Question 1

McDonaldisation embodies all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Reduction in dependability on commodities 
B) Preoccupation with time and money rather than the impact of consumerism 
C) Institutionalisation of consumerism as a way of life 
D) Valuing efficiency and predictability over quality 
A) Reduction in dependability on commodities 
B) Preoccupation with time and money rather than the impact of consumerism 
C) Institutionalisation of consumerism as a way of life 
D) Valuing efficiency and predictability over quality A

Question 2

Australia's experience of cities and urbanisation demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

A) The lack of city culture accompanying the mass migration from agricultural to cosmopolitan settings 
B) The majority of Australians self-identify as urban because Australia is the most urbanised nation on Earth 
C) Only the United States surpasses Australia with its percentage of population living in cities 
D) That Australia's modern cities have little or no connection to regional or rural life 
A) The lack of city culture accompanying the mass migration from agricultural to cosmopolitan settings 
B) The majority of Australians self-identify as urban because Australia is the most urbanised nation on Earth 
C) Only the United States surpasses Australia with its percentage of population living in cities 
D) That Australia's modern cities have little or no connection to regional or rural life D

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT associated with Ritzer's concept of McDonaldisation?

Accepted Answer

A) Education 
B) Efficiency 
C) Predictability 
D) Control 
A) Education 
B) Efficiency 
C) Predictability 
D) Control A

Question 4

What is 'globalisation'?

Accepted Answer

A) A natural process of worldwide common interests 
B) Worldwide social and economic regulations 
C) Worldwide social,economic,political and cultural interconnections 
D) The history of colonisation 
A) A natural process of worldwide common interests 
B) Worldwide social and economic regulations 
C) Worldwide social,economic,political and cultural interconnections 
D) The history of colonisation

Question 5

Cultural globalisation has had the important effect of disconnecting citizens from each other's lives while linking people without contiguity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Locate the FALSE statement about the relationship between developed and developing countries:

Accepted Answer

A) The United States,Japan and Europe achieved world dominance by appropriating third-world resources 
B) The foremost area of underdevelopment is agricultural production 
C) Core nations encourage peripheral nations to standardise their crops,use fertilisers and pesticides and mechanise agriculture to create dependency 
D) World prices of manufactured goods fluctuate much more widely than prices of agricultural products 
A) The United States,Japan and Europe achieved world dominance by appropriating third-world resources 
B) The foremost area of underdevelopment is agricultural production 
C) Core nations encourage peripheral nations to standardise their crops,use fertilisers and pesticides and mechanise agriculture to create dependency 
D) World prices of manufactured goods fluctuate much more widely than prices of agricultural products

Question 7

In the world system,Australia can be described as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Pax Americana 
B) Semi-peripheral 
C) Modernised 
D) Global 
A) Pax Americana 
B) Semi-peripheral 
C) Modernised 
D) Global

Question 8

Which of the following statements is INACCURATE in regard to global migration?

Accepted Answer

A) Mobility of labour has occurred unevenly 
B) Wars have caused migration as people are displaced 
C) Prior to World War I,travelling did not require a passport 
D) Australia has more migrants prior to World War II than after 
A) Mobility of labour has occurred unevenly 
B) Wars have caused migration as people are displaced 
C) Prior to World War I,travelling did not require a passport 
D) Australia has more migrants prior to World War II than after

Question 9

Which of the following is a reason that barriers to migration suit the needs of trans-national companies?

Accepted Answer

A) It ensures cheap labour as workers cannot move to where higher wages are offered 
B) Trans-nationals work to eliminate social injustice by enabling and supporting local people to gain work 
C) Trans-national companies are rarely global,but usually based on one country 
D) In Australia most trans-nationals enjoy the benefit of a highly skilled local workforce 
A) It ensures cheap labour as workers cannot move to where higher wages are offered 
B) Trans-nationals work to eliminate social injustice by enabling and supporting local people to gain work 
C) Trans-national companies are rarely global,but usually based on one country 
D) In Australia most trans-nationals enjoy the benefit of a highly skilled local workforce

Question 10

What was the principal driver of urbanisation in Australia?

Accepted Answer

A) Cosmopolitanism 
B) Industrialisation 
C) Colonial migration 
D) Transnational companies 
A) Cosmopolitanism 
B) Industrialisation 
C) Colonial migration 
D) Transnational companies

Question 11

Briefly describe the difference between a global economy and an international economy.

Accepted Answer

Student response could include

Question 12

Which sociologist argues that the processes of globalisation have been present since the 16th century in some forms?

Accepted Answer

A) Blainey 
B) Wallerstein 
C) Hirst 
D) Fukyama 
A) Blainey 
B) Wallerstein 
C) Hirst 
D) Fukyama

Question 13

Which of the following is an outcome of economic globalisation?

Accepted Answer

A) The International Monetary Fund 
B) The United Nations 
C) The International Olympic Committee 
D) International Covenant on Economic Rights 
A) The International Monetary Fund 
B) The United Nations 
C) The International Olympic Committee 
D) International Covenant on Economic Rights

Question 14

What does Robertson argue globalisation makes possible?

Accepted Answer

A) Interdependence of different cultures 
B) Economic dominance 
C) An increase in migration 
D) Political goodwill 
A) Interdependence of different cultures 
B) Economic dominance 
C) An increase in migration 
D) Political goodwill

Question 15

Sociological analysis of global inequality shows:

Accepted Answer

A) The majority of the world's largest entities are corporations,not countries 
B) We are currently living in the era of monopoly capitalism 
C) The agreement at Bretton Woods in 1944 reduced the United States' power as a manager of the world economy by creating NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) 
D) Development has resulted in the reduction of world poverty over the past 20 years 
A) The majority of the world's largest entities are corporations,not countries 
B) We are currently living in the era of monopoly capitalism 
C) The agreement at Bretton Woods in 1944 reduced the United States' power as a manager of the world economy by creating NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) 
D) Development has resulted in the reduction of world poverty over the past 20 years

Question 16

Urbanisation and economic globalisation are interconnected.Discuss.

Accepted Answer

Student response could include definitio

Question 17

What does Frank demonstrate occurs in regards to economies and different regions and nations?

Accepted Answer

A) That the capitalist mode of production underdevelops,rather than develops,colonial regions 
B) That capitalistic processes of globalisation are not recent phenomena in any region 
C) That some core countries are in the developing world 
D) That trans-national corporations incorporate the needs of Indigenous populations 
A) That the capitalist mode of production underdevelops,rather than develops,colonial regions 
B) That capitalistic processes of globalisation are not recent phenomena in any region 
C) That some core countries are in the developing world 
D) That trans-national corporations incorporate the needs of Indigenous populations

Question 18

Analysis of tourism as a social phenomenon reveals all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Worldwide,as migration declines,travel and tourism increase 
B) Tourism is the largest industry in the world 
C) Traditional tourism served workers better than capitalists because industry was left with a labour shortage while workers went on holiday 
D) Post-industrial tourism transforms places into destinations and creates a service class 
A) Worldwide,as migration declines,travel and tourism increase 
B) Tourism is the largest industry in the world 
C) Traditional tourism served workers better than capitalists because industry was left with a labour shortage while workers went on holiday 
D) Post-industrial tourism transforms places into destinations and creates a service class

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a term used to explain the division of the world into areas according to Wallerstein's world systems theory?

Accepted Answer

A) Core states 
B) Semi-periphery 
C) Periphery 
D) Hemisphere 
A) Core states 
B) Semi-periphery 
C) Periphery 
D) Hemisphere

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT associated with cultural globalisation?

Accepted Answer

A) Migration 
B) Tourism 
C) Commodity exchange 
D) Religion 
A) Migration 
B) Tourism 
C) Commodity exchange 
D) Religion

McDonaldisation embodies all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

Australia's experience of cities and urbanisation demonstrates:

Which of the following is NOT associated with Ritzer's concept of McDonaldisation?

What is 'globalisation'?

Cultural globalisation has had the important effect of disconnecting citizens from each other's lives while linking people without contiguity.

Locate the FALSE statement about the relationship between developed and developing countries:

In the world system,Australia can be described as which one of the following?

Which of the following statements is INACCURATE in regard to global migration?

Which of the following is a reason that barriers to migration suit the needs of trans-national companies?

What was the principal driver of urbanisation in Australia?

Briefly describe the difference between a global economy and an international economy.

Which sociologist argues that the processes of globalisation have been present since the 16th century in some forms?

Which of the following is an outcome of economic globalisation?

What does Robertson argue globalisation makes possible?

Sociological analysis of global inequality shows:

Urbanisation and economic globalisation are interconnected.Discuss.

What does Frank demonstrate occurs in regards to economies and different regions and nations?

Analysis of tourism as a social phenomenon reveals all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a term used to explain the division of the world into areas according to Wallerstein's world systems theory?

Which of the following is NOT associated with cultural globalisation?

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The Working Environment

Power and the State

Religion and Spirituality

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Changing the Climate: Modernity at Its Limits

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Exam 13: Globalisation and the City

McDonaldisation embodies all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

Australia's experience of cities and urbanisation demonstrates:

Which of the following is NOT associated with Ritzer's concept of McDonaldisation?

What is 'globalisation'?

Cultural globalisation has had the important effect of disconnecting citizens from each other's lives while linking people without contiguity.

Locate the FALSE statement about the relationship between developed and developing countries:

In the world system,Australia can be described as which one of the following?

Which of the following statements is INACCURATE in regard to global migration?

Which of the following is a reason that barriers to migration suit the needs of trans-national companies?

What was the principal driver of urbanisation in Australia?

Briefly describe the difference between a global economy and an international economy.

Which sociologist argues that the processes of globalisation have been present since the 16th century in some forms?

Which of the following is an outcome of economic globalisation?

What does Robertson argue globalisation makes possible?

Sociological analysis of global inequality shows:

Urbanisation and economic globalisation are interconnected.Discuss.

What does Frank demonstrate occurs in regards to economies and different regions and nations?

Analysis of tourism as a social phenomenon reveals all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a term used to explain the division of the world into areas according to Wallerstein's world systems theory?

Which of the following is NOT associated with cultural globalisation?

What Is Sociology

Class

Aboriginality and Australias Indigenous Peoples

The Uses of Gender

Ethnicity and Immigration: Challenging the National Imaginary

The Knowledge Generation

Illness,health and the Pursuit of Wellbeing

Personal Lives

Deviance or Difference

The Working Environment

Power and the State

Religion and Spirituality

From Mass Media to Social Media

Changing the Climate: Modernity at Its Limits

Sociological Theory

Filters