Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

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. Which is NOT one of the characteristics of globalization?

Global economic interdependence correct incorrect

Scientific and technological innovation correct incorrect

Key actors shaping the global economy correct incorrect

Polycentric cultures and polities correct incorrect

Growing economic equality between nations correct incorrect

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. What do structural functionalists say about global inequality?

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

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

Globalization encourages economic practices that often cause disproportionate harm to women correct incorrect

Globalization discourse reinforces existing power structures correct incorrect

Global inequality serves the purpose of pushing developing nations towards modernization correct incorrect

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. Which sociologist developed World Systems Theory?

Andre Gunder Frank correct incorrect

Anthony Giddens correct incorrect

Immanuel Wallerstein correct incorrect

Randall Collins correct incorrect

Georgi M. Derluguian correct incorrect

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. What does World Systems Theory argue?

Peripheral states are more economically and politically powerful than core states correct incorrect

There is global equality between the core and the periphery correct incorrect

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

All countries are equally politically and economically stable correct incorrect

The issues of poverty will be solved by 2050 correct incorrect

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

Core states correct incorrect

Peripheral states correct incorrect

Semi-peripheral states correct incorrect

Pre-colonial states correct incorrect

Colonized states correct incorrect

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. Approximately how many international migrants are there worldwide?

500,000 correct incorrect

100,000 correct incorrect

1 million correct incorrect

2 million correct incorrect

2.5 million correct incorrect

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. When was the European Union formed?

1884 correct incorrect

1909 correct incorrect

1925 correct incorrect

1957 correct incorrect

1993 correct incorrect

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. What do both Brexit and Trump symbolize?

A shift towards globalism correct incorrect

An emphasis on free speech correct incorrect

Creating greater equality within a nation correct incorrect

Creating greater global equality correct incorrect

A shift away from globalism correct incorrect

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. Today, the most predominant form of conflict is:

War between two developed nations correct incorrect

War between two non-developed nations correct incorrect

Interstate wars between developed and non-developed nations correct incorrect

Intra-state conflict involving non-state actors correct incorrect

Intra-state conflict involving terrorist organizations correct incorrect

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. War is an institution of:

Interpersonal violence correct incorrect

Collective violence correct incorrect

Personal violence correct incorrect

Inter-familial violence correct incorrect

Non-violence correct incorrect

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. The idea of free movement, or openness, is a strictly 21^st century idea with the onset of globalization.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Most sociologists would argue that warfare is a biologically determined phenomena due to instinctual aggressiveness.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The most horrific manifestation of a war crime is genocide, which is an act committed with intent to destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. As societies industrialize and become more democratic, political protest and social movements become less violent.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect