Deck 13: Globalisation and the City

Question 1

A Marxist analysis of globalisation highlights which of the following?

A)The international economy is less globalised now than it was historically
B)Genuine transnational companies are relatively rare
C)Trade,investment and financial flows are concentrated
D)Globalisation provides a convenient excuse for restructuring domestic financial policy

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the major reasons put forth for the demise of modern warfare?

A)Disappearance of all colonial warfare
B)Severity of nuclear arms impact
C)Role of the United Nations
D)End of the Cold War

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What does Robertson argue globalisation makes possible?

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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?

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

Question 5

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

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 6

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

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

Which of the following is an outcome of economic globalisation?

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

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 12

McDonaldisation embodies all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

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

Question 13

Choose one example of a transnational company and briefly suggest the ways that it has exploited the resources and labour of poor external areas.

Question 14

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

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 15

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

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 16

The history of migration shows us that:

A)The mobility of labour has proceeded relatively evenly throughout the world
B)Wars have only minimally impacted migration patterns
C)The 20th century has been a far more active period of voluntary migration than the 19th century
D)Those in professional employment are less locked into their country of birth than other workers

Question 17

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

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

What is 'globalisation'?

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 19

Sociological analysis of global inequality shows:

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 20

Which of the following is NOT associated with cultural globalisation?

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

Question 21

Australia's experience of cities and urbanisation demonstrates:

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

Question 22

Urbanisation and economic globalisation are interconnected.Discuss.

Question 23

What was the principal driver of urbanisation in Australia?

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

Which of the following has NOT increased with the transformation of cities?

A)Computerised SCAM alerts
B)Neighbourhood Watch
C)Airport security
D)Closed circuit television in public spaces