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WorksheetsFinal Examination for The Contemporary World
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
This is the process of expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world-time and across world-space.
Globalization
Americanization
Globalism
Western Imperialism
This refers to the people's growing consciousness of thickening globality and expands people's national and local communal frameworks into international and global frameworks.
Globality
Global Imaginary
Globalization
Development
Arjun Appadurai argues that globalization occurs on multiple and intersecting dimensions of integration he calls as what?
Polity
Dynamism
Scapes
Networks
This intersecting dimensions involves the flow of cultures.
Ethnoscape
Technoscape
Financescape
Mediascape
Buying a new iPhone 16 Pro Max involves what intersecting dimensions?
Ethnoscape, Mediascape, Technoscape, Financescape, Ideoscape
Ethnoscape, Mediascape, Technoscape, Financescape, Demoscape
Ethnoscape, Mediascape, Technoscape, Environmentalscape, Ideoscape
Ethnoscape, Eduscape, Technoscape, Financescape, Ideoscape
This is process of integration of economies around the world through the movement of goods, services, and capital across borders.
Economic Globalization
Political Globalization
Global Demography
Global Migration
This is the earliest known trading system.
Great Wall of China
Atlantis
Silk Road
Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade
This is considered as the first truly globalized trade.
Great Wall of China
Atlantis
Silk Road
Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade
What are the two financial institutions that are created at the Bretton Woods?
ASEAN and APEC
OPEC and UN
WHO and EU
World Bank and IMF
This is economic system of which it believes that government intervention in markets distorts these markets and causes inflation.
Communism
Neoliberalism
Postmodernism
Anthropocene
What is one weakness or flaw of the economic system in No. 10?
These policies coming from this economic system affect certain industries negatively, and would cause its death
Policies from this economic system would only benefit the elite while undermining the interests of the public
Lesser restrictions on many of the financial instruments and institutions in the economic system.
All of the above
Which of these reasons cause the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009, except for one?
Deregulations of the banking industry in the US
Banks have become less discriminating in extending loans to Americans seeking housing loans
Interconnected investment networks consisting of foreign governments, corporations, and individuals.
US imposed a comprehensive regulating mechanism towards its banks.
Why experts are saying that economic globalization remains an uneven process? What is the reason for this?
It is uneven because poorer countries can effectively compete with richer countries in terms of trade.
It is uneven because poorer countries tightens their tax laws in order for richer countries to trade with them.
It is uneven because poorer countries sacrifices their social programs like labor welfare and environmental laws in order to attract transnational corporations.
None of the above.
This is the field of study that addresses the most global inequality, the pending global catastrophe, and others.
Comparative politics
International Relations
Political Sociology
Political Theory
Which is one of the four key attributes of world politics?
Countries or states are independent of each other.
Countries interact with each other only through international organizations.
The UN is the only international organization that facilitate these interactions.
International organizations are entirely dependent on their member-states.
The population of a specific state is called as what?
Territory
Sovereignty
Government
Citizens
This refers to the authority a state enforces within and externally of its territory.
Territory
Sovereignty
Government
Citizens
Which scholar refers to the nation as an imagined community?
Patricio Abinales
Peter Berger
Benedict Anderson
Lisandro Claudio
Which Treaty was signed in 1648 and is the basis of modern nation-states?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Manila
Who challenged the Westphalian system and directly opposed the power of the kings, nobility, and even religion in Europe?
Bonaparte
MacArthur
Hitler
Putin
This form of internationalism believed in statehood, international law, republican government, self-determination, and democracy.
Liberal Internationalism
Community Internationalism
Communist Internationalism
Library Internationalism
Which is not a tangible effect of liberal internationalism?
Democracy
Elections
Human Rights
State ownership of capital
He advocated for international law as the instrument to govern inter-state relations.
Kant
Bentham
Mazzini
Trump
He advocated for a world government so that the international system would not be chaotic.
Kant
Bentham
Mazzini
Abinales
This internationalism spreads the idea of social democracy.
Liberal Internationalism
Community Internationalism
Communist Internationalism
Library Internationalism
He believes that we should reject nationalism and instead, advocate for communism.
Marx
Stalin
Lenin
Putin
These are groups that its memberships are primarily member-states.
Non-governmental Organizations
International Organizations
Transnational Organizations
None of the Above
This power of international organizations allows them to create powerful global standards.
Power of Classification
Power to Fix Meanings
Power to Diffuse Norms
None of the Above
This power of international organizations creates meanings and these meanings have powerful effects on various policies.
Power of Classification
Power to Fix Meanings
Power to Diffuse Norms
None of the Above
This power allows the IOs to spread codes of conduct across the world.
Power of Classification
Power to Fix Meanings
Power to Diffuse Norms
None of the Above
In what ways do IOs spread positive change in the world?
The WHO pooled resources together from rich and poor countries alike to combat COVID-19.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights does not serve to promote and protect the human rights of all people.
The UNDP funds rebel groups around the world.
UNESCO does not give priority to children.
In what ways do IOs spread harms to the world?
The Security Council’s actions are limited by the interests of its members.
IMF and World Bank acts to the interests of the countries coming from the Global North.
The ASEAN is proved to be inutile in coming up with a unified stance against China.
All of the above.
What is the primary reason why the United Nations was created?
Prevent wars
Prevent monarchies to exist
Prevent colonialism
Prevent pandemics from happening
This organ of the UN is the main deliberative policymaking and representative organ.
General Assembly
Security Council
Secretariat
International Criminal Court
What is the most powerful organ of the United Nations?
General Assembly
Security Council
Secretariat
International Criminal Court
The Permanent 5 enjoys permanent membership in the Security Council. What countries made up the Permanent 5?
US, UK, China, Russia, Germany
Russia, Italy, US, UK, Saudi Arabia
Japan, US, Canada, UK, Australia
China, Russia, France, US, UK
This label refers to countries mostly from the Southern Hemisphere and involves underdeveloped and developing countries.
Global North
Global South
First World
Third World
This label refers to countries from the Group of 8 and other developed countries in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Global North
Global South
First World
Third World
What three labels that denotes classification of countries that have emerged during the Cold War?
Global North and Global South
First, Second, Third World
Poor, Middle Income, and Rich Countries
None of the Above
The UN Peacekeeping Force limits its forces to temper conflicts involving the global north.
True
False
None of the above
All of the aboe
What three considerations countries have to think about in forming regional associations and organization?
Economic Defense
Military Defense
Regional Bloc
All of the above
What organization was created during the cold war that consists of Western European countries and the United States and its main role is to protect against the threat of the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
ASEAN
NAM
NATO
This organization refuses to take sides with either the First World or the Second World during the Cold War.
Warsaw Pact
ASEAN
NAM
NATO
New regionalism are not necessarily consisted of member-states organizing together but these are entirely different actors bonded together for a single cause. Who are these new actors in the international arena?
NGOs
TNCs
IOC
UN
This challenge of regionalism conceives nationalism to its most conservative form and nature; of which they can seen in the anti-NATO rhetoric of Putin and in the antics of Trump in America.
Militant Nationalism
Economic Crisis
Non-representation in government
Inequality
This challenge of regionalism forces countries to leave regional organizations because of abusive and restrictive economic policies.
Militant Nationalism
Economic Crisis
Non-representation in government
Inequality
What issue with the ASEAN is seen as problematic between the Philippines and other member-states of the organization?
China instructs ASEAN member-states to cower to its economic might
There is no unified stance and policy in dealing with China
Countries like Singapore and Malaysia always sides with China within ASEAN
None of the above
What regional organization mandates its members to use a single currency called the Euro?
European Union (EU)
African Union (AU)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
On the religion and globalism dichotomy, this value system is concerned with the sacred.
Religion
Globalization
Politics
Economics
This value system places a premium on material wealth.
Religion
Globalization
Politics
Economics
How can religious evangelization be considered as a form of globalization?
It is when religion uses politics to proselytize.
It is when religion uses economics to proselytize.
It is when religion uses media to proselytize.
It is when religion uses globalization to proselytize.
This manifestation of how globalization affects religion is exhibited when global villages are established everywhere and erases traces of citizenship, nationality, or other local identities.
This happens when globalization causes mental stress.
This happens when globalization causes economic marginalization.
This happens when globalization causes the break down of traditional communities.
All of the above.
This manifestation of how globalization affects religion is exhibited when transnational corporations take over the role of the state in the economic sector and this then results to the government loses its status as a welfare provider.
This happens when globalization causes mental stress.
This happens when globalization causes economic marginalization.
This happens when globalization causes the break down of traditional communities.
All of the above.
This manifestation of how globalization affects religion is exhibited when individuals constantly worry about losing work, status, or other privileges.
This happens when globalization causes mental stress.
This happens when globalization causes economic marginalization.
This happens when globalizations causes governments to be bankrupt.
This happens when globalization makes people lose their purpose.
Who is the scholar who believes that the contemporary world is furiously religious.
Manfred Steger
Peter Berger
Lisandro Claudio
Patricio Abinales
What are the three Abrahamic religions?
Islam, Catholicism, Judaism
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism
Islam, Buddhism, Christianity
This manifestation of the world as increasingly religious tells us that Islamic schools in Indonesia are also taught science, banking, rights of women, and democracy.
Religion is the foundation of modern politics
Religious movements appropriate secular themes
Religious fundamentalism uses globalization’s materialism
Religion gives communities new and powerful bases of identity
Give one religion of which karma, reincarnation, and enlightenment are its common themes, and that this religion is founded upon the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Sikhism
How do religions utilize globalization?
Broadcasting live masses on Tiktok
Conducting prayer meetings on Google Meet
Livestreaming online ‘lamay’ on Zoom
All of the above
This is the means of conveying something, such as a channel of communication.
Channel
Communication
Media
Marketing
What is one example of a print media?
Philippine Daily Inquirer
CNN.com
Inquirer.net
None of the above
How did McLuhan describe the social reality when people’s perception of the world would contract as a result of people seeing the same tv shows and listen to the same stories?
The world is now becoming a splinternet
The world is now divided into cyberbalkanization
The world is now becoming a global village
The world is all now on TikTok
This social reality happens when American values and cultures would overwhelm other world cultures.
Cultural Determination
Cultural Emancipation
Cultural Machinism
Cultural Imperialism
What influences people in having different meaning and pleasures from seeing the same text or media?
Personal experiences
Culture
Belief
None of the above
What examples proved that the cultural imperialism highlighted by the Western cultural imperialism is not entirely true?
The rise of American Influencers on Tiktok
The rise of social media
The rise of KPOP
The rise of beauty influencers in UK
Give one beneficial effect of social media?
Social Media allows us to talk to people in real time.
Social Media allows us to be informed of events.
Social Media allows us to shop virtually from all over the world.
All of the above
Give one negative effect of social media?
Social Media allows us to be entertained.
Social Media allows us to find alternative modes of livelihood.
Social Media allows us to find long time life partners.
Social Media allows us to be embroiled in the world of disinformation.
What kind of people were hired to manipulate public opinion through intimidation and the spreading of fake news?
Fact-checkers
DDS
Trolls
Influencers
These are the preferred sites for the production of services and innovation and have the capacity for global transmission or communication.
Capital Cities
Global Cities
Provincial Cities
Component Cities
Which one is among the four strategic functions of global cities?
They are not the command points in the world economy.
They are not the key locations for finance.
They are sites of co-production of influence peddling.
They are the markets of products and innovations produced.
This indicator of global city means that these sites house huge economic opportunities for people, it also includes immense purchasing power of the citizens, and it houses the regional offices of many global corporation.
Economic Power
Centers of Authority
Centers of Culture
Centers of Higher Learning
This indicator of a global city means that cities house major international organizations may also be considered centers of political influence.
Economic Power
Centers of Authority
Centers of Culture
Centers of Higher Learning
These are powerful firms with subsidiaries in several countries.
TNCs
NGOs
IOs
None of the above
Why are cities are deemed as sites of economic contradiction?
Cities are sites of opportunities, but also sites of industrialization
Cities are sites of which rich people thrive, yet the same sites where rich people tries to flee
Cities are sites of which richer residents populate, while poor city resident are forced to relocate to far away areas.
Cities are sites of which rich urban areas where converted into flashy subdivisions, at the same time, poor people are used to cleaning these houses.
Which one if not a global city?
London
Melbourne
Turin
Iligan City
These communities feature crop cultivation, and involves farming activities.
Rural communities
Urban communities
Subdivisions
Multi-purpose residences
These communities include urbanized centers and are found in city centers.
Rural communities
Urban communities
Subdivisions
Multi-purpose residences
This scholar claims that unarrested population growth could result to an acute poverty.
Thomas Malthus
Betsy Hartman
Lisandro Claudio
Patricio Abinales
Which one is not an example of reproductive technology used to control the population?
Condoms and Pills
Abortion and Vasectomy
Contraception and Sterilization
Prayers and Hopes
Who challenged the conservative theory of population?
Thomas Malthus
Betsy Hartman
Lisandro Claudio
Patricio Abinales
What reforms should be instituted in order to achieve social justice, instead of curbing the population arbitrarily?
Land distribution
Less health care
Selective employment
Private education
How can large populations drive economic growth?
Large labour force increases economic growth
Large populations provides large domestic market for the economy
Population growth encourages competition which induces technological innovations
All of the above.
This is the reality of which social behaviours shape and are both shaped by social and economic structures and the processes of transformation.
Migration
Immigration
Refugee
Diplomacy
What are three forms of global migration?
Voluntary economic migration, forced displacement, refugee crisis
Forced economic migration, unforced displacement, refugee crisis
Voluntary economic migration, unforced displacement, environment-induced refugee crisis
Forced economic migration, forced displacement, environment-induced refugee crisis
This form of migration refers to people moving from area to another within one country.
International migration
Internal migration
Economic migration
Provincial migration
Which countries are considered as the top migrating countries?
US, Germany, UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia
US, Germany, Australia, Canada, Italy
US, Australia, Canada, UK, France
US, Australia, Canada, UK, Germany
What country receives the highest recorded remittances in 2014?
Philippines
Malaysia
India
Pakistan
How do remittances change their host countries?
Migrant families own cars
Migrant families have new or renovated homes
Migrant families have medium or small enterprises at home
All of the above
This challenge of global migration is siphoning qualified personnel and removing dynamic young workers.
Disinformation
Racism
Human Trafficking
Brain Drain
What is the newest Philippine institution that is tasked to protect the rights and promote the welfare of overseas Filipino workers?
OWWA
DFA
DMW
FSI
This problem situates men, women, and children into forced labor, economic exploitation, sexual abuse, and work compulsion.
Human trafficking
Illegal immigration
Bogus immigration agencies
Lack of government regulation
Which of these is a problem that the migrants are facing in their new home countries?
Swift integration
Faster access to economic opportunities
Xenophobia
More welcoming immigrant culture
What will happen to smaller Pacific islands if sea levels would continue to rise?
Smaller islands would tend to experience water temperature rise.
Smaller islands would not lose parts of its oceans.
Smaller islands would not disappear.
Smaller islands would not be prone to megaoil spoils.
Which one is not considered as a devastating impacts on Earth's marine environments?
Movement of the insular shelf
Storm surges
Volcanic eruption
Earthquakes
Why will the poor be the most affected in global climate change realities compared to the rich?
The poor are the most vulnerable because they tend to live in more marginal areas.
The poor are the most vulnerable because they tend have access to a narrower range of options and resources.
The poor are the most vulnerable because they have already lost their sense of resilience by virtue of them being incorporated into the modern world.
All of the above.
This is the awareness that nearly every aspect of our life affects the environment that if left unchecked it could destroy the environment and ourselves.
Economic awareness
Ecological awareness
Ecosystem awareness
Emancipation Awareness
What caused sea and river depredations?
Industrial toxins
Transportation pollution
Plastic in the ground
Industrial toxins, transportation pollution, and plastic in the ground
Which one is a manifestation of the severe changes in global weather patterns?
Movement of the insular shelf
Storm surges
Volcanic eruption
Earthquakes
What 3 non-renewable resources are prone to exhaustion?
Oil reserves
Minerals
Potable water
All of the above
What problems are seen in implementing the Kyoto Protocol?
US as the biggest polluter of the world has signed and supports fully the Kyoto Protocol
Developing countries has the necessary funds to implement the Protocol
It set a long-term goal for reducing atmospheric carbon emissions.
None of the above
