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The Contemporary World

Offers a comprehensive study of current global issues, cultural diversity, social trends, and political developments shaping our modern society.

globalization

technology

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democracy

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climate change

terrorism

human rights

inequality

populism

urbanization

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digitalization

cultural diversity

artificial intelligence

This refers to the annual changes in population resulting from births, deaths and net migration during the year

  • Population
  • Elderly Dependency Rate
  • Growth Rate
  • Population Projection

The United Nations defines _____ as a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information.

  • Information loss
  • Human rights violation
  • Extreme poverty
  • Mortality rate

Resistance to globalization is multiple, complex, contradictory and ambiguous

  • True
  • False

The relationship between globalization and sustainability is limited to economic development.

  • True
  • False

This is one of the importance of demography that is concerned with the youth and providing them this basic right for schooling

  • Educational Planning
  • Migration Planning
  • Planning for Food Supply
  • Housing Planning

People with qualifications as managers, executives, professionals, technicians or similar, who move within the internal labor markets of trans-national corporations and international organizations, or who seek employment through international labor markets for scarce skills:

  • Highly skilled and business migrants
  • Forced migrants
  • Family reunification migrants
  • Return migrants

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Allegiance to the nation

  • Right
  • Right and Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Responsibility

Population explosion refers to the continuous increase in population

  • True
  • False

What is the top most populous country in the world according to Time

  • Russia
  • India
  • United States
  • China

The acceptable format for the Research is IMRadD

  • True
  • False

A religious organization that claims to possess the truth about salvation exclusively wherein membership is by childbirth: new generations are born into the church and are formally inducted through baptism:

  • Sect
  • Denomination
  • Church
  • Cult

These are factors in the destination country that attract the individual or group to leave their home because of the opportunities presented in the new location were not available to them previously:

  • Pull factor
  • Fear factor
  • Push factor
  • X factor

What area has the greatest percentage of population aged 60 or over

  • Russia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Australia

According to Albert Subbloie, CEO and Founder of Tangoe, a good benchmark of whether your company should continue efforts in a country is when _______ percent of your business is coming from outside the United States.

  • 20-50%
  • 60-90%
  • 50-60%
  • 10-20%

What is the institutional arrangements designed to facilitate the free flow of goods and services and to coordinate foreign economic policies between countries in the same geographic region?

  • Autonomous regionalism
  • Political regionalism
  • Functional regionalism
  • Economic regionalism

It is estimated that around 2050, the world requires to feed around __________people

  • 9 Billion
  • 6 Billion
  • 7 Billion
  • 8 BIllion

The phenomenon wherein fertility declines and life expectancy rises, the proportion of the population above a certain age rises as well:

  • Mortality
  • Birth rate
  • Fertility
  • Population ageing

Sustainable development is one significant global approach to economic globalization.

  • True
  • False

These regions are also called formal regions wherein some trait is shared with relative uniformity across the space.

  • Nodal regions
  • Uniform regions
  • Vernacular regions
  • Functional regions

The Millennium Development Goals were the eight international development goals created by the United Nations for the year 2015 to address the different problems in the world. Which of the following ranked first in the eight development goals?

  • Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
  • Develop a global partnership for development
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Improve maternal health

A non-traditional form of religion, the doctrine of which is taken from diverse sources, either from non-traditional sources or local narratives or an amalgamation of both, whose members constitute either a loosely knit group or an exclusive group, which emphasizes the belief in the divine element within the individual, and whose teachings are derived from either a real or legendary figure, the purpose of which is to aid the individual in the full realization of his or her spiritual powers and/or union with the Divine:

  • Sect
  • Church
  • Cult
  • Denomination

_____________argue that environmental issues should be given priority over economic issues

  • Environmentalist
  • Naturalist
  • Free trade
  • Neoliberals

It is impossible to transfer the idea of global citizenship at a global level

  • True
  • False

The development of our world today by using the earth's resources and the preservation of such sources for the future is called

  • Sustainability
  • Digitalization
  • Global Security
  • Sustainable Development

According to UN, the following countries are projected to be the top net receivers of international migrants (more than 100,000 annually) between 2015 and 2050:

  • United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and China
  • United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Russian Federation
  • United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Korea
  • United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and United Arab Emirates

The use of earth's resources for development and preservation of such sources is called economic globalization.

  • True
  • False

This is one of the importances of demography that is concerned with providing basic needs of people as more and more are experiencing inadequacies in this basic need.

  • Employment Planning
  • Planning for Food Supply
  • Housing Planning
  • Health Planning

Which of the following is a part of the results?

  • Data Presentation
  • Research Design
  • Rationale/Background of the Study
  • Statement of the Problem

Global Citizens may be considered as a new breed of people who can travel across and within various boundaries

  • True
  • False

Many American companies are now transferring technology development, customer service, financial and administrative jobs to international markets. India is the leading recipient of the outsourcing of information technology functions like software development and maintenance, and also BPOs. The latter includes back-office functions like accounting, human resources, call centers and data analysis (DiCarlo, 2003). The practice of farming out jobs from a home base to other countries, largely in an effort to cut costs is called:

  • Freelancing
  • Outsourcing
  • Local employment
  • Networking

This type of financing is provided by the Multilateral Development Banks to member countries, mostly for technical assistance, advisory services, or project preparation:

  • Very-long-term loans
  • Personal loans
  • Long-term loans
  • Grant financing

The rise of global cities has been linked with the expansion of the role of TNCs in global production patterns. TNC stands for:

  • Transnational commission
  • Transnational culture
  • Transnational corporation
  • Transnational cooperation

Environmental degradation comes with globalization

  • True
  • False

It pertains to legal relationship between state and person.

  • Innovations
  • Globalization
  • Digitalization
  • Citizenship

Humans treatment of resources as exhaustible will cause long term problems for the future generation

  • True
  • False

This is one of the identified way to reduce economic marginalization of people and nations

  • Increasing Political Ties
  • Economic Ties
  • Reducing Trade Barrier
  • Technological Advancement

Which of the following examples refers to generation issues as factors influencing economic globalization?

  • The silk route or silk road
  • USA outsourcing IT professionals in India
  • Establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Toyota factories and assembling plants in different parts of the globe

Innovations have been in phenomenal in the past centuries and all of these have been advantageous to humans, society and the world

  • True
  • False

What attribute of a global city refers to having a storehouse of smart, educated, creative people?

  • Size
  • Economic
  • Human capital
  • Connectivity

The United Nations came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security. The UN does this by working to prevent conflict; helping parties in conflict make peace; peacekeeping; and creating the conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish. What aspect of globalization deals with the establishment of UN in order to maintain international peace and security?

  • Sociological
  • Economic
  • Political
  • Cultural

IMRaD is an acronym for the main sections of a scientific article namely: Introduction, Materials, Results, and Discourse

  • True
  • False

Which of the following examples refers to historical factor influencing economic globalization?

  • The founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Nike outsourcing its production in China, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam, and India
  • Europeans traveled around the globe to barter crafts and furs in exchange for silks and perfumes in the Middle Ages
  • Taco Bell opening its branches in different parts of the globe

This can be defined "as a moral and ethical disposition that can guide the understanding of individuals or groups of local and global contexts, and remind them of their relative responsibilities within various communities."

  • Global Security
  • Digitalization
  • Sustainable Development
  • Global Citizenship

Since joining the world body in 1956, this country has all along positioned cooperation with the United Nations as a major pillar of its diplomacy. It has cooperated in UN activities in a wide range of areas, making the second largest financial contributions among the member States next only to the United States:

  • Germany
  • France
  • China
  • Japan

The annual changes in population resulting from births, deaths and net migration during the year:

  • Birth rate
  • Elderly dependency rate
  • Fertility rate
  • Growth rate

Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and the United States colonized countries spread their empires. These nations have created global economic, political, cultural, and social connections around the world. The extending of a country's power and influence is called:

  • Imperialism
  • Interactionism
  • Fascism
  • Communism

Which of the following is NOT part of the Preliminary Pages?

  • Review of Related Literature
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations

Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Japan, and the United States colonized countries and spread their empires. These nations have created global economic, political, cultural, and social connections around the world. The extending of a country's power and influence is called:

  • Imperialism
  • Interactionism
  • Fascism
  • Communism

It is an urban center that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system:

  • Metropolitan
  • Nation-state
  • Global city
  • Megacity

One of the traditional challenges of a country is an invasion of other countries, which is also called:

  • Social conflict
  • Civil war
  • External intervention
  • Military unrest

This means delivering sufficient food to the entire world population

  • Global Security
  • Sustainability
  • Digitalization
  • Sustainable Development

The following statements are correct about globalization except for the following:

  • Globalization is a recent phenomenon which traces its origin in the Information Age and thrived because of the presence of social media and new technologies.
  • Globalization represents the global integration of international trade, investment, information technology and cultures.
  • Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.
  • Globalization is the free movement of goods, services and people across the world in a seamless and integrated manner.

A form of media, such as radio and television, that reach target audiences using airwaves as the transmission medium:

  • Print media
  • New media
  • Digital media
  • Broadcast media

One of the aims of a Research paper is for students to know proper citation.

  • True
  • False

The common format for the Research is IMRaD.

  • True
  • False

Conflicts in Central America made major progress toward a peaceful settlement, thanks to an active role played by the United Nations. A general election was held on February 25, 1990. What was the name of the committee established by UN in response to a request by Central American countries, which started its activity to ensure the dissolution and repatriation of the anti-government guerrillas?

  • Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  • Committee on International Assistance and Verification
  • Committee on Contributions
  • Committee on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations

A group of people who has the ultimate authority to act on behalf of a state is called:

  • Government
  • Corporation
  • Church
  • Tribe

Who introduced the "three worlds" model wherein the First World included the United States and its capitalist allies in places such as Western Europe, Japan and Australia; the Second World consisted of the communist Soviet union and its Eastern European satellites; and the Third World encompassed all the other countries that were not actively aligned with either side in the Cold War?

  • Margaret Mead
  • Mary Douglas
  • Alfred Sauvy
  • Franz Boas

Global Security should be a priority for all countries regardless if it is developed or less developed

  • True
  • False

What takes place when a country dominates others through its media exports, including advertising messages, films, and television and radio programming?

  • Cultural imbalance
  • Cultural hybridization
  • Cultural homogenization
  • Cultural imperialism

Citizens of a country entails him/her rights and privileges but no responsibility

  • True
  • False

It is a political and economic alliance of six countries in the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates:

  • Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
  • Arab League

When businesses want to manufacture their products at a cheaper rate, they employ the services from developing countries which is possible in countries such as China and Cambodia, where manufacturing costs and wages are lower than highly developed countries. This business practice is called ____________.

  • Networking
  • Local employment
  • Freelancing
  • Outsourcing

People who enter a country, usually in search of employment, without the necessary documents and permits:

  • Highly skilled and business migrants
  • Temporary labor migrants
  • Forced migrants
  • Irregular migrants

This is an approach to global economic resistance which is defined as a deliberate attempt to intervene in foreign trade by putting up barriers to trade

  • Trade Protectionism
  • Fair Trade
  • Globalization
  • Helping the bottom billion

This is the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing year

  • Elderly population
  • Elderly Dependency Rate
  • Growth Rate
  • Total Fertility Rate

Which of the following statements is not true?

  • A pull factor refers to conditions which force people to leave their homes.
  • Return migrants are people who return to their countries of origin after a period in another country.
  • Forced migration, in a broader sense, this includes not only refugees and asylum seekers but also people forced to move due to external factors, such as environmental catastrophes or development projects.
  • Migration is an important factor in the erosion of traditional boundaries between languages, cultures, ethnic group, and nation-states.

________ see the effort of environmentalists as serious impediments to trade

  • Free Trade
  • Environmentalist
  • Naturalist
  • Neoliberals

This is one of the importance of demography that is concerned with creating a plan of action in providing job security for people.

  • Health Planning
  • Planning for Food Supply
  • Housing Planning
  • Employment Planning

Which of the following statements is true about the effects of globalization?

  • Globalization has influenced the standard of life and personal satisfaction of people and families throughout the world.
  • Globalization promotes interconnection among diverse national economies.
  • Globalization creates a more level playing field between nations and businesses.
  • All of the choices.

Experts believe that technological innovations can sustain a growing economy

  • True
  • False

In the distinct socio-economic and political categorization of countries, which countries in the southern hemisphere are labeled part of the North?

  • New Zealand and Brazil
  • New Zealand and Australia
  • New Zealand and Namibia
  • New Zealand and Papua New Guinea

Which of the following examples does not refer to resources and markets as factors affecting economic globalization

  • The ancient Egyptians trading in the Red sea, importing spices from the "Land of Punt" and from Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia's global oil export
  • The founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Records from the 19th century BCE attest to the existence of an Assyrian merchant colony at Kanesh in Cappadocia

When did the UN Security Council decided on comprehensive and mandatory sanctions, for the first time in the past 22 years against Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?

  • August 1990
  • June 1990
  • May 1990
  • July 1990

A type of migration which refers to a move from one area (a province, district or municipality) to another within one country:

  • Return migration
  • Internal migration
  • International migration
  • Seasonal migration

This type of financing is provided by the Multilateral Development Banks to member countries, with maturities of 30 to 40 years, at interest rates well below market rates. These are funded through direct contributions by governments in the donor countries:

  • Very-long-term loans
  • Long-term loans
  • Grant financing
  • Personal loans

It is the proneness of the governments and peoples of two or more states to establish voluntary associations and to pool together resources in order to create common functional and institutional arrangements and a process occurring in a given geographical region by which different types of actors come to share certain fundamental values and norms:

  • Socialism
  • Communism
  • Fascism
  • Regionalism

The solutions to the problems of globalization is dependent on its citizens

  • True
  • False

Delivering sufficient food to the entire world population is not synonymous to global food security.

  • True
  • False

A movement from individuals, groups and organizations who are oppressed by globalization will rise as they seek a more democratic process of globalization

  • True
  • False

A type of migration which refers to territorial relocation of people between nation-states:

  • International migration
  • Seasonal migration
  • Internal migration
  • Return migration

Which of the following does not belong to the four pillars of urban life?

  • Educational
  • Civic
  • Recreational
  • Commercial

ASEAN +3 is a forum that functions as a coordinator of co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and three other nations namely:

  • Mongolia, India, Pakistan
  • China, Korea, Japan
  • Russia, USA, Canada
  • Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal

McDonald's marketing has different strategy in different regions. Even in Asia, the advertising content for each country is different. For example, in Japan, most Japanese have high preferences on animations and the animation in Japan is the fastest growing industry as well. So McDonald's tends to use more animation elements for marketing and advertising. It aims to attract more target customers, including kids, teenagers, and even young adults. Many well-known cartoons were used in McDonald's advertisement marketing that enhances the attractiveness and popularity of products. In Malaysia, the Halal logo are indicated in all kinds of Halal food advertising. It also emphasizes on good values with draw attentions of local customs. The customs in different areas presents diversity. McDonald's also considered the local eating habits to practice the different marketing strategies. For example, many Chinese people choose Chinese food for breakfast, McDonald's launched a Chinese-style breakfast based on the eating habits (Li, 2016). What attribute of global corporations does McDonald's practice?

  • Turbo-charged by the internet
  • Measure success
  • Carefully chosen international partners
  • Understand different cultures

What was coined to refer to ethnically or religiously defined populations living within or across national boundaries, nations without a sovereign state, and indigenous groups that are nomadic, uncontacted or living outside of global society?

  • Fourth World
  • First World
  • Second World
  • Third World

This is one of the importance of demography that is concerned with providing the growing number of population which has a direct impact on the increase for the need for shelter

  • Health Planning
  • Housing Planning
  • Employment Planning
  • Planning for Food Supply

This is one of the identified reasons why

  • Citizenship
  • Globalization
  • Digitalization
  • Innovations

In his book, The Modern World System, American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein described high-income nations as the ____ of the world economy.

  • Margin
  • Periphery
  • Core
  • Semi-periphery

The term Buddha is a Sanskrit word which means:

  • Consecrated One
  • Awakened One
  • Chosen One
  • Blessed One

With around 20,000 stores in 63 countries, Starbucks, the world's most popular coffee house has made its mark from Brazil to China, where many thought it would fail to take off due to the cultural importance of tea drinking. The company has gone to great lengths to make sure that every Starbucks feels like a local coffee house, without losing brand consistency. For example, in China, a regional dislike for coffee was combatted with coffee-free drinks, whilst stores in Asia feature more adaptable seating arrangements to cater for larger groups. This effort is what attribute of a global corporation?

  • Measure success
  • Turbo-charged by the internet
  • Understand different cultures
  • Carefully chosen international partners

It is a regional organization comprising seven member states lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity:

  • APEC
  • BIMSTEC
  • ASEAN
  • SAARC

These regions are also called perceptual regions which are often based around a common cultural characteristic:

  • Uniform regions
  • Functional regions
  • Vernacular regions
  • Nodal regions

Long before Airbnb persuaded strangers to sleep in one another's homes and became a $25 billion company, it was just an idea to make extra bucks and make rent. It started with an email. Joe Gebbia sent his roommate, Brian Chesky, an idea: What if they made a designer's bed and breakfast, complete with a sleeping mat and breakfast? It was a way to "make a few bucks." Almost nine years later that idea is worth $25 billion. They created a simple site, airbedandbreakfast.com, and bought three air mattresses. The duo had met at college at the Rhode Island School of Design, so they thought acting as tour guides to designers would be a fun way to make money. By 2011, four years after the first air mattress guests, Airbnb was already in 89 countries and had hit 1 million nights booked on the platform. It also finally won the break-out mobile app award at SXSW - despite having tried to launch there three years earlier (Carson, 2016). What attribute of global corporations contributed to the success of Airbnb?

  • Carefully chosen international partners
  • Understand different cultures
  • Turbo-charged by the internet
  • Measure success

KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Utah in 1952. By 1963, Sanders was fielding franchise requests without having to put in the legwork, and had more than 600 restaurants across the US and Canada selling Kentucky Fried Chicken. Years later, Kentucky Fried Chicken would establish its own restaurants around the world, and the rest is history. The success of KFC as a business is what attribute of global corporations?

  • Turbo-charged by the internet
  • Carefully chosen international partners
  • Value opportunity to expand
  • Understand different cultures

It is the statistical study of human populations:

  • Economics
  • Geography
  • Demography
  • Biography

The European union grew out of a desire for peace in a war-torn and divided continent. Five years after World War II ended, France and Germany came up with a plan to ensure their two countries would never go to war against each other again. The result was a deal signed by six nations to pool their coal and steel resources in 1950. Seven years later a treaty signed in Rome created the European Economic Community (EEC) - the foundations of today's European union. The UK was one of three new members to join in the first wave of expansion in 1973. Today the EU has 28 member states with a total population of more than 500 million (bbc.com). The founding of the European union is influenced by what aspect of globalization?

  • Imperial
  • Political
  • Sociological
  • Cultural

The differences in time of demographic transition affected the global population.

  • True
  • False

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Freedom of Speech

  • Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Right
  • Right and Responsibility

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Having privacy and security

  • Responsibility
  • Right and Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Right

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Body of the research paper?

  • Statement of the Problem
  • Rationale/Background of the Study
  • Research Design
  • Significance of the Study

Which of the following statements is not true about globalization?

  • Globalization is a recent phenomenon which traces its origin in the Information Age and thrived because of the presence of social media and new technologies.
  • Globalization is the free movement of goods, services and people across the world in a seamless and integrated manner.
  • Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.
  • Globalization represents the global integration of international trade, investment, information technology and cultures.

The term _______ comes from the word medium which is defined as channel, means, or method:

  • Mode
  • Mass
  • Media
  • Median

The religion which was promulgated by the Prophet Muhammed in Arabia in the 7th century CE.

  • Christianity
  • Buddhism
  • Judaism
  • Islam

Dividing the countries in two hemispheres originated in which period?

  • World War I
  • Cold War
  • Renaissance
  • Medieval

Who theorized that the 1st World was composed of the "superpowers" - US, Soviet union, etc; the 2nd World was composed of lesser powers; and the 3rd World was composed of post-colonial emerging markets.

  • Mao Zedong
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Winston Churchill

These organizations were established to link together geographically and ideologically related states:

  • International organizations
  • Regional organizations
  • Public organizations
  • Private organizations

Trade protectionism is in line with the principles of free trade by the neoliberalists

  • True
  • False

Economic globalization is the increasing economic interdependence of national economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of goods, service, technology, and capital. Some sociologists, like William I. Robinson has argued that because a capitalist economy is premised on growth and expansion, a globalized economy is the inevitable result of ________________.

  • Capitalism
  • Communism
  • Socialism
  • Interactionism

The relationship between globalization and sustainability is multi-dimensional ---it involves economic, political and socials aspects

  • True
  • False

Korean Pop music or more famously known as K-pop has become a truly global phenomenon because of its distinctive blend of addictive melodies, slick choreography and production values, and an endless parade of attractive South Korean performers who spend years in grueling studio systems learning to sing and dance in synchronized perfection. Aside from the music, K-pop has also influenced the global audience in terms of fashion, movies, dramas, and cuisine. K-pop has been building for two decades, but K-pop in particular has become increasingly visible to global audiences in the past five to 10 years. South Korean artists have hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least eight times since the Wonder Girls first cracked it in 2009 with their crossover hit "Nobody" - released in four different languages, including English - and the export of K-pop has ballooned South Korea's music industry to an impressive $5 billion industry. K-pop is what aspect of globalization?

  • National
  • Political
  • Sociological
  • Cultural

The decision, the conflict, and the resolution of that conflict are done through the ______ of the government established and codified in that particular state, whether or not through elections:

  • Understanding
  • Pact
  • Institution
  • Treaty

It is a continuing process of forming regions as geopolitical units, as organized political cooperation within a particular group of states, and/or as regional communities such as pluralistic security communities:

  • Regionalization
  • Globalization
  • Universalization
  • Internationalization

Who coined the term "global village" which describes the phenomenon of the world's culture shrinking and expanding at the same time due to pervasive technological advances that allow for instantaneous sharing of culture?

  • Roland Barthes
  • Marshall McLuhan
  • Em Griffin
  • Charles Sanders Peirce

These regions are also called formal regions some trait is shared with relative uniformity across the space.

  • Nodal regions
  • Vernacular regions
  • Functional regions
  • Uniform regions

The five Multilateral Development Banks are composed of the following, except:

  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • World Bank Group
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Green Climate Fund

Nike and Apple's "Nike+" is a co-branding collaboration which started as as a way to bring music from Apple to Nike customers' workouts using the power of technology: Nike+iPod created fitness trackers and sneakers and clothing that tracked activity while connecting people to their tunes. It's a genius co-branding move that helps both parties provide a better experience to customers - and with the popularity of fitness tracking technology, Nike+ is ahead of the curve by making it easy for athletes to track while they play. What attribute of global corporations do Nike and Apple employ?

  • Understand different cultures
  • Value opportunity to expand
  • Turbo charged by the internet
  • Carefully chosen international partners

Efforts to counter the effect of climate change have the full support of governments and corporations

  • True
  • False

The rapid population growth affected the age structure of the West during the twentieth century.

  • True
  • False

What was the term used to describe several industrial countries and majority of these countries either practiced a socialistic system of government or a communist system of government?

  • Third World
  • First World
  • Fourth World
  • Second World

The level of riches, comfort, material merchandise, cash and necessities accessible to a specific financial class in a specific region is called:

  • Social stratum
  • Way of life
  • Personal satisfaction
  • Poverty line

It is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific and its 21 members aim to create greater prosperity for the people of the region by promoting balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth and by accelerating regional economic integration:

  • Gulf Cooperation Council
  • SCO
  • Arab League
  • APEC

This provide a basis for other statistical projections, helping governments in their decision making and it is measured in terms of annual growth rate and in thousands of people

  • Population Projection
  • Population
  • Growth Rate
  • Elderly Dependency Rate

What term is alternatively used to refer to Third World countries?

  • Developing country
  • Underdeveloped country
  • Independent country
  • Super power

________ is associated with environmental damage but it also puts emphasis on the expansion of manufacturing,

  • Naturalist
  • Environmentalist
  • Neoliberals
  • Free Trade

It is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews:

  • Buddhism
  • Judaism
  • Islam
  • Christianity

Among the eight Millennium Development Goals created by the United Nations in the 1990's, which ranked first?

  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability

This refers to all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and aliens permanently settled in a country

  • Growth Rate
  • Elderly Dependency Rate
  • Population
  • Population Projection

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Paying Taxes

  • Right and Responsibility
  • Right
  • None of the choices
  • Responsibility

One of the benefits of globalization is the eradication of global inequality

  • True
  • False

Aside from South Korea, the only Asian country belonging to the First World category is:

  • India
  • North Korea
  • China
  • Japan

Which of the following is NOT a part of the methods of the research paper?

  • Research Design
  • Statement of the Problem
  • Rationale/Background of the Study

Population ageing refers to the decline in fertility and increase in life expectancy.

  • True
  • False

The work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development is called:

  • Child development
  • Child marriage
  • Child protection
  • Child labor

The term international financial institution typically refers to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The last five banks are considered MDBs. What does MDBs stand for?

  • Multifunctional Development Banks
  • Multicultural Development Banks
  • Multilateral Development Banks
  • Multilingual Development Banks

This refers to finding the fastest possible way of producing large amounts of a certain product or achieving more in less possible time

  • Globalization
  • Efficiency
  • Innovations
  • Digitalization

The most populous country in the world today is:

  • China
  • India
  • United States
  • Brazil

Which of the following is a part of the discussions?

  • Summary of Results
  • Research Design
  • Rationale/Background of the Study
  • Statement of the Problem

Which of the following is NOT a multi dimensional factor of globalization and sustainability

  • Economic
  • Political
  • Technological
  • Social

Social media has become a ubiquitous part of daily life, but this growth and evolution has been in the works since the late 70s. From primitive days of newsgroups, listservs and the introduction of early chat rooms, social media has changed the way we communicate, gather and share information, and given rise to a connected global society (Morrison, 2015). This evolution of social media is what aspect of globalization?

  • Political
  • Economic
  • Sociological
  • Cultural

What term refers to the permanent change of residence by an individual or group excluding such movements as nomadism, migrant labor, commuting, and tourism, all of which are transitory in nature?

  • Repatriation
  • Migration
  • Deportation
  • Evacuation

The United Nations came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security. The United Nations is responsible for maintaining ceasefires and stabilizing situations on the ground, providing crucial support for political efforts to resolve conflict by peaceful means. Those missions consisted of unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops with primarily monitoring, reporting and confidence-building roles. Which unit of the United Nations is responsible for these efforts?

  • Security Council
  • Secretariat
  • Economic and Social Council
  • Trusteeship Council

The SAARC comprises of eight Member States: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC stands for:

  • South Asian Assembly for Regional Corporation
  • South Asian Association for Regional Corporation
  • South Asian Assembly for Regional Cooperation
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

The level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards:

  • Poverty line
  • Lifestyle reference
  • Social class
  • Income matrix

What is the distinct socio-economic and political categorization of countries comprising the three worlds known as First, Second, and Third Worlds?

  • East-West Divide
  • North-East Divide
  • South-West Divide
  • North-South Divide

It is currently the world's largest religious group stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century AD:

  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
  • Christianity

Due to technological innovations, particularly in science and technology, we will not have problems in catching up with much needed resources to survive

  • True
  • False

In Asia, decline in population begun in the mid of the twentieth century.

  • True
  • False

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Voting

  • Right
  • Right and Responsibility
  • Responsibility
  • None of the choices

This sees that increasing aid is one of the many measures that are needed and that needs should be adapted in the international norms and standards.

  • Trade Protectionism
  • Helping the bottom billion
  • Fair Trade
  • Globalization

Dabbing, or the dab, is a simple dance move in which a person drops the head into the bent crook of a slanted arm, typically while raising the opposite arm in a parallel direction but out straight; both arms are pointed to the side and at an upward angle. Since 2015, it has also been used as a gesture of triumph or playfulness, becoming a youthful American dance fad and Internet meme (Ducey, 2015). Since the trend has gone viral, young Filipinos also picked it up as a playful pose. The dab fad in the Philippines is what aspect of globalization?

  • Political
  • Sociological
  • Economic
  • Cultural

What is the shorthand term used to describe for poor or developing nations?

  • Third World
  • Second World
  • Fourth World
  • First World

Which of the following does not belong among the regional organizations in the Western Hemisphere?

  • Caribbean Community
  • Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas
  • North American Free Trade Agreement

Economic Development was hastened by

  • Globalization
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Innovations
  • Digitalization

He is viewed as the sole God-creator, sustainer, and restorer of the world in the Islam religion:

  • Brahman
  • Waheguru
  • Allah
  • Yahweh

It is a socio-economic and political divide of countries, comprising the three worlds known as First, Second, and Third Worlds.

  • North-South Divide
  • East-West Divide
  • East-North Divide
  • West-South Divide

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Choosing own religion

  • Responsibility
  • Right
  • Right and Responsibility
  • None of the choices

Demography is very useful for understanding social and economic problems and identifying potential solutions

  • True
  • False

What is the timeframe over which a product is created, passed on to exhibit, and over the long run removed from the world market?

  • Degeneration period
  • Market revolution
  • Item life cycle
  • Product improvement

Globalization takes a linear approach to thinking and has been a contributor in bringing peace to various nations.

  • True
  • False

Support ratio refers to the number of workers per retiree

  • True
  • False

Global inequality is one of the downside of innovations

  • True
  • False

Which of the following is not considered a reason why people move across international borders:

  • Education
  • Safety
  • Career
  • Religion

The term ______ is often used as shorthand for poor or developing nations.

  • First World
  • Fourth World
  • Second World
  • Third World

This is one of the progressive values/forces that are considered as products of globalization that is about the freedom and rights of a nation's citizens

  • Autonomy
  • Ecological Sustainability
  • Democracy
  • Peace

It is the proneness of the governments and peoples of two or more states to establish voluntary associations and to pool together resources in order to create common functional and institutional arrangements and a process occurring in a given geographical region by which different types of actors come to share certain fundamental values and norms.

  • Communism
  • Socialism
  • Fascism
  • Regionalism

This pertains to legal relationship between a state and a person.

  • Digitalization
  • Citizenship
  • Innovations
  • Globalization

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Having Education

  • Right and Responsibility
  • Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Right

The 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour indicate that one-fifth of all African children are involved in child labour, a proportion more than twice as high as in any other region. Nine per cent of African children are in hazardous work, again highest of all the world's regions. Africa has the largest number of child labourers; 72.1 million African children are estimated to be in child labour and 31.5 million in hazardous work (International Labour Organization, 2017). The statement means that:

  • Child labor reduces labor shortage.
  • Child labor helps businesses reduce the cost of production.
  • Child labor deprives children of their childhood.
  • Child labor grooms children to become industrious and independent.

Global citizens act as glue which binds individuals together in an increasingly globalized world.

  • True
  • False

These institutions provide financial support and professional advice for economic and social development activities in developing countries and promote international economic cooperation and stability:

  • International Criminal Court
  • International Criminal Police Organization
  • International Nongovernmental Organizations
  • International Financial Institutions

_____ is the timeframe over which a thing is created, passed on to exhibit, and over the long run removed from the world market.

  • Degeneration period
  • Product improvement
  • Market evolution
  • Item life cycle

Students must make a research paper and the topic should be related to Industrialization

  • True
  • False

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Having Protection from the government

  • Right
  • Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Right and Responsibility

This refers to the group of population who are aged 65 years old and above

  • Growth Rate
  • Elderly population
  • Total Fertility Rate
  • Elderly Dependency Rate

An ideology that is similarly geared towards a decrease of international barriers but with the aim of the economic betterment of the planet in mind, not the perpetuation of power and privilege in the hands of the western dominated economies:

  • Privatization
  • Localization
  • Internationalism
  • Isolation

These are migrants who migrate for a limited period of time in order to take up employment and send money home:

  • Irregular migrants
  • Temporary labor migrants
  • Family reunification migrants
  • Return migrants

Based on the Modern World System of Immanuel Wallerstein, which of the following statements is incorrect?

  • The periphery is economically dependent on the core.
  • The semi-periphery of the world economy is the manufacturing base of the planet.
  • Poor countries lack industrial capacity that's why they need to import expensive goods from rich nations.
  • High-income nations are considered "core" of the world economy.

This refers to industrial culture, organized on the model of mass production and is produced for a mass audience according to types (genres), following conventional formulas, codes, and rules.

  • Corporate culture
  • Organizational culture
  • Media culture
  • High culture

Who theorized that the 1st World was composed of the "superpowers" - US, Soviet union, etc; the 2nd World was composed of lesser powers; and the 3rd World was composed of post-colonial emerging markets?

  • Winston Churchill
  • Mao Zedong
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Adolf Hitler

Which of the following examples refers to political factor influencing economic globalization?

  • Wal-Mart benefits greatly from having the vast majority of its goods manufactured in China.
  • IBM currently employs more workers in India than it does in the United States
  • The Lydians introducing the coins in the western world in 700 BC
  • The founding of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Food security can also signify sustainability of society.

  • True
  • False

This includes private economy, educational institutions, churches, hospitals, fraternal organizations, and other non-profit organizations:

  • Council of elders
  • Tribe
  • Political party
  • Civil society

In January 1989, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to implement in April the resolution to establish the UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) and called for material and personnel support from member countries. In November, a constitutional assembly election was held under observation of the UNTAG. As a result, this country became independent in March 1990 and joined the United Nations in April:

  • Namibia
  • Singapore
  • Brazil
  • Zimbabwe

This the ratio between the elderly population and the working age (15-64 years)

  • Elderly Dependency Rate
  • Growth Rate
  • Elderly population
  • Total Fertility Rate

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Following the Law

  • Right and Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Right
  • Responsibility

Which of the following is not true about the history of global market integration?

  • The unification of commodities promoted trade and economic development.
  • International trade expanded because of new technologies in transportation and communication.
  • The high costs of and the risks associated with long voyages did not limit trade to a relatively small set of commodities of high value relative to their weight and bulk.
  • Global market integration is almost as old as humanity.

This is one of the progressive values/forces that are considered as products of globalization that is about the independence of nations

  • Ecological Sustainability
  • Autonomy
  • Democracy
  • Peace

This is one of the importance of demography that is studying the mobilization trends of people .

  • Educational Planning
  • Housing Planning
  • Migration Planning
  • Planning for Food Supply

Free trade can positively impact on environment.

  • True
  • False

Continuous production of world's natural resources poster all positive development more importantly to environment.

  • True
  • False

Crude birth rate refers to the the number of births that occur each year per 10,000 people in the midyear population

  • True
  • False

Identify if the following is a right or responsibility: Running for a public office

  • Responsibility
  • Right and Responsibility
  • None of the choices
  • Right

It is a global city's perceived power to attract creative people and businesses from across the globe, and to "mobilize their assets" to boost economic, social and environmental development:

  • Politics
  • Industry
  • Magnetism
  • Economy

One of the downsides of globalization is the inverted relationship of population growth and the availability of resources.

  • True
  • False

It is a continuing process of forming regions as geopolitical units, as organized political cooperation within a particular group of states, and/or as regional communities such as pluralistic security communities.

  • Internationalization
  • Regionalization
  • Globalization
  • Universalization

Which of the following is a part of the Preliminary Pages?

  • Research Design
  • Abstract
  • Statement of the Problem
  • Scope and Limitation

Which of the following is not true about the attributes of global corporations?

  • Companies should research and understand the different cultures they are tapping into in order to be successful in not only building key relationships that will open up doors down the road, but connecting with the right consumers as well.
  • Companies that invest in the internet and produce web-based products are more unlikely to grow globally because there is more money involved in their international expansion.
  • High-growth companies view international markets as untapped markets full of potential.
  • Companies must be aware of different cultures and business practices among countries in order to connect, be efficient, and stay on the same page.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is a comprehensive, internationally binding agreement on the rights of children, a human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. When was the treaty adopted by the United Nations?

  • UN General Assembly 1989
  • UN General Assembly 1990
  • UN General Assembly 1991
  • UN General Assembly 1988

What is a system of beliefs, rituals, and practices, usually institutionalized in one manner or another, which connects this world with the beyond and provides the bridge that allows humans to approach the divine, the universal life force that both encompasses and transcends the world?

  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Culture
  • Religion

This is one of the importance of social demography that is concerned with the welfare specifically of the mother and child, specially the problem faced of mothers during pregnancy which is malnutrition

  • Health Planning
  • Planning for Food Supply
  • Housing Planning
  • Employment Planning

This type of financing is provided by Multilateral Development Banks to member countries, with maturities of up to 20 years, based on market interest rates. The financial resources for these loans are obtained by borrowing on the international capital markets and re-lend to borrowing governments in developing countries:

  • Personal loans
  • Grant financing
  • Very-long-term loans
  • Long-term loans

A form of media consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a printing process that is traditionally mechanical:

  • Broadcast media
  • New media
  • Print media
  • Digital media

According to some scholars, the oldest living religion on Earth is ______:

  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Hinduism

The term used to describe the role of media in promoting transparency in public life and public scrutiny of those with power through exposing corruption, maladministration and corporate wrong-doing:

  • Sheepdog
  • Lapdog
  • Watchdog
  • Underdog

In the Islam religion, Jesus is considered a ______.

  • Priest
  • Prophet
  • God
  • Savior

This refers to all nationals present in, or temporarily absent from a country, and aliens permanently settled in a country. This indicator shows the number of people that usually live in an area:

  • Refugees
  • Aliens
  • Migration
  • Population

This is one of the progressive values/forces that are considered as products of globalization that is about creating an environment of harmonious relationship of the citizens and the government of a nation

  • Autonomy
  • Ecological Sustainability
  • Peace
  • Democracy

This involves systematic government intervention in foreign trade through tariffs and non- tariffs barriers in order to encourage domestic producers and deter their foreign competitors.

  • Globalization
  • Trade Protectionism
  • Helping the bottom billion
  • Fair Trade

What are the two factors identified to be contributors to the increase in population?

  • Improved Survival Rate and Death Rate
  • High Fertility Rate and Lack of Education
  • Improved Survival Rate and High Fertility Rate
  • High Fertility and Death Rate

Philip Morris International is an American cigarette and tobacco company which sells its products in 180 countries outside the United States. In the Forbes Global 2000 List, it grabbed the top spot with foreign revenue unsurprisingly accounting for 100 percent of total revenue, considering that it sells its products exclusively overseas. What attribute of global corporations does Philip Morris International employ?

  • Understand different cultures
  • Carefully chosen international partners
  • Measure success
  • Turbo-charged by the internet

This is aims at a more moral and equitable global economic system whereby price is not set by the market rather it is transparently negotiated by both producers and consumers

  • Globalization
  • Helping the bottom billion
  • Fair Trade
  • Trade Protectionism
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