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Buehlmann IR Part 2

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which approach to poverty and hunger argues that the key problems are the distribution network and entitlement?

a)

critical alternative approach

b)

mainstream approach

c)

realist approach

d)

neoliberal approach

2.

The mainstream approach to development argues that there is a linear path from __________ to __________.

a)

traditional ... mass consumption

b)

farming ... industrial

c)

traditional ... modern

d)

agrarian ... industrial

3.

A UN Development Program report on the 1990s stated that no fewer than ___________ developing or "in transition" countries had experienced serious economic decline over the previous three decades.

a)

67

b)

100

c)

21

d)

33

4.

What academic model asserts that countries transition from premodern to post modern?

a)

Slow growth theory

b)

development theory

c)

dependency theory

d)

modernization theory

5.

Modernization theory views development as synonymous with _______________.

a)

higher per capita GPD

b)

increased per capita caloric intake

c)

poverty reduction

d)

economic growth

6.

According to modernization theory, countries with lower per capita income are

a)

less developed

b)

pastoral

c)

impoverished

d)

uncivilized

7.

What regime or institution promotes economic growth through trade liberalization coupled with pro-poor growth and poverty reduction policies?

a)

Washington Consensus

b)

neoliberalism

c)

Lome' convention

d)

post-Washington consensus

8.

What term describes the idea that development must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?

a)

efficient intertemporal resource allocation

b)

generation development

c)

sustainable development

d)

ecological development

9.

Which of the following is NOT a threat to local subsistence food production?

a)

cash crop production

b)

industrialization

c)

natural disasters

d)

the international system

10.

What relationship did Thomas Malthus write about?

a)

Will and Kate

b)

population growth and food supply

c)

inflation and unemployment

d)

industrialization and global warming

11.

In developing countries social security refers to what?

a)

retirement income

b)

food assistance

c)

societal police force

d)

socio-economic stability

12.

What role do transnational corporations play in the global food regime ?

a)

a minor role

b)

a major role

c)

a tertiary role

d)

a tangential role

13.

What country/organization has been the most active in the global food regime?

a)

United Nations

b)

the UK

c)

the USA

d)

the EU

14.

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the developing world becoming dependent on food aid?

a)

domestic production of food staples

b)

changes in consumer preferences

c)

the creation of export markets

d)

transnational banking

15.

Why has the Global South become export-oriented, and adopted large-scale mechanized agricultural processes?

a)

because they are focused on cash crops

b)

because they are concerned about their trade deficit

c)

because it is economically efficient

d)

because they want to modernize

16.

The ____________ revolution caused peasants to lose their lands because their labor was no longer needed.

a)

Brown

b)

Green

c)

Gray

d)

Blue

17.

How did agricultural trade liberalization impact food security?

a)

eroded it

b)

enhanced it

c)

accelerated it

d)

alleviated it

18.

Neoliberal economic policies have caused rising ___________ within and among states.

a)

equality

b)

inequality

c)

communication

d)

trade

19.

When it comes to poverty policy there is still disagreement over the importance of what aspects ?

a)

housing

b)

nonmaterial

c)

economic

d)

spiritual

20.

Which approach to poverty focuses on money?

a)

orthodox

b)

iconoclastic

c)

heterodoxy

d)

unorthodox

21.

As globalization has intensified poverty around the world has come to characterize significant sectors of all of these populations except ______.

a)

developing countries in the Global South

b)

all regions regardless of GDP

c)

developed countries like the US.

d)

countries with large trade deficits

22.

What two countries started the movement to discuss poverty in terms of the number of people living on a dollar a day?

a)

Mexico and Honduras

b)

China and India

c)

Russia and China

d)

Pakistan and India

23.

During the cold war, the colonial ties caused many Third World nations to side with which economic ideology?

a)

mercantilism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

capitalism

24.

Rather than focusing on economic growth, critical alternative theorists emphasize what?

a)

purchasing parity

b)

real household income

c)

the pattern of distribution within society

d)

inflation

25.

Which theory argues that core countries advanced because of the underdeveloped third world countries?

a)

Malthus' theory

b)

modernization theory

c)

dependency theory

d)

Keynesian theory

26.

Which approach to poverty relief focuses on the local community perspective?

a)

alternative

b)

mainstream

c)

federalist

d)

critical

27.

What has stimulated urbanization in the Global South?

a)

International trade

b)

Globalization

c)

The WTO

d)

The World Bank

28.

What signals concern about an issue and establishes mechanisms for the dissemination of new scientific data?

a)

a basic agreement

b)

an accord

c)

framework convention

d)

an MOU

29.

How many industrialized countries joined the EU to create the Kyoto Protocol and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

a)

32

b)

35

c)

37

d)

39

30.

What key term was introduced to the public in the Brundtland Report, 1987?

a)

long term development

b)

green development

c)

sustainable development

d)

responsible development

31.

What protocol was established to address the hole in the ozone layer?

a)

Cartagena Protocol 2000

b)

Kyoto Protocol 1997

c)

Montreal Protocol 1987

d)

Nagoya Protocol 2010

32.

In what decade did the scientific consensus around global warming occur?

a)

1960s

b)

1970s

c)

1980s

d)

1990s

33.

Which of the following does NOT explain why greenhouse gas emissions have increased?

a)

fossil fuel consumption has risen

b)

forest land has decreased

c)

agriculture has stimulated increased methane production

d)

nuclear energy isn't safe enough

34.

Prior to globalization, international environmental concerns focused on what?

a)

conservation and natural resources

b)

sustainability

c)

food production

d)

beautification

35.

What precedent did the Trail Smelter case establish?

a)

that countries are responsible for the damage caused by their citizens

b)

that countries are not responsible for the damage caused by their citizens

c)

that countries must fine their international polluters

d)

that countries must prosecute their international polluters

36.

What is the most predominant approach for explaining environmental regimes?

a)

historical institutionalism

b)

liberal institutionalism

c)

the Marxist approach

d)

constructivist institutionalism

37.

What is the name given to transnational groups of professionals and experts that are influential in environmental policy?

a)

Agenda 21

b)

IPCC

c)

epistemic communities

d)

interest groups

38.

Which economic policies are associated with squandering resources through consumerism?

a)

liberal

b)

Keynesian

c)

conservative

d)

neoliberal

39.

One of the most immediate and long-lasting consequences of war is the destruction of ____________.

a)

food supply

b)

ecosystems

c)

natural resources

d)

infrastructure

40.

The U.S. used the herbicide Agent Orange during what war?

a)

WWII

b)

The Korean War

c)

The Vietnam War

d)

The Gulf War

41.

CFCs are associated with what environmental problem?

a)

acid rain

b)

climate change

c)

global warming

d)

ozone depletion

42.

What do we call the principle that argues that full and definitive scientific proof should NOT be required before banning activities likely to harm the environment?

a)

Possibility

b)

Probability

c)

Preemptive

d)

Precautionary

43.

This group has three working groups: (1) climate science, (2) impacts, and (3) economic and social dimensions, what group is it?

a)

IPCC

b)

UNFCCC

c)

Agenda 21

d)

none of the above

44.

What is the global commons?

a)

an area where common resources are stored

b)

an area that is uninhabitable

c)

an area with no military forces

d)

an area not under any sovereign jurisdiction

45.

What is the name given to the buying and selling of carbon credits?

a)

carbon co-op

b)

cap and trade

c)

emissions trading

d)

carbon exchange

46.

Why was the Kyoto Protocol harder to achieve than the Montreal Protocol?

a)

because people care more about ozone than warming

b)

it lacked a strong leader

c)

it didn't have the same level of scientific consensus

d)

public opinion opposed it

47.

Cooperation regarding climate change is hindered by what structural division?

a)

The East vs the West

b)

The Global South vs. The Global North

c)

Africa vs Europe

d)

Europe vs Asia

48.

When a country becomes carbon neutral while other countries continue to pollute while enjoying the cleaner air thanks to the first country , what are the polluting countries doing?

a)

industrializing

b)

free riding

c)

developing

d)

prioritizing clean water over clean air

49.

What agreement created the idea of common by differentiated responsibilities in fighting global warming?

a)

1992 UNFCCC

b)

1987 Montreal Protocol

c)

1997 Kyoto Protocol

d)

1972 Stockholm Conference

50.

Who has observed that changes in knowledge are important?

a)

Activists

b)

Experts

c)

Policy Analysts

d)

Analysts fo international environmental cooperation

51.

What were the earliest global commons?

a)

fields

b)

fisheries

c)

forests

d)

lakes

52.

Cap and Trade programs create a market system for buying and selling what?

a)

smog

b)

methane

c)

carbon emissions

d)

CFCs