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The Contemporary World Quiz 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Its first appearance in the Webster's Dictionary was in the year 1961. What is it?

a)

Glocalization

b)

Globalization

c)

Metaphors

d)

Solid

2.

It is the movement of people, things, places, and information brought by the growing porosity of global limitations.

a)

Flows

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

d)

Globalization

3.

Great Wall of China

a)

man-made solid

b)

natural solid

c)

Solidity

d)

Liquidity

4.

Culture influences other culture, a phrase best described the _____

a)

Cultural Imperialism

b)

Media Imperialism

c)

Homogeneity

d)

Heterogeneity

5.

It is a process wherein nations, corporations, etc. impose themselves in a geographic areas in order to gain profits, power, and so on.

a)

Globalization

b)

Glocalization

c)

McDonaldization

d)

McWorld

6.

It emphasizes the fact that cultures are essentially different and are only superficially affected by global flows.

a)

Cultural Hybridization

b)

Cultural Differentialism

c)

Cultural Convergence

d)

Dynamics of Global Culture

7.

Which is an example of an economic issue?

a)

K to 12 program

b)

gender inequality

c)

deforestation

d)

Inflation

8.

Which picture depicts our contemporary world?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

______ happens when one culture imposes itself on and tends to destroy at least parts of another culture.

a)

Media Imperialism

b)

Cultural Imperialism

c)

Homogeneity

d)

Heterogeneity

10.

Who proposed the theory on the clash of civilizations in 1996? *Type your answer in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!

(a)  

11.

"Glocalization" coined by (a)   in 1992 *Type your answer in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!

12.

Another key concept is (a)   where global flows involve people, technology, finance, political images, and media and the disjuncture between them. *Type your answer in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!

13.

He was an anthropologist and who defined the five specific scapes.

a)

Arjun Appadurai

b)

Samuel Huntington

c)

John Tomlinson

14.

It is the import by non-Americans of products, images, technologies, practices, and behavior that are closely associated with America/Americans

a)

Globalization

b)

Homogeneity

c)

Heterogeneity

d)

Americanization

15.

It is about the deep understanding of local culture to win over international audiences.

a)

Globalization

b)

Glocalization

c)

Jihad

d)

McWorld