectionality describes overlapping global structures of inequality, which defines the everyday lives of people simultaneously.
TRUE
FALSE
Gender theorists see the following developments as progress (but it depends on which gender theory you pick):
The establishment of the UN Gender Development Index.
The election of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The incorporation of "gender mainstreaming" into policy discourse.
NONE OF THESE
The impact of globalization for women:
It has created new areas for women's advancement.
It has led to new challenges and dangers for women.
It has not changed the fundamental inequality of gender relationships in the world enough.
NONE OF THESE
PROPOSITION A: Globalization has created new opportunities as well as challenges for women, but most feminists would agree that the gender structure of world politics remains fundamentally unequal and that continuing advocacy for change is needed. PROPOSITION B: The feminized labor refers to less desirable or secure work, which has come to be associated with specific 'female' qualities.
ONLY A IS INCORRECT
ONLY B IS INCORRECT
BOTH PROPOSITIONS ARE INCORRECT
BOTH PROPOSITIONS ARE CORRECT
It is in cities that global operations are centralized and where we can see most clearly the phenomena associated with their activities, whether it be (1) changes in the structure of employment, (2) the formation of powerful partnerships, (3) the development of monumental real estate, (4) the emergence of new forms of local governance, (5) the effects of organized crime, (6) the expansion of corruption, (7) the fragmentation of informal networks or (8) the spatial isolation and social exclusion of certain population groups. WHICH STATEMENT/S IS/ARE TRUE?
1, 3, 5
1, 5, 6 , 8
1 ONLY
7 ONLY
ALL OF THEM
It is also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center, is a city which is a primary node in the global economic network.
The Global City
DEMOGRAPHICS
The demographic transition theory
It is the study of a population based on factors such as age, race and sex.
The Global City
DEMOGRAPHICS
The demographic transition theory
It is a generalized description of the changing pattern of mortality, fertility and growth rates as societies move from one demographic regime to another.
The Global City
DEMOGRAPHICS
The demographic transition theory
Characterized by high birth rates, and high fluctuating death rates.
Pre-transition
Early transition
Late transition
Post-transition
During the early stages of the transition, the death rate begins to fall. As birth rates remain high, the population starts to grow rapidly.
Pre-transition
Early transition
Late transition
Post-transition
Birth rates start to decline. The rate of population growth decelerates.
Pre-transition
Early transition
Late transition
Post-transition
These are characterized by low birth and low death rates. Population growth is negligible, or even enters a decline.
Pre-transition
Early transition
Late transition
Post-transition
It is a situation in which people go to live in foreign countries, especially to find work.
(a)
Lack of employment opportunities or differentials in employment opportunities and wages; the lure of a well-paid job in a wealthy country is a powerful driver of international migration. Lack of educational institutions across developing countries has also tremendously contributed to the reasons for migration.
ECONOMIC REASONS
POLITICAL REASONS
SOCIAL FACTORS
CULTURAL FACTORS
PUSH-PULL FACTOR
The unattractiveness of agricultural activities, disasters, lack of basic amenities (roads, electricity, portable water, and inadequate health care facilities) and industrial ventures in countries have also encouraged international migration.
ECONOMIC REASONS
POLITICAL REASONS
SOCIAL FACTORS
CULTURAL FACTORS
PUSH-PULL FACTOR
These could include wealth, religion, buying habits, education level, family size and structure and population density.
ECONOMIC REASONS
POLITICAL REASONS
SOCIAL FACTORS
CULTURAL FACTORS
PUSH-PULL FACTOR
This is vital to understanding the implications for translation and, despite the differences of opinion as to whether language is a part of culture or not, the two are connected. It ranges from syntax, ideologies, religion, language and dialect, to art and literacy.
ECONOMIC REASONS
POLITICAL REASONS
SOCIAL FACTORS
CULTURAL FACTORS
PUSH-PULL FACTOR
In geographical terms, these factors are those that drive people away from a place and draw people to a new location.
ECONOMIC REASONS
POLITICAL REASONS
SOCIAL FACTORS
CULTURAL FACTORS
PUSH-PULL FACTOR
