Globalization Sample Questions
Sample Questions for the Midterm Exam in GOG/GLO 225: Lecture Notes and readings Combined
Notes: ▪ There may be some overlap between questions designated to each class ▪ Some questions may be repeated in exact or similar versions, either in the same of different sections ▪ Some of the questions below may come from material outside either the lectures or the classes; don’t worry, but make sure you can answer them ▪ If you want to test your self on these questions, un-bold the answers, but be sure to keep a copy of the list with answers ▪ These are not the questions for the exam, but they are similar and they cover topics that will on the exam
From Class #1 1. As described in the first lecture, in GOG/GLO 225 we shall be are looking at four dimensions of globalization. Which of the following is not one of these four? a. Economic b. Cultural c. Educational d. Political
2. Which of the following is geographically part of the south, but in economic and globalization terms is usually considered to be part of the global ‘North’? a. Singapore b. South Africa c. Brazil d. The Philippines
3. In this class what is being referred to in the following a definition: “a relatively new term used to describe economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental processes and interactions among peoples and nations around the world?” a. Neoliberalism b. Egalitarianism c. Capitalism d. Globalization
4. Which German Chancellor’s name is associated with a map of the world that showed a line between the developed and the developing regions? a. Angela Merkel b. Willie Brandt c. Conrad Adenauer d. Helmut Schmidt
5. In the old (“three worlds”) classification of the global economy which of the following countries would not have been counted as part of the “Second World?” a. China b. Cuba c. Indonesia d. The USSR
6. The WMW textbook states that
Notes: ▪ There may be some overlap between questions designated to each class ▪ Some questions may be repeated in exact or similar versions, either in the same of different sections ▪ Some of the questions below may come from material outside either the lectures or the classes; don’t worry, but make sure you can answer them ▪ If you want to test your self on these questions, un-bold the answers, but be sure to keep a copy of the list with answers ▪ These are not the questions for the exam, but they are similar and they cover topics that will on the exam
From Class #1 1. As described in the first lecture, in GOG/GLO 225 we shall be are looking at four dimensions of globalization. Which of the following is not one of these four? a. Economic b. Cultural c. Educational d. Political
2. Which of the following is geographically part of the south, but in economic and globalization terms is usually considered to be part of the global ‘North’? a. Singapore b. South Africa c. Brazil d. The Philippines
3. In this class what is being referred to in the following a definition: “a relatively new term used to describe economic, social, political, cultural, and environmental processes and interactions among peoples and nations around the world?” a. Neoliberalism b. Egalitarianism c. Capitalism d. Globalization
4. Which German Chancellor’s name is associated with a map of the world that showed a line between the developed and the developing regions? a. Angela Merkel b. Willie Brandt c. Conrad Adenauer d. Helmut Schmidt
5. In the old (“three worlds”) classification of the global economy which of the following countries would not have been counted as part of the “Second World?” a. China b. Cuba c. Indonesia d. The USSR
6. The WMW textbook states that