Practice Quiz: Chapter 14

. Which continent contains primarily periphery countries?

. The advocates of neo-liberalism support all but which of the following?

. Which perspective focuses on institutions and how they appear increasingly similar on the global level?

. Australia is an example of which of the following?

. Who of the following is a key thinker of the world society perspective?

. In an effort to increase profit, where do large multinational companies look for labour?

. Which sociological system grapples with the aspect of how society is changing in an era of globalization?

. Which term refers to the similarity of organizational structure emerging from imitation, coercion, or pressure of legitimacy?

. Where would sociologists expect to find labour-intensive economic production?

. Many new technological devices, including your cell phone, rely upon coltan. Where has civil war and extreme violence erupted over control of this resource?

. The mixing of global and local is known as global unification.

. One of the main contentions of the world system perspective is that it is very difficult for states to move between the three categories of core, periphery, and semi-periphery.

. Roland Robertson defines globalization as "the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole."

. The semi-periphery countries show a mix of both core and peripheral characteristics.

. The globalizing economic model is based on concepts of free-market libertarianism, rational choice, and the belief that the state should interfere as little as possible in the market economy.

. Technological change has created a greater sense of interconnectedness around the world.

. The movement of people is not considered an aspect of globalization.

. The current Canadian Government has made a determined effort to help resettle Syrian refugees.

. Key theorists of the world system theory of globalization were Giddens and Castells.

. In India, McDonald's has made a special hamburger to meet the cultural requirements of the Hindu population.

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