Higher Education

Foundations of Sociology: Chapter 20

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Question 1:

Which of the following terms applies to those who zealously promote globalization as beneficial to everyone in the world?
a) Hypoglobalizers
b) Hyperglobalizers
c) Manicglobalizers
d) Globalizers

Question 2:

The text asserts that North Americans tend to believe that globality is which of the following?
a) Higher than it actually is
b) Lower than it actually is
c) The same as it actually is
d) Non-existent

Question 3:

Which of the following theorists developed the idea that the market was a living thing that needed to be free to grow and expand in a healthy way?
a) Karl Marx
b) Jeremy Bentham
c) Michel Foucault
d) Adam Smith

Question 4:

Which of the following elements is part of the neoliberal agenda according to Manfred Steger?
a) Government downsizing
b) Privatization of public expenditures
c) Liberalization of trade and industry
d) All of the above

Question 5:

Which of the following reflects the income ratio between the richest and poorest countries, by the late 1990s, according to the UN Human Development Report?
a) 24 to 1
b) 44 to 1
c) 74 to 1
d) 94 to 1

Question 6:

Which of the following is a major concern of those critical of the spread of political globalization?
a) Terrorism
b) Jihad
c) Democracy
d) All of the above

Question 7:

According to the text, preventative war is which of the following?
a) A strategy for preventing war
b) A strategy for preventing terrorism
c) A strategy for making war on those with valued resources
d) A strategy for threatening to make war on aggressive nations

Question 8:

Which of the following types of correlations is found between oil dependency and authoritarianism, according to Michael Ross?
a) A positive correlation
b) A negative correlation
c) An inverse correlation
d) A spurious correlation

Question 9:

Which of the following is the master narrative that is applied to victories by Aboriginal people over European settlers encroaching on Aboriginal territory?
a) It was war.
b) It was a massacre.
c) It was genocide.
d) It was terrorism.

Question 10:

What type of jihad is one where a person works hard at a job she or he doesn't like in order to help to support the family?
a) Jihad-i-asghar
b) Ummaic jihad
c) Jihad-i-akbar
d) Martial jihad

Question 11:

Which of the following do critics worry about when they worry about the "Americanization of the planet"?
a) Cultural globalization
b) Economic globalization
c) Political globalization
d) All of the above

Question 12:

According to the text, what percentage of movies that Canadians watch is Canadian?
a) 2 per cent
b) 10 per cent
c) 16 per cent
d) 34 per cent

Question 13:

Which of the following terms describes the ability of a culture to be selective about which global cultural influences it takes in, ensuring that only ones that fit into and enrich the culture are assimilated?
a) Globalization
b) Anti-globalization
c) Protectionism
d) Glocalization

Question 14:

According to the text, how does advertising operate to encourage consumerism here in the West?
a) It promotes self-doubt and low self-esteem.
b) It tells us that products can transform our lives.
c) It redirects our natural desires to conform to market commodities.
d) All of the above

Question 15:

Which of the following does Canadian author Naomi Klein support, according to the text?
a) The particularist protectionism movement
b) The anti-corporate globalization movement
c) The cultural imperialism movement
d) The preventative war movement

Question 16:

Noam Chomsky is considered a skeptical globalizer.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 17:

Globalization is a set of social conditions such as the amount of global cultural interdependence that exists.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 18:

The terms "the North" and "the South" are generally accepted as ways to divide the world conceptually in discussions of globalization.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 19:

Neoliberalism and neoconservatism are basically the same.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 20:

The amount of money that a worker in China gets paid for each $10 Barbie doll sold at Walmart is approximately $1.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 21:

According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, trade liberalization makes "have not" nations' economies more efficient and beneficial to their populations.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 22:

Alberta is the only Canadian province without a sales tax.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 23:

Terrorism is often viewed as a war between equals.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 24:

Involvement in foreign affairs by official government agencies is referred to as government terrorism.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 25:

Many Muslims view the word "crusade" as synonymous with hatred and conflict.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 26:

Holy Wars are unique to Muslims.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 27:

Global capitalism contributes heavily to cultural imperialism.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 28:

Because of the high consumption rates of North Americans, biodiversity is able to flourish in countries that produce foods such as coffee and chocolate for North Americans.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 29:

Particular protectionists are those who argue that globalization should occur from below, that is, to advance the interests of the oppressed worldwide and further greater equality worldwide.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 30:

Anti-corporate globalization movements tend to be "acephalous," according to Buttel and Gould.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE