Deck 3: Repeat Performance: Globalization Through Time and Space

Question 1

Leaders of hegemonic powers use consensus instead of coercion..

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Multinationals have benefitted from the lifting of trade restrictions by all except one of the following?

A)The World Trade Organization
B)The International Monetary Fund
C)The United Nations
D)The World Bank

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Of the countries listed below,which one has not established hegemonic control?

A)Holland
B)United States
C)Great Britain
D)China

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to the International Monetary Fund ,a nation's social inequality can be impacted by

A)technology
B)education
C)shifts in type of work available
D)government concern for the public welfare of its people
E)a strong military presence

Question 5

Immanuel Wallerstein and others consider the modern world system to be a capitalist global economy.

Question 6

Income inequality has widened across time between

A)core and central nations
B)peripheral and core nations
C)central and semi-peripheral nations
D)semi-peripheral and peripheral nations
E)core and semi-peripheral nations

Question 7

An example of a core nation is

A)the United States
B)Brazil
C)Mexico
D)Nigeria

Question 8

Because of their jobs,middle class workers in India find it easy to

A)migrate to the U.S.and Europe
B)purchase large homes for their families
C)develop unions to improve work conditions in factories
D)become millionaires

Question 9

Multinational corporations have contributed to the persistent poverty found in very poor countries.

Question 10

Dominant powers in the world system are peaceful,thus,their military expenditures have been quite small in compared to poorer countries.

Question 11

According to Doob,a supplier factory for Reebok in India punished workers who made mistakes on the job by

A)firing them
B)confining them in the hot sun
C)forcing them to pay double the normal union dues
D)not paying workers for the week
E)forcing them to stay overtime

Question 12

As world systems have developed,in the first phase they brought with them an expansion in all but

A)agriculture and industry
B)commerce
C)finance
D)educational attainment

Question 13

Multinational corporations in the modern era have attained massive wealth but very little power.

Question 14

The four key areas of world systems include all but which of the following?

A)expansion in economic domains
B)growth of private educational institutions
C)formation of an ideology supporting free trade
D)growth of the military
E)demise of the hegemonic power and restructuring of the system

Question 15

Hegemony refers to a situation where one country uses its power and influence to impose its rules and goals globally in the economic,political,military,diplomatic,and cultural realms.

Question 16

Sweatshops have been accused of

A)racism and sexism
B)captive and child labor
C)not allowing workers overtime
D)a and b
E)b and c

Question 17

In China,because business and political leaders work together,factory workers are often

A)provided housing which allows them to live someplace safe with their families
B)provided legal assistance when they apply for citizenship
C)provided housing which gives them with a place to live unless they lose their jobs
D)given increased opportunities to demand and receive higher pay

Question 18

The majority of workers in the global market

A)are young men
B)are women
C)have job security
D)belong to unions

Question 19

World system analysts divide countries into three types,which include all but which of the following?

A)core nations
B)center nations
C)peripheral nations
D)semiperipheral nations

Question 20

The Irish potato famine is a good example of

A)structural disruption
B)agricultural disruption
C)top level collusion
D)an open market

Question 21

People working in Kiberia,a squatter community in Africa,work in jobs or businesses in the informal sector where there is no government control or taxes.

Question 22

It has been argued that while core countries have exploited peripheral countries,they nonetheless leave the residents more educated and more financially stable than those in core countries.

Question 23

Sweatshops are usually accused of difficult and dangerous work conditions but research has shown this to be untrue.

Question 24

Explain why multinationals' investment in semiperipheral and peripheral nations has been consistently an exploitative relationship.

Question 25

The development of the world system includes three critical economic domains: agriculture/industry,commerce,and finance.Describe each by using one of the hegemonic powers for each domain.

Question 26

A fabriola is a squatter community in Brazil.

Question 27

Squatters are people who stay on land that does not belong to them.

Question 28

Discuss the five most negative conditions associated with sweatshops.What are some of the outcomes of unionization and anti-sweatshop movements that have attempted to deal with these negative conditions?

Question 29

Peripheral and semiperipheral countries have less financial and human capital and more social reproduction than core countries.

Question 30

What is the role of top-level collusion in multinationals and the political leadership in countries like China,India,and Mexico?

Question 31

Hegemonic despotism is when companies control operations by threatening workers with down-sizing or plant closure.

Question 32

A Dannon factory in Mexico has been criticized for treating workers as slaves.

Question 33

The poor conditions found in poorer countries are due solely to multinational corporations.

Question 34

Multinationals in developing countries provide no positive outcomes for workers in those countries.

Question 35

The rise in billionaires in semi-peripheral nations exemplifies the Marxist model of a focus on profits by the bourgeoisie.

Question 36

Describe the informal sector economy that exists in Kiberia.Why will it be difficult for the children of residents to improve within the modern global system?