Deck 5: Globalization and Transnationalism: Forces of Integration and Disintegration

Question 1

Recently, the end of globalization is highly talked about in_________________.

A) congress
B) the WTO
C) the UN
D) the media

Answer 1

the media

Question 2

The reach of global interconnectedness____________.

A) is constant
B) varies
C) is immeasurable
D) is stagnant

Answer 2

varies

Question 3

Which region of the world has the highest mobile phone subscriber penetration?

A) Asia Pacific
B) Latin America
C) Europe
D) North America

Answer 3

Europe

Question 4

___________ is an excellent example of a non-U.S. news network, rivaling global media giants such as CNN and BBC.

A) Al Jazeera
B) France 24
C) RT
D) Reuters

Question 5

By 2017, the total number of active internet users was over_________.

A) 1 billion
B) 4 billion
C) 3 billion
D) 2 billion

Question 6

Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini seized power in the _____________.

A) 1950s
B) 1940s
C) 1930s
D) 1920s

Question 7

The most famous merchant vessel of the mid-1800s was ____________.

A) the Flying Cloud
B) the Jahre Viking
C) the Commerce
D) the Fortune

Question 8

How long did it take the first English settlers to travel from the British Isles to what would be Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607?

A) 2 years
B) almost a year
C) almost 5 months
D) one month

Question 9

Immediately after World War I, countries did which of the following?

A) rebuilt Europe
B) opened up their markets to foreign investors
C) protected their economies from foreign competition
D) established the United Nations

Question 10

The Arab Spring started in____________.

A) Saudi Arabia
B) Bahrain
C) Libya
D) Tunisia

Question 11

The world's largest internet market is ___________.

A) Indonesia
B) Russia
C) China
D) United States

Question 12

As indicated by the World Inequality Report 2018, the top ______________ of wealth owners captured as much of the world's growth as the bottom half of the adult population.

A) 1 percent
B) 0.1 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 10 percent

Question 13

Which of these European governments has strongly resisted the encroachment of foreign culture?

A) France
B) Italy
C) Croatia
D) Spain

Question 14

According to this government, achieving world-class excellence demands that all citizens acquire a working knowledge of English.

A) Brazil
B) China
C) Spain
D) Japan

Question 15

The contemporary acceleration of globalization is the result of all of the following except for ____________.

A) advances in transportation
B) structural adjustment policies
C) better communication systems
D) government policy towards greater liberalization

Question 16

Post 9/11, about 194 anti-Muslim bills were introduced in _____________ U.S state legislatures.

A) 20
B) 39
C) 27
D) 33

Question 17

According to the chapter, which U.S. president emphasized the link between globalization and peace?

A) George W. Bush
B) Barack Obama
C) Donald Trump
D) Bill Clinton

Question 18

Extreme poverty is defined as living below ____________ per person per day.

A) $1.90
B) $1.50
C) $1.25
D) $2.00

Question 19

Using their financial power, ________________ can escape regulations protecting the environment, workers, and consumers by moving their operations in countries with fewer regulations.

A) NGOs
B) MNCs
C) IGOs
D) INGOs

Question 20

Which of these scholars described globalization as the "eternal yawn of McWorld"?

A) Nye
B) Manuel Castells
C) Benjamin Barber
D) Jonathan Fox

Question 21

Two strands of feminism discussed in the chapter are __________.

A) western and eastern
B) eco and critical
C) liberal and critical
D) behavioral and existential

Question 22

In France, at least ___________ of the people favor popular culture imports.

A) 70%
B) 85%
C) 60%
D) 90%

Question 23

Which of the following is not an aspect of transnationalism?

A) consumerism
B) national heritage
C) religion
D) region

Question 24

___________________ is central to critical feminists.

A) Promoting social changes through greater representation of women
B) Reforming existing institutions that promote males and maleness
C) Promoting social and economic liberalization
D) Promoting the sovereign power of the nation-state

Question 25

INGOs are ____________ and __________ organizations operating across borders.

A) legally established, governmental
B) legally established, for-profit
C) legally constituted; nonprofit
D) legally constituted; regional

Question 26

There are an estimated ____________ INGOs operating globally.

A) 20 million
B) 12 million
C) 15 million
D) 10 million

Question 27

Two early IR scholars to theorize and empirically observe the impact of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) were __________________.

A) Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink
B) Bruce Russett and John Oneal
C) Mandy Turner and Florian Kühn
D) Erik Gartzke and Quan Li

Question 28

Madres de la Plaza de Mayo was a powerful non-violent group of mothers that held demonstrations in the late 1970s in __________.

A) Buenos Aires, Argentina
B) Mexico City, Mexico
C) Caracas, Venezuela
D) Managua, Nicaragua

Question 29

In a controversial thesis, ______________ argues that countries will align themselves into seven or eight cultural blocs.

A) Daniel L. Hicks
B) Samuel P. Huntington
C) James A. Caporaso
D) Michael O. Emerson

Question 30

Which one of the following is not part of the seven or eight cultural blocs thesis?

A) Islamic
B) Hindu
C) Confucian
D) Christianity

Question 31

All of these are Abrahamic religions, except for ______________.

A) Islamic
B) Judaism
C) Buddhism
D) Christianity

Question 32

Child marriage occurs in every region of the world, with _______________ girls marrying before the age of 18.

A) 1 out of 4
B) 1 out of 5
C) 1 out of 3
D) 1 out of 10

Question 33

The first country to have women comprising more than 50% of a national legislative body was _____________.

A) the U.S.
B) New Zealand
C) Rwanda
D) Germany

Question 34

According to the chapter, rape as a weapon of war is still rampant in _______________.

A) Ukraine
B) Myanmar
C) Venezuela
D) Mexico

Question 35

What percent of money spent in the United States goes towards Chinese imports?

A) 10 percent
B) 15 percent
C) less 1 percent
D) less than 3 percent

Question 36

How was the Arab Spring communicated and organized?

A) through public radio.
B) through social media.
C) via television messages.
D) through newspaper ads.

Question 37

In 2010 tech giant ________________ had major disputes with the _______________ over censorship concerns and computer hacking.

A) Apple; Indian government
B) Microsoft; Brazilian government
C) Google; Chinese government
D) Facebook; Russian government

Question 38

Which of the following is an example of fake new and received much attention during the 2016 United States presidential election cycle?

A) President Obama's official trip to Cuba
B) Pizzagate, where several high-ranking officials of the democratic party are part of an alleged child sex ring involving the restaurant and pizzeria Comet Ping Pong.
C) the migrant crisis on the southern U.S. border.
D) the zika virus epidemic

Question 39

According to the 2018 World Inequality Report about__________ of the world's wealth is held in tax heavens.

A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 3%

Question 40

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were orchestrated by?

A) ISIS
B) HAMAS
C) Al Qaeda
D) Boko Haram

Question 41

The World Health Organization estimates that obesity has_________ since 1975.

A) almost tripled
B) has doubled
C) has remained the same
D) more than tripled

Question 42

The term Globaloney Gap refers to ______________.

A) the idea that politicians often overestimate global connections.
B) the income inequality of society.
C) the wage gap between men and women in society.
D) the gender gap in the workplace.

Question 43

According to Thomas Friedman, globalization 3.0 is ___________.

A) migration policies across the globe
B) shrinking the world from a size small to a size tiny
C) military intervention to solve humanitarian crises
D) the nation-state having more sovereign power

Question 44

Essential aspects of the technological revolution are ___________.

A) an increase in food production and poverty alleviation globally.
B) the global military power and democratic institutions.
C) global transportation and communication.
D) advanced infrastructure developments

Question 45

Which of the following is the best example of Regional Transnationalism?

A) The European Union
B) North American Free Trade Agreement
C) Pacific Alliance
D) Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement

Question 46

Which of the following is the earliest form of globalization?

A) colonization
B) imperialism
C) interaction between previously isolated tribes
D) establishment of the WTO

Question 47

____________ is the first female managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

A) Christiana Figueres
B) Cristina Fernandez
C) Christine Lagarde
D) Arundhati Bhattacharya

Question 48

Which of these economic organizations was not a significant player in U.S. postwar policy formation?

A) IMF
B) WTO
C) World Bank
D) ASEAN

Question 49

The global gender gap is_______________ and in the United States it is _____________.

A) 23 percent; 2 percent
B) 25 percent; 5 percent
C) 20 percent; 10 percent
D) 15 percent; 5 percent

Question 50

According to Thomas Friedman, globalization increases___________ which will likely increase_________.

A) education; wealth
B) prosperity; democracy
C) happiness; health
D) success; employment

Question 51

_________ is the range of cross-border political identities and the social, economic, and political links - and related activism- among people and private organizations that transcend the sovereign state.

A) Globalization
B) Transnationalism
C) Internationalization
D) Global interaction

Question 52

The rise of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in India has appealed to the concept of ______.

A) Hindutva
B) Hamara
C) Hoga
D) Hinduism

Question 53

The Rohingya population, a Muslim minority, is from which country?

A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) Myanmar
D) Afghanistan

Question 54

According to ________________, keeping women illiterate impedes the entire economic and social development of a society.

A) realists
B) neoliberals
C) Marxist
D) feminists

Question 55

In 2003, Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Prize in_________.

A) economics
B) Peace
C) Literature
D) chemistry

Question 56

Nigeria's eight-year conflict with____________ has resulted in the deaths of over_____________ civilians.

A) Al Qaeda; 25,000
B) Islamic State West Africa; 30,000
C) Ansaru; 15,000
D) Boko Haram; 20,000

Question 57

Islamic fundamentalism was largely a response to_________.

A) the Rise of the Ottoman Empire
B) the Crusades
C) Western interference in the Middle East during the 20th-century
D) the War on Terror

Question 58

Which head of state is consolidating power?

A) President Trump in the United States
B) Emmanuel Macron in France
C) President Erdo?an in Turkey
D) President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico

Question 59

President Trump's Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017, was intended to do what?

A) Impose tax tariffs on China.
B) Ban nationals from eight countries from traveling to the US.
C) To get out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
D) Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement.

Question 60

Globalization seeks to do all of the following except ____________.

A) improve legislation to increase local tariffs
B) cultural amalgamation
C) integrate economic activities
D) improve communications and transportation systems

Question 61

____________are shared ideas by the majority of the population which become the basis for assessing and regulating social conduct and behavior.

A) Transparencies
B) Values
C) Norms
D) Symbols

Question 62

The Brexit vote occurred in ____________.

A) Spain
B) U.K.
C) France
D) Germany

Question 63

Much of the appeal of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East accelerated in the ____________.

A) 1940's and 1950's
B) 1950's and 1960's
C) 1970's and 1980's
D) 1990's and 2000's

Question 64

The Islamic Salvation Front is an Islamist political party in _____________?

A) Syria
B) Afghanistan
C) Algeria
D) Yemen

Question 65

Which of these is a scholar of dependency theory?

A) Joseph Nye
B) Karl Marx
C) Robert Keohane
D) Andre Gunder Frank

Question 66

Which of these individuals was instrumental in forming the Women Without Walls Initiative?

A) Hillary Clinton
B) Esther Ibanga
C) Parma Khastgir
D) Shirin Ebadi

Question 67

The corrupt U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown in which of the following countries?

A) Syria
B) Egypt
C) Iran
D) Algeria

Question 68

All of these are means of cultural amalgamation, except ______________.

A) Western-style business suits by leaders in China
B) consumption of Fajitas in the United States
C) wearing T-shirts and sneakers in Mexico
D) consumption of Big Macs worldwide

Question 69

In 100 words, make arguments for and against economic globalization.

Question 70

Is globalization changing the role of the nation-state?

Question 71

Why do you think many leaders from major developed countries such as the U.K., the United States, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc. are promoting anti-establishment, anti-globalization political movements?

Question 72

In 100 words, make arguments for and against cultural globalization.

Question 73

Describe and give examples of how transnational criminal organizations work.

Question 74

What are Transnational Advocacy Networks (TAN)?

Question 75

Describe and explain the central tenants of transnationalism.

Question 76

Explain the complex interdependency theory.

Question 77

Explain the complex dependency theory.

Question 78

What is transnational kleptocracy?

Question 79

Reflect on the controversial Muslim Ban by President Trump.

Question 80

Reflect on the positive and negative impacts of NGOs or INGOS.