Exam 9: Globalization, inequality, and Development

In today's dollars,how much would a three-minute telephone call between New York and London,England,have cost in 1930?

When analysts say that globalization actually sharpens some local differences,they use the term glocalization.

Explain what McDonaldization is and the main aspects of it.

According to the textbook,when did globalization take off in an unprecedented way?

By how much did the world population increase between 1982 and 2008?

Simi lives in the trading bloc that accounts for the most economic activity worldwide.Which trading bloc does she live in?

In developing countries,the gap between rich and poor is narrower than it is in developed countries.

Which of the following has increased through the pursuit of higher profits?

Extrapolating from the 1998 numbers given in the textbook,what would it cost annually to provide reproductive health care for all women in the world?

Describe the main tenets of modernization theory.

Oscar works at a factory in China that manufactures shoelaces for a high-profile North American athletic shoe company.What is Oscar is part of?

Matthew argues with his professor,saying that the reason that Latin America continues to be poor is due to the greed of nations like Canada and the United States,which keep Latin America trapped in a cycle of debt.What theory is Matthew's argument informed by?

In contrasting the situations between the $100-per-plate birthday dinners for pet cats in New York City with the fact that 70 000 Filipino people live in a garbage dump,what did the United Nations say about the level global inequality?

According to Wallerstein's theory,what type of nation is Canada?

Which of the following nations has realized the most significant negative change in its share of world gross domestic product between 1980 and 2010?

Dependency theory has strong intellectual ties to conflict theory.

Are conditions throughout the world becoming more uniform as a result of globalization?

What is the purpose of the World Trade Organization (WTO),and what kind of reception has greeted its meetings in different parts of the world?

What does it mean for a nation to have a foreign debt of ten times the GNP?

A large multinational company has headquarters in Canada,where several well-paid lawyers,accountants,and managers work,and numerous factories all over the world,where hundreds of labourers work for low pay to manufacture the company's products.What is this practice of having different types of workers spread across the globe is known as?