Deck 5: Globalization

Question 1

The position of Japan in today's global stratification system would not have been expected based on the theories of imperialism and colonization, or world system theory. This illustrates that:

A) Japan was not included in the theorists' studies.
B) theories are exercises in futility.
C) these theories are proved false.
D) each theory yields only a partial explanation.
E) theories are useless in explaining human events.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The elite in the least industrialized nations and the multinational corporations work closely together in an informal partnership. The end result of this partnership is the:

A) increase in the standard of living of people in poor nations.
B) increased conflict in least industrialized nations.
C) necessary political stability to maintain the partnership.
D) elite of the poor nations gaining the ability to help their countries.
E) decreased conflict in industrialized nations.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Until recently, Canada would have been termed a First World country. A more contemporary model would term Canada as:

A) undeveloped.
B) Second World.
C) developing.
D) Semiperiphery.
E) industrializing.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Proponents of globalization argue that poor people and countries benefit from increased employment opportunities and rising standards of living. In order to achieve these benefits, they argue that countries should accept which of the following?

A) Nations must accept that the world is not a level playing field and never will be.
B) Nations must be willing to allow business monopolies.
C) Nations must open their borders to international trade.
D) Nations must recognize that certain human and labour rights will inevitably be undermined by the IMF and World Bank.
E) Nations must opt out of the world capitalist economy.

Question 5

Economist John Kenneth Galbraith contends that some nations are held back by their own cultures. This explanation of global inequality is referred to as:

A) globalization.
B) neocolonialism.
C) world systems theory.
D) dependency theory.
E) the culture of poverty.

Question 6

is a process that involves the interaction and integration of increasing numbers of people through international trade and investment, travel, tourism, information technology, and mass media.

A) Industrialization
B) Post-industrialization
C) International migration
D) Globalization
E) Social stratification

Question 7

Dependency theory stresses how the _ nations grew dependent on the nations.

A) most industrialized; Third World
B) Second World; Third World
C) least industrialized; most industrialized
D) developed; undeveloped
E) most industrialized; least industrialized

Question 8

A major means of control used by the neocolonialists is:

A) increasing border security.
B) bribing the country's government officials.
C) debt, with ever mounting interest.
D) controlling the country's mass media.
E) coercion by using military occupation.

Question 9

Nations such as those in Africa and Asia are termed the nations in world systems theory because these nations were left out of the development of capitalism.

A) core
B) semi-periphery
C) internal area
D) external area
E) periphery

Question 10

In many Asian countries, young girls are lured to tax-free "factory cities," called by the promise of good jobs manufacturing products for export.

A) Garment industries
B) Export processing zones
C) Soft sectors
D) Semi-peripheries
E) Non-profit sectors

Question 11

refers to the decision by governments to forcibly create an empire so they can expand their markets and gain access to cheap raw materials.

A) Annexation
B) Colonialism
C) Enslavement
D) Imperialism
E) Territorial aggression

Question 12

Because multinational corporations operate across national boundaries and may manufacture their product in some countries, obtain raw materials in others, and run transportation and advertising networks around the globe, these corporations have helped:

A) in redistribution of profits in the global economy.
B) to maintain the international stratification system.
C) to promote multiculturalism.
D) all poor nations to get out of debt.
E) increase cooperation in the global economy.

Question 13

Kuwait would be excellent example of a country that does not fit into the "Three Worlds of Development" model of global stratification.

Question 14

Neocolonialism is allowed to flourish because poorer countries owe wealthier countries massive debts.

Question 15

When a more powerful country takes over another country and leaves a controlling force to exploit the country's labour and natural resources, this process is referred to as:

A) planned dependency.
B) annexation.
C) imperialism.
D) colonization.
E) enslavement.

Question 16

Immanuel Wallerstein proposed a[n] theory based on the economic and political connections that tie most of world's countries together.

A) world system
B) dependency
C) modernization
D) industrialization
E) colonization

Question 17

Just as people within a nation are stratified by power, prestige, and property, so are the world's nations. According to the text, we can illustrate global stratification by categorizing nations based on the:

A) average level of education of the society's members.
B) size of their national debt.
C) degree of industrialization in the nation.
D) form of government in the society.
E) national literacy rates.

Question 18

One of the problems with classifying nations according to their level of industrialization is that this classification system:

A) disguises the level of poverty in the Least Industrialized nations.
B) does not take national average educational levels into consideration.
C) does not take into consideration the level of urbanization of the countries.
D) has a built-in bias favouring the Most Industrialized Nations.
E) glosses over significant differences between oil-rich nations and other countries with little industrialization.

Question 19

Shirley lives in France, one of the nations in which capitalism first developed. According to world system theory, Shirley lives in a[n] nation.

A) core
B) semi-industrializing
C) external
D) periphery
E) semiperiphery

Question 20

Stanislaus lives in an eastern European country. According to world system theory, Stanislaus lives in a[n] nation.

A) external area
B) internal area
C) core
D) periphery
E) semiperiphery

Question 21

Global tourism, arguably the world's largest industry, is becoming a privilege that is open to much of the world's population.

Question 22

The mushrooming of international migration to countries such as Canada and the United States can, in part, be attributed to the globalization of communication technologies and the pervasiveness of mass communication, which reinforces dreams of "an easy life" abroad.