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Chapter 2 Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Philippines, a person is officially living in poverty if he makes _______ pesos a day.

a)

275

b)

350

c)

300

d)

250

2.

In this kind of economy, the government loosens its restriction to foreign trade.

(a)  

3.

The American Sociologist who described high-income nations as the core of the world economy and low-income countries as the periphery.

a)

Immanuel Wallerstein

b)

Joseph Stiglitz

c)

Richard Peet

d)

Leslie Sklair

4.

It is a system under which nearly all countries fixed the value of their currencies in terms of a specified amount of gold.

(a)  

5.

This system has been practiced for centuries and long before money was introduced. People started exchanging services and goods for other services and goods in return.

(a)  

6.

Under globalization, the following shaped and influenced the global economy EXCEPT

a)

government

b)

global corporations

c)

global institutions

d)

environmental laws

7.

The exchange of value of gold then depends on the two sides engaged in trade or transaction.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

The system made after World War II and became the precursor to the current global economic setup.

a)

Bretton Woods system

b)

global economic system

c)

capitalism

d)

international monetary system

9.

In 1944, 44 capitalist countries led by the US met at Bretton Woods, a town in ___________________.

a)

New Hampshire

b)

New Jersey

c)

New York

d)

Cambridge

10.

Its primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries to transact with each other.

a)

International Monetary Fund

b)

World Bank

c)

World Trade Organization

d)

Asia Development Bank

11.

The following are critiques against IMF and World Bank EXCEPT

a)

perpetrators of debt trap

b)

further intensifying the exploitation of natural, manpower, and financial resources

c)

obliges debtor countries to implement structural adjustments

d)

they have discontents because we have no world government, only global governance

12.

In Wallerstein's model of the capitalist world economy, (a)   take part in labor-intensive production that requires low-level skills.

13.

Greece, Spain, and Portugal are the best examples of core regions/countries.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The economies of semi-peripheral regions/countries seemingly grow at the expense of core regions/countries in Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems theory.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

After the creation of the UN Security Council, the US dollar became the global currency.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

They are seemingly made permanently dependent on the core regions/countries as they fail to or are hindered from using their natural resources for industrialization.

a)

peripheral regions/countries

b)

core regions/countries

c)

semi-peripheral regions/countries

17.

Companies have come and gone but they are still mostly operating in these highly profitable fields.

(a)  

18.

Modern-day global corporations can trace their lineage to the era of colonialism when colonizers exploited colonies as cheap sources of raw materials, slave labor, or as markets for surplus goods.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

It emphasizes its two goals: to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable way.

a)

World Bank

b)

International Monetary Fund

c)

World Trade Organization

d)

United Nations

20.

A (a)   happens when one country retaliates against another by raising import tariffs or placing other restrictions on the other country's imports.

21.

Even workers in the biggest capitalist country in the world are now negatively affected by globalization's policies

a)

true

b)

false

22.

This Philippine law removed governments' limits on rice importation and let traders bring unlimited volumes of rice anytime with 35% tariffs from ASEAN Member Country, 40% NON-ASEAN within MAV and 180% NON-ASEAN beyond MAV.

(a)  

23.

Which of the following is NOT included in the benefits of RA 11203 or the Rice Tarification Law?

a)

rice price hike because of an increased supply

b)

good flow of economy because of collected tariffs from imports

c)

collected tariffs will be allocated in Agriculture

d)

it will improve farmer's profit

24.

It happens when a country is buying more goods and services than it is selling.

a)

trade war

b)

trade deficit

c)

free trade

d)

trade crisis

25.

As of now, how many is the total number of member countries in the United Nations?

a)

193

b)

144

c)

150

d)

215

26.

It has the power to impose economic sanctions on any UN member nation that violates UN rules and decisions.

a)

UN Security Council

b)

UN General Assembly

c)

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

d)

UN Conference on Trade and Development

27.

__________ and ____________ are necessary for making global governance through the UN bodies possible.

a)

Consensus-building and cooperation

b)

Friendly cooperation and trade agreements

c)

Free trade and sanctions

d)

Rules and regulations

28.

Under the Bretton Woods system, participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

According to Wallerstein's world-systems analysis, to what group does China belong?

a)

core

b)

periphery

c)

semi-periphery

30.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in (a)   .

31.

Global market integration can be achieved without the growth of global corporations.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

The establishment of the United Nations organization further stimulated international trade as the member countries agreed to fix their currencies to the U.S. dollar.

a)

true

b)

false

33.

US dominance in the capitalist remained undisputed until China outperformed them in terms of Gross Domestic Product.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

A place where member governments try to sort out the trade problems they face with each other.

a)

World Trade Organization

b)

World Bank

c)

United Nations

d)

UN Security Council

35.

He acknowledges that globalization has its discontents (has global governance without global government).

a)

Joseph Stiglitz

b)

Leslie Sklair

c)

Alejandro Lichauco

d)

Richard Peet

36.

He sees the two financial institutions (IMF and World Bank) as the perpetrators of the debt trap.

a)

Alejandro Lichauco

b)

Richard Peet

c)

Thomas Friedman

d)

Joseph Stiglitz

37.

He criticizes the IMF and World Bank as the two lending firms oblige debtor countries to implement structural adjustments that only cause impoverishment for them.

a)

Richard Peet

b)

Alejandro Lichauco

c)

Leslie Sklair

d)

Joseph Stiglitz

38.

The current global economy would have been impossible to establish without the financial power of international institutions.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

World bank group is composed of eleven entities.

a)

true

b)

false

40.

Globalization requires some sort of global, or atleast, international governance.

a)

true

b)

false