Globalization MCQs

Option A: Malthusianism

Option B: demography

Option C: forecasting

Option D: official statistics

Correct Answer: demography ✔

Option A: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

Option B: The World Trade Organization and the World Bank

Option C: The international Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization

Option D: The United Nations and the World Trade Organization

Correct Answer: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank ✔

Option A: traditional take-off drive to maturity high mass consumption

Option B: traditional drive to maturity high mass consumption take-off

Option C: traditional state intervention high mass consumption take-off

Option D: traditional dependency modernization take-off

Correct Answer: traditional take-off drive to maturity high mass consumption ✔

Option A: Gross National Product

Option B: Gross Domestic Product

Option C: Purchasing Power Parity

Option D: Gross National Income

Correct Answer: Gross Domestic Product ✔

Option A: population growth creates the conditions for the spread of disease

Option B: all countries must pass through the demographic transition

Option C: population growth tends to outstrip food production

Option D: birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth

Correct Answer: population growth tends to outstrip food production ✔

Option A: to reduce levels of global inequality

Option B: to generate economic activity in the developing countries

Option C: to maintain stability in the world financial system

Option D: to provide funds for education programmed across the world

Correct Answer: to maintain stability in the world financial system ✔

Option A: Walt Rostow

Option B: Immanuel Waller-stein

Option C: Amartya Sen

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Immanuel Waller-stein ✔

Option A: less than 10%

Option B: around 25%

Option C: around 50%

Option D: more than 75%

Correct Answer: more than 75% ✔

Option A: 50%

Option B: 22%

Option C: 35%

Option D: 15%

Correct Answer: 15% ✔

Option A: Greenpeace

Option B: international Telegraph Union

Option C: Amnesty International

Option D: The Red Cross

Correct Answer: international Telegraph Union ✔

Option A: citizens lose faith in existing systems of governance

Option B: globalization needs to happen much more quickly

Option C: individual countries no longer control their own economies

Option D: regional institutions are becoming as powerful as nation-states

Correct Answer: globalization needs to happen much more quickly ✔

Option A: own meanings and values

Option B: family and kin relationships

Option C: artistic and literary production

Option D: religious and spiritual beliefs

Correct Answer: own meanings and values ✔

Option A: human beings have existed on earth for about half a million years

Option B: agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old

Option C: civilizations date back around six thousand years

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: Middle East

Option B: Asia

Option C: Oceania/Australia

Option D: Africa

Correct Answer: Africa ✔

Option A: four fifths

Option B: two thirds

Option C: one quarter

Option D: half

Correct Answer: two thirds ✔

Option A: capitalist companies are spreading across the planet

Option B: we all now live in a single society

Option C: individuals’ groups and nations are becoming more interdependent

Option D: human beings now live on every continent of the planet

Correct Answer: individuals’ groups and nations are becoming more interdependent ✔

Option A: agrarian societies

Option B: pastoral societies

Option C: hunter-gatherer societies

Option D: industrial societies

Correct Answer: hunter-gatherer societies ✔

Option A: an increase in the birth rate

Option B: an increase in the death rate

Option C: an exponential growth in population

Option D: a change in the ratio of births to deaths

Correct Answer: a change in the ratio of births to deaths ✔

Option A: fertility

Option B: fecundity

Option C: femininity

Option D: facticity

Correct Answer: fecundity ✔

Option A: Walt Rostow

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Immanuel Wallerstein

Option D: Bretton Woods

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: India

Option B: China

Option C: Indonesia

Option D: Vietnam

Correct Answer: China ✔

Option A: systematic difference in wealth and income between global firms

Option B: systematic differences in wealth and income between countries

Option C: systematic differences in wealth and income within countries

Option D: systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries

Correct Answer: systematic differences in wealth and income between countries ✔

Option A: a young population

Option B: good healthcare system

Option C: education

Option D: careful policy planning

Correct Answer: good healthcare system ✔

Option A: Brazil

Option B: Japan

Option C: Ethiopia

Option D: Spain

Correct Answer: Brazil ✔

Option A: Wholesale and retail

Option B: manufacturing

Option C: agriculture

Option D: services

Correct Answer: agriculture ✔

Option A: 15%

Option B: 25%

Option C: 50%

Option D: 75%

Correct Answer: 75% ✔

Option A: Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal

Option B: Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal

Option C: Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden

Option D: Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden

Correct Answer: Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal ✔

Option A: Brazil

Option B: South Korea

Option C: Taiwan

Option D: Hungary

Correct Answer: Hungary ✔

Option A: developing

Option B: global South

Option C: majority world

Option D: second World

Correct Answer: second World ✔

Option A: agrarian society

Option B: ancient society

Option C: industrial society

Option D: pastoral society

Correct Answer: industrial society ✔

Option A: Ulrich Beck

Option B: Kenichi Ohmae

Option C: Roland Robertson

Option D: Judith Butler

Correct Answer: Roland Robertson ✔

Option A: regionalization is occurring not globalization

Option B: economic globalization is occurring not political globalization

Option C: trading blocs are effective not a global economy

Option D: national governments are most significant not international institutions

Correct Answer: economic globalization is occurring not political globalization ✔

Option A: Marxism

Option B: interaction ism

Option C: Functionalism

Option D: Post structuralism

Correct Answer: Marxism ✔

Option A: developing countries

Option B: peripheral countries

Option C: globalizing countries

Option D: newly industrializing countries

Correct Answer: newly industrializing countries ✔

Option A: 771 million to 7.1 billion

Option B: 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion

Option C: 771 million to 8.2 billion

Option D: 1.65 million to 8.2 billion

Correct Answer: 771 million to 7.1 billion ✔