Exam 9: Globalization, Inequality, and Development

Since the mid-1970s, the Canadian government has reduced its spending on social programs like health care and education, decreased taxation on corporations, and instituted increased free trade with other nations. Which of the following policies is the Canadian government pursuing?

Do you think that working conditions in underdeveloped countries will be improved in the next few decades? Which organizations are likely to influence this process?

Which of the following is the main characteristic of transnational corporations?

Compare transnational corporations (TNCs) with traditional corporations. What kind of contribution do TNCs make to globalization?

Taiwan and Korea benefitted from being colonies of Japan due to Japan's investment into their transportation networks, communication systems, and hydroelectric power plants.

Food aid often has detrimental effects on poor countries because it increases dependence on non-Indigenous foods and stunts local agricultural development.

Which of the following exemplifies globalization?

Which of the following characterized travel to Europe from Canada in 1980?

How has geopolitical position influenced economic growth in former colonies?

Describe main characteristics of neoliberal globalization. Illustrate your answer with examples.

After watching a commercial requesting viewers to sponsor a child in Africa, Joshua asserts that the child poverty problem would be solved if the people in Africa would utilize birth control rather than expecting other countries to pay for raising their families. Which theory of development does Joshua subscribe to?

What does the case of tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris's attempts to establish a market in Korea illustrate?

What does modernization theory focus on?

According to the textbook, why is Canadian trade with South Korea much more advanced than its trade with North Korea?

When you buy a pair of Nike shoes endorsed by Michael Jordan, which of the following accounts for the largest share of the purchase price?

Darius has just purchased a pair of designer jeans from a large multinational company. The fabric had been made in one foreign country and the jeans sewn in another, at low labour costs. What is Darius contributing to with his purchase?

Summarize the main tenets of modernization theory.

"The world seems a much smaller place today than it did 30 years ago" is a comment on globalization.

In a class discussion about the homogenizing effects of globalization, Freja points out that even in multinational chain stores and restaurants there are locally influenced differences in products and services. What concept is she supporting?

Powerful corporations want stable political conditions in countries in which they invest. How have they mostly achieved this goal?