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PRELIM - THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of expanding various sociocultural and socioecological processes from national to international and transcultural levels.

a)

Localization

b)

Internationalism

c)

Globalization

d)

Transmigration

2.

It is a measurement of flows and interconnections of a country to other global players through exchanges in trade, capital, people, and information.

a)

International Connectivity Index

b)

Global Connectivity Index

c)

Interconnectivity Index

d)

General Connectivity Index

3.

It is related to the different groups of people in society and their habits, traditions, and beliefs.

a)

Sociocultural

b)

Socioecological

c)

Socioeconomics

d)

None of the above

4.

The interactions among the members of a species, and between them and the environment.

a)

Socioecological

b)

Sociocultural

c)

Socioeconomics

d)

Symbiosis

5.

The social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes

a)

Socioecological

b)

Sociocultural

c)

Socioeconomics

d)

Symbiosis

6.

It is a phenomenon in which financial markets in neighboring, regional, and/or global economies are closely linked together.

a)

Economy

b)

Trade

c)

Financial Integration

d)

Tarriff

7.

The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold and bought in a country or region.

a)

Tarriff

b)

Westernization

c)

Trade

d)

Financial Integration

8.

The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold and bought in a country or region.

a)

Tarriff

b)

Economy

c)

Trade

d)

Financial Integration

9.

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

a)

Tarriff

b)

Economy

c)

Trade

d)

Financial Integration

10.

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

a)

Tarriff

b)

Economy

c)

Trade

d)

Financial Integration

11.

It causes (a country, person, or system) to adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe and North America.

a)

Transnationalization

b)

Internationalization

c)

Westernization

d)

Globalization

12.

The existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society.

a)

Pluralism

b)

Internationalization

c)

Westernization

d)

Globalization

13.

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

a)

Pluralism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Westernization

d)

Globalization

14.

Belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.

a)

Rationalism

b)

Hybridity

c)

Reflexivity

d)

Tariff

15.

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

a)

Rationalism

b)

Hybridity

c)

Reflexivity

d)

Tariff

16.

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

a)

Rationalism

b)

Reflexivity

c)

Hybridity         

d)

Capitalism

17.

The economic system that gives freedom to entrepreneurs to control production processes to pursue profit, is just one kind of economic system designed by human societies.

a)

Rationalism

b)

Development Paradigms 

c)

The Market Economy

d)

Capitalism

18.

The idea of the prescribed path to attain development through a certain set of activities, according to a defined vision.

a)

  Capitalism

b)

Rationalism  

c)

Development Paradigms

d)

   The Market Economy   

19.

A system of nongovernment institutions that operate across geographical borders and organize and mobilized common issues or causes.

a)

IMF

b)

Global Civil Society 

c)

Global Corporation

d)

Global Economy

20.

An international organization with 183 member countries that promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange stability.

a)

IMF

b)

Global Civil Society 

c)

Global Corporation

d)

Global Economy

21.

Denotes that the economies of various countries are more interconnected from extraction, production distribution, and consumption, to disposal of goods and services.

a)

IMF

b)

Global Civil Society 

c)

Global Corporation

d)

Global Economy

22.

It is based on the theory of Wallerstein (1974) that recognizes that social and economic change is not only endogenous to a country but is affected by its interaction with exogenous institutions.

a)

World System

b)

Global Civil Society 

c)

Global Corporation

d)

Global Economy

23.

A process of combining or increasing the interconnectivity of national economies to the regional or global economies.

a)

World System

b)

Economic Integration

c)

Global Corporation

d)

Global Economy

24.

This means that separate production operations are functionally related to each other and form a unified product or service.

a)

World System

b)

Economic Globalization

c)

Economic integration

d)

Global Economy

25.

These organizations are critical in developing and pushing for neoliberal policies among different countries. They also help facilitate trade and development discussions among various states.

a)

World System

b)

Economic Development

c)

Economic integration

d)

International Economic Organizations

26.

These organizations promote regional agreements and standards that facilitate better trade and the exchange of knowledge, human resources, and regional cooperation.

a)

World System

b)

Economic Integration

c)

Regional Organizations

d)

International Economic Organizations

27.

They are considered one of the most powerful institutions in the world economy since they can lead economic development, and some authors contend  that central bank governors are more influential in their own national economy than  some politicians

a)

World System

b)

Central Banks

c)

Regional Organizations

d)

International Economic Organizations

28.

It is seen as either composed of individuals or groups of individuals disadvantaged by the effects of the globalization of the world economy, they protest and seek alternatives to a new world order

a)

Global Civil Society

b)

Central Banks

c)

Regional Organizations

d)

International Economic Organizations

29.

Networks that are “organized to promote causes, principled ideas, and norms, and they often involve individuals advocating policy changes that cannot be easily linked to a rationalist understanding of their “interests.”

a)

Global Civil Society

b)

Transnational Advocacy Networks

c)

Regional Organizations

d)

International Economic Organizations

30.

It is an institutional arrangement of governance that address regional or globalized issues that go beyond the scope of a nation-state.

a)

Global Interstate System

b)

Transnational Advocacy Networks

c)

Regional Organizations

d)

International Economic Organizations

31.

Europe

a)

Most highly globally connected continent

b)

World’s most globally connected country

32.

The Netherlands

a)

Most highly globally connected continent

b)

World’s most globally connected country

33.

Globalism

a)

Puts emphasis on diversity and celebrates multiculturalism

b)

Focuses more on the economic aspect of the exchanges among countries and society.

34.

Internationalism

a)

Puts emphasis on diversity and celebrates multiculturalism

b)

Focuses more on the economic aspect of the exchanges among countries and society.

35.

World Bank

a)

An international financial institution that provides  loans to countries of the world  for capital projects, established  during the Bretton Woods Conference  in 1994

b)

Can refer to anything that is not affiliated with, supported by, or connected directly to a sovereign state or one of its governmental organizations, including in international commerce.

36.

Non-state

a)

An international financial institution that provides  loans to countries of the world  for capital projects, established  during the Bretton Woods Conference  in 1994

b)

Can refer to anything that is not affiliated with, supported by, or connected directly to a sovereign state or one of its governmental organizations, including in international commerce.

37.

Responsible for global research on medicines and vaccines.

a)

WHO

b)

ICAO

38.

For regulations of international air transport.

a)

ICAO

b)

WIPO

39.

International intellectual property rights standards.

a)

WIPO

b)

ILO

40.

"Glocalization"

a)

“Internal globalization

b)

"External globalization"

41.

GATT = (a)  

42.

WTO = (a)  

43.

GCI = (a)  

44.

GDP = (a)  

45.

IMF = (a)  

46.

UNESCO = (a)  

47.

ILO = (a)  

48.

ASEAN

(a)  

49.

NAFTA = (a)  

50.

ICAO = (a)  

51.

1.  In your own words, explain what globalization is.

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52.

Are you in favor of global free trade? Why and why not?

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53.

Discuss at least one of the actors that drive economic globalization.

 

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