Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

. Which is NOT one of the characteristics of globalization?

Global economic interdependence

Growing economic equality between nations

Scientific and technological innovation

Key actors shaping the global economy .

Polycentric cultures and polities

. What do structural functionalists say about global inequality?

Money flows from developing nations' local economies back into developed nations

Local stories and ideologies are often distorted on social media to fit Western scripts.

Globalization encourages economic practices that often cause disproportionate harm to women.

Globalization discourse reinforces existing power structures.

Global inequality serves the purpose of pushing developing nations towards modernization.

. Which sociologist developed World Systems Theory?

Andre Gunder Frank

Anothony Giddens

Immanuel Wallerstein

Randall Collins

Georgi M. Derluguian

. What does World Systems Theory argue?

Peripheral states are more economically and politically powerful than core states.

There is global equality between the core and the periphery.

Core states take the raw materials and cheap labour from less developed states.

All countries are equally politically and economically stable.

The issues of poverty will be solved by 2050.

. Which type of state is often accused of engaging in imperialism?

Core states

Peripheral states

Semi-peripheral states

Pre-colonial states

Colonized states

. Approximately how many international migrants are there worldwide?

5 million

100 million

170 million

2 million

258 million

. When was the European Union formed?

1993

1909

1925

1957

1884

. What do both Brexit and Trump symbolize?

A shift towards globalism

An emphasis on free speech

Creating greater equality within a nation

Creating greater global equality

A shift away from globalism

. Today, the most predominant form of conflict is:

War between two developed nations

War between two non-developed nations

Interstate wars between developed and non-developed nations

Intra-state conflict involving non-state actors.

Intra-state conflict involving terrorist organizations.

. The likelihood of radicalization is exacerbated when:

individuals face poor socio-economic conditions.

individuals face educational inequality.

individuals lack opportunity.

individuals lack social support.

All the above.

. When Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were involved with companies that profit from war, this is called the war machine.

True.

False.

. Symbolic interactionalists are interested in the subjective nature of poverty.

True.

False

. Feminists are interested in how seemingly gender-neutral global issues (such as war and migration) have gendered implications.

True.

False

. When the EU was formed it was shaped around four primary freedoms: freedom of goods, people, capital and services.

True.

False

. Social constructionists are primarily interested in understanding the exploitation of less developed countries by more developed countries.

True

False .

. Globalization has decreased opportunities for crime, warfare, and violence conflict.

True

False

. Today, wars are not typically fought to defend physical assets, but ideologies and worldviews.

True.

False

. Due to globalization, bioterrorism has become more expensive, more advanced, and less accessible to individuals and terror groups.

True.

False.

. The most fundamental initial step toward global equality is to remove the debt burdens of poorer nations.

True.

False.

. Despite Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that affirms the fundamental right to organize, workers around the globe still face repercussions for attempting to do so.

True.

False.

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