Question 1

What is President Trump's rationale for rethinking all trade agreements? He thinks that free trade agreements:

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A)  give U.S. funds to lesser developed nations, and charity is not appropriate for a government 
B)  cost Americans their jobs 
C)  make globalization intensify too rapidly 
D)  spark too much protest

Question 2

Protesters against the World Trade Organization claim that it:

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A)  is too inclusive 
B)  is more concerned with human rights than profits 
C)  is against the interests of the developed world 
D)  reflects only the interests of the richest nations

Question 3

The feature displacing the manufacture of material goods as the basis of the production system is the:

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A)  consumption of material goods 
B)  development and dissemination of information and knowledge 
C)  establishment of a worldwide banking and financial system 
D)  vast increases in importing and exporting

Question 4

A sociologist conducts a study about the ways in which globalization produces "compression of time and space." Which setting is best for observing this process?

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A)  a call center in India that relies on Internet-based telecommunications infrastructure 
B)  a yoga class in Canada where yoga, an Eastern practice, is used as a fitness and beauty regimen 
C)  an impoverished village in Rwanda where the effects of the Rwandan genocide are still being experienced 
D)  a board meeting of an international governmental organization where power elites make decisions

Question 5

The most far-reaching economic influence on social change in the modern world is considered to be:

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A)  the invention of the wheel 
B)  the invention of the printing press 
C)  industrial capitalism 
D)  democracy

Question 6

Identify one change in information flows, and explain how this change contributes to globalization.

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Question 7

Transformationalists believe that globalization is a dynamic and open process that is subject to influence and change because:

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A)  it has been occurring for centuries and has been managed fairly successfully in the past 
B)  it is a decentralized, unpredictable, and contradictory process 
C)  multinational corporations will alter its patterns to serve their needs 
D)  interregional relations will alter its dynamics

Question 8

An example of the World Trade Organization's ruling in favor of profits and against human rights is that it:

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A)  voted to allow Monsanto to dispose of chemical waste in Newfoundland Sound 
B)  insisted that European countries import beef from the United States, even though U.S. beef is treated with potentially carcinogenic hormones 
C)  demanded that African countries pay a tariff for importing generic drugs 
D)  asked the United Nations to send troops to protect WTO members against the onslaught of violent protesters

Question 9

Which of the following would argue that compared with patterns of trade a century ago, the world economy is less global and more regionalized, meaning that trade and exchange happens only in a few geographic areas among a few groups?

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A)  hyperglobalizers 
B)  transformationalists 
C)  postindustrialists 
D)  skeptics

Question 10

The relationship between globalization and inequality is that globalization:

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A)  appears to reduce inequality by expanding opportunities in the developing world 
B)  appears to increase inequality as people in developing nations benefit from new jobs 
C)  is not related to inequality because national political structures maintain consistent standards of living for their citizens 
D)  increases inequality as the expansion of global trade concentrates wealth within a small core of countries

Question 11

Which of the following is an accurate description of the relationship between the United States and the World Trade Organization?

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A)  The United States wields disproportionate influence on World Trade Organization policy development but is also subject to its decisions. 
B)  The World Trade Organization is an extension of the U.S. Congress and executive branch of government. 
C)  The United States has been able to wield its power and have the World Trade Organization approve all of its requests. 
D)  The United States has been the leader in the World Trade Organization in trying to place human rights issues above profit.

Question 12

Agricultural giant Monsanto is a leader in technology and the world's food supply. It is estimated that it has widespread influence on genetically modified crops because the amount of food sold in grocery stores that has some type of genetically modified ingredient is about:

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A)  40 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  75 percent 
D)  90 percent

Question 13

According to the text, a "new individualism" is affecting people in their everyday lives in which:

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A)  tradition and custom are intensified 
B)  they must actively construct their own identities in an open and reflexive way 
C)  hybridization makes personal identity confusing 
D)  individualism is tied to local community in strong ways

Question 14

If you were to use Jared Diamond's framework from Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed to analyze political instability in the Middle East, what are two key questions you would ask? Explain how your questions are linked to Diamond's framework.

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Question 15

Which of the following believe that globalization is challenging the power of nation-states?

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A)  hyperglobalizers 
B)  transformationalists 
C)  skeptics 
D)  transitionists

Question 16

Those who would argue that we have come to the end of an era of human history are the:

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A)  postmodernists 
B)  postindustrialists 
C)  skeptics 
D)  transformationalists

Question 17

If hybridity in the global film industry is also true in the clothing industry, we might expect to see:

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A)  lower-quality clothing made from production processes that cannot be clearly traced or held accountable 
B)  fashion models from the global south 
C)  clothing styles that fuse, blend, and borrow from various cultures 
D)  one culture's clothing style become globally dominant

Question 18

The World Trade Organization's position on free trade is that it:

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A)  has actively supported free trade regulations among all countries 
B)  has supported free trade only in the area of intellectual property 
C)  insists that poor countries open their markets while industrialized countries maintain barriers 
D)  has insisted that developed countries eliminate any income support for farmers so that developing countries can export their agricultural goods

Question 19

According to Ulrich Beck, the hazards of the risk society:

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A)  are limited to environmental and health concerns 
B)  affect only those in the most affluent societies 
C)  are not restricted spatially, temporally, or socially 
D)  are largely controlled by new technologies

Question 20

Describe an example of how hybridity is present in an object, food, song, or film with which you are familiar. Your description should include a clear definition of hybridity.

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Exam 20: Globalization in a Changing World