Question 1

Attendees at the World Social Forum

Accepted Answer

A)  are interested in issues of global social justice 
B)  mostly belong to organizations that advocate armed struggle 
C)  make an effort to include activists from the global south 
D)  meet almost every winter in Switzerland 
E)  generally oppose neoliberalism
F) a, c, and e
G) none of the above 
A)  are interested in issues of global social justice 
B)  mostly belong to organizations that advocate armed struggle 
C)  make an effort to include activists from the global south 
D)  meet almost every winter in Switzerland 
E)  generally oppose neoliberalism
F) a, c, and e
G) none of the above

Question 2

Chapter 19 contends that a transnationalized global class structure is emerging but that the core/periphery hierarchy remains an important structure of the contemporary system. Discuss the ways in which conditions for workers in the core have become more similar to conditions for workers in the periphery, and also the remaining differences.

Accepted Answer

The emergence of a transnationalized glo

Question 3

The British Empire mainly used colonial subjects rather than mercenaries to fight wars in the first half of the 20ᵗʰ century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The World Trade Organization has applied a free trade policy across the core, semiperiphery and the periphery of the world-system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

International relations theorists argue that core countries are not likely to go to war with one another because they share the same democratic values. Factors that might overcome the "democratic peace" are

Accepted Answer

A)  ecological crises 
B)  population pressure 
C)  financial crises 
D)  hegemonic decline of the United States 
E)  all of the above 
A)  ecological crises 
B)  population pressure 
C)  financial crises 
D)  hegemonic decline of the United States 
E)  all of the above

Question 6

There are important differences between the structure of the world-system now and the way it was structured at the end of the 19ᵗʰ century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Discuss the causes of the reproduction of large inequalities between the global north and the global south.

Accepted Answer

The reproduction of large inequalities b

Question 8

In the global class system, the working class in the core and the working class in the periphery are now interchangeable in terms of standard of living.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss how the idea of semiperipheral development might again be operating in the contemporary world-system.

Accepted Answer

The idea of semiperipheral development i

Question 10

Research shows that dependence on foreign investment has helped to lessen income inequality within noncore countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Internet and social media have helped transnational movements because

Accepted Answer

A)  they are cheaper forms of communication 
B)  the dominant order has less control over them 
C)  there are more opportunities to expose events as they happen relative to previous forms of communication 
D)  all of the above 
A)  they are cheaper forms of communication 
B)  the dominant order has less control over them 
C)  there are more opportunities to expose events as they happen relative to previous forms of communication 
D)  all of the above

Question 12

The key resource that made the exponential growth of the human population possible in the 20ᵗʰ century was:

Accepted Answer

A)  cars 
B)  videogames 
C)  oil 
D)  ginseng 
E)  bananas
F) none of the above 
A)  cars 
B)  videogames 
C)  oil 
D)  ginseng 
E)  bananas
F) none of the above

Question 13

What does it mean to say that the United States is too large to fail?

Accepted Answer

The phrase "too large to fail" in the co

Question 14

Compare the contemporary world revolution (20xx) with earlier world revolutions.

Accepted Answer

The contemporary world revolution of the

Question 15

Discuss the notion of "peak oil" the possible or likely consequences of the long-term rise in energy prices.

Accepted Answer

The notion of "peak oil" refers to the p

Question 16

The 20ᵗʰ century wave of globalization was similar to the 19ᵗʰ century wave in that:

Accepted Answer

A)  transportation and communications costs fell rapidly 
B)  people far from one another became connected through the expansion of trade 
C)  a hegemon rose and then declined 
D)  a wave of financialization arose during the period of hegemonic decline 
E)  the declining hegemons engaged in imperial overreach
F) the hegemons were about the same size relative to the economic size of the whole system
G) a, b, c, d, and e
H) none of the above 
A)  transportation and communications costs fell rapidly 
B)  people far from one another became connected through the expansion of trade 
C)  a hegemon rose and then declined 
D)  a wave of financialization arose during the period of hegemonic decline 
E)  the declining hegemons engaged in imperial overreach
F) the hegemons were about the same size relative to the economic size of the whole system
G) a, b, c, d, and e
H) none of the above

Question 17

C. Wright Mills was

Accepted Answer

A)  the leader of an infamous motorcycle gang 
B)  a baseball star in the 1950s 
C)  an English political philosopher 
D)  a radical sociologist who criticized the U.S. labor movement and the power elite during the 1950s 
E)  a Hollywood film director 
A)  the leader of an infamous motorcycle gang 
B)  a baseball star in the 1950s 
C)  an English political philosopher 
D)  a radical sociologist who criticized the U.S. labor movement and the power elite during the 1950s 
E)  a Hollywood film director

Attendees at the World Social Forum

The British Empire mainly used colonial subjects rather than mercenaries to fight wars in the first half of the 20ᵗʰ century.

The World Trade Organization has applied a free trade policy across the core, semiperiphery and the periphery of the world-system.

International relations theorists argue that core countries are not likely to go to war with one another because they share the same democratic values. Factors that might overcome the "democratic peace" are

There are important differences between the structure of the world-system now and the way it was structured at the end of the 19ᵗʰ century.

Discuss the causes of the reproduction of large inequalities between the global north and the global south.

In the global class system, the working class in the core and the working class in the periphery are now interchangeable in terms of standard of living.

Discuss how the idea of semiperipheral development might again be operating in the contemporary world-system.

Research shows that dependence on foreign investment has helped to lessen income inequality within noncore countries.

The Internet and social media have helped transnational movements because

The key resource that made the exponential growth of the human population possible in the 20ᵗʰ century was:

What does it mean to say that the United States is too large to fail?

Compare the contemporary world revolution (20xx) with earlier world revolutions.

Discuss the notion of "peak oil" the possible or likely consequences of the long-term rise in energy prices.

The 20ᵗʰ century wave of globalization was similar to the 19ᵗʰ century wave in that:

C. Wright Mills was

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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Exam 19: Late Globalization: The Early Twenty-First Century

Attendees at the World Social Forum

The British Empire mainly used colonial subjects rather than mercenaries to fight wars in the first half of the 20ᵗʰ century.

The World Trade Organization has applied a free trade policy across the core, semiperiphery and the periphery of the world-system.

International relations theorists argue that core countries are not likely to go to war with one another because they share the same democratic values. Factors that might overcome the "democratic peace" are

There are important differences between the structure of the world-system now and the way it was structured at the end of the 19ᵗʰ century.

Discuss the causes of the reproduction of large inequalities between the global north and the global south.

In the global class system, the working class in the core and the working class in the periphery are now interchangeable in terms of standard of living.

Discuss how the idea of semiperipheral development might again be operating in the contemporary world-system.

Research shows that dependence on foreign investment has helped to lessen income inequality within noncore countries.

The Internet and social media have helped transnational movements because

The key resource that made the exponential growth of the human population possible in the 20ᵗʰ century was:

What does it mean to say that the United States is too large to fail?

Compare the contemporary world revolution (20xx) with earlier world revolutions.

Discuss the notion of "peak oil" the possible or likely consequences of the long-term rise in energy prices.

The 20ᵗʰ century wave of globalization was similar to the 19ᵗʰ century wave in that:

C. Wright Mills was

History and Social Evolution

The Comparative World-Systems Approach

Biological Bases of Social Evolution

Building a Social Self: The Macro-Micro Link Part II Stateless Systems

World-Systems of Foragers

The Gardeners Web Chapter Indigenous North American World-Systems Before the Rise of Chiefs

The Sacred Chiefs Part III State-Based Systems

The Temple and the Palace

Public Spaces, Self, and Cognitive Evolution in Early States

The Early Empires: Semiperipheral Conquerors and Capitalist City-States

The Central System Part IV-The Long Rise of Capitalism

The Long Rise of the West

The Modern World-System

The Early Modern Systems in the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

The Global Nineteenth Century

Public Spaces, Individualism, and Cognition in the Modern Age

The Twentieth-Century Age of Extremes

The World-System Since 1945: Another Wave of Globalization, Hegemony, and Revolutions

The Next Three Futures: Another Round of Us Hegemony, Global Collapse, or Global Democracy

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