Deck 1: Globalization

Question 1

One study completed in the 1990s concluded that the annual value of nature's worth to humanity amounts to approximately $33 trillion.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The gravest threat to Kenya's elephant population as discussed in case study 1.1 was:

A) illegal poaching
B) too many foreign eco-tourists
C) soil erosion resulting from high-tech agriculture
D) the election of Daniel Moi as president
E) none of the above

Answer 2

illegal poaching

Question 3

The rate of deforestation increased greatly between 1940 and 1960, but later began a steady decline from 1960 to 2000 because of the increased clout of environmental NGOs.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Multilateralism, idealism, and human security all describe patterns in:

A) U.S. foreign policy
B) Canadian foreign policy
C) Russian foreign policy
D) Chinese foreign policy
E) German foreign policy

Question 5

Pick the qualities associated with Benjamin Barber's sense of McWorld?

A) parochial and tribal
B) emotional and centripetal
C) market-driven and integrative
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 6

Which term captures the essence of today's fears as related to the nuclear dilemma:

A) MAD
B) communism
C) Japanese revanchism
D) NNPT
E) proliferation

Question 7

Premeditated, indiscriminate political or ideological violence targeted for civilian populations defines:

A) the chief activity undertaken by the government of Burma
B) military globalization
C) terrorism
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 8

The terms spaceship earth, world without walls, and global village are all:

A) major categories of globalization
B) phrases invented by journalist Thomas Friedman
C) meaningless exaggerations
D) metaphors for the concept of globalization
E) strictly economic in their implications

Question 9

Examples of borderless athletes include:

A) all professional athletes
B) Brett Hull, Mike Richter, and Steve Yzerman
C) Vlade Divac, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Hideo Nomo
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 10

Journalist Thomas Friedman's analysis emphasizes globalization's:

A) direct causation for September 11, 2001
B) democratizing effect
C) being overrated by most writers
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 11

The belief that small can be beautiful fits snugly with which concept?

A) sustainability
B) profligacy
C) economic growth as the great human imperative
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 12

Which term fits the symbolic content that underlay the Al-Qaeda attack on the U.S.?

A) fundamentalism vs. secularism
B) traditionalism vs. modernity
C) tribalism vs. cosmopolitanism
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 13

Global warming is associated with:

A) burning fossil fuels
B) melting polar ice caps
C) melting icecaps in Andes mountains
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 14

Which in NOT one of the factors contributing to global health crisis associated with infectious diseases?

A) ecological trespassing by humans
B) over-prescription of antibiotics
C) ozone depletion
D) poor sanitation and impure water supplies
E) social disruptions caused by civil wars

Question 15

Which country most often gets accused of cultural imperialism:

A) China
B) Russia
C) France
D) Burma
E) United States

Question 16

Which of the following qualifies as a "weed species" in the U.S.:

A) sucker fish
B) rattle snakes
C) zebra mussel
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 17

Which NGO most directly criticizes the conscience-less profit motive that directs many MNCs:

A) doctors without borders
B) Global Exchange
C) Worldwatch Institute
D) Greenpeace
E) Amnesty International

Question 18

Viruses and bacteria are:

A) exactly the same thing
B) both inorganic
C) affected equally by antibiotics
D) affected very differently by antibiotics
E) both only half alive

Question 19

Kenya's Richard Leakey's publicity stunt involving a mountain of ivory tusks well illustrates the fundamental economics principles of supply and demand.

Question 20

Author Benjamin Barber's analysis in Jihad vs. McWorld can be best characterized as:

A) an overarching synthesis
B) an overarching thesis
C) an overarching antithesis
D) empirical micro-analysis
E) empirical macro-analysis

Question 21

The causes of world hunger are multi-faceted and cannot be simply boiled down to one or two simple factors.

Question 22

The 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the largest global town meeting ever held, was headed by Canadian diplomat Maurice Strong.

Question 23

Global idealists argue that greater reliance on cooperation and less on competition in human affairs will lead to our best results in the 21^st century.

Question 24

The case study about Burma chronicles the gross human rights abuses launched by the Khmer Rouge party of Pol Pot in the 1970s.

Question 25

The realities of globalization enable drug trafficking to expand more rapidly.

Question 26

The terms foreign, international, and global all mean the same thing.

Question 27

Canada is described in this chapter as the only country to have participated in all U.N. peace-keeping operations as of 2002.

Question 28

When we talk about a shift from an East/West to a North/South trajectory in world affairs we refer to a greater emphasis on the consequences of the gap between the rich North and the poor South.

Question 29

The analysis of Canadian foreign policy undertaken in chapter one suggests that the label of power- realist best reflects that country's global agenda.

Question 30

The U.S. military had no direct role in the initiation or development of the Internet.