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Self Test B on Knowledge Associated With Choice #51

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1.  Which of the following international organizations has a primary purpose of promoting development in poor countries?

1) United Nations       2) World Bank       3) World Trade Organization

4) International Monetary Fund           5) Food and Agriculture Organization 

2.  ____________ exists when goods can be exported and imported without tariffs, quotas or other restrictive barriers.

1) protectionism                        2) free trade          3) a balance of trade 

4) comparative advantage        5)  a subsidy

3. The phrase “should produce and export goods that it can produce at relatively lower costs” is linked most directly to the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) comparative advantage     2) distributive justice          3) free trade

4) global competitiveness index      5) outsourcing 

4. Which of the following associations is wrong?

1) colonialism / rooted in altruism, egalitarianism

2) worldwide number of indigenous people / around 500 million

3) cultural imperialism / can destroy a cultural heritage

4) Marxist criticism /  imperialism connected to failings of capitalism

5) McDonaldization / American business, culture spread  

5. Critics of globalization as it has operated in recent years might rail against it, using in particular all of the following terms in negatively characterizing it except which? 

1) sweatshops             2) outsourcing                    3) McDonaldization  

4) protectionism         5)  corporate imperialism

6.   All of the following terms logically fit together except which?                              

1) intervention philosophy           2) environmental racism                3) colonialism     

4) cultural imperialism                5) ethical globalization

7.  Critics of ___________________________fear its imperialistic reach and possible military aspects.   

1)  the USA Marshall Plan      2) the WHO pandemic response        3) Russian election meddling     

4) China’s Belt and Road Initiative       5) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ==> USMCA

8. All of the following hopes for global authority are important to someone for whom the Ethical Globalization  theme is a key component of their overall worldview except which?

1) that it promotes global democracy          2) that it stay out of international disputes

3) that international trade not support environmental degradation and worker exploitation

4)  that a basic human needs approach be used to help the poorest in countries suffering underdevelopment 

5) that it promote technology transfer and  to aid those in poor countries

9.  A belief that you would not expect someone for whom the Ethical Globalization  worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be belief in or being sympathetic to which of the following?

1) in world government                      2) in a world of global citizens

3) in creating a global village            4) in supporting rights of indigenous people

5) that unfettered free market capitalism should spread to the whole world

10.  Fans of the Imperialism theme believe  ____________________________. 

1) in distributive justice             2) in corporate welfare      3) in anti-corporate conspiracy theories             

4) that developing nations can benefit from corporate or rich nations exerting power over them   

5) that one country militarily intervening into another seeking territorial gain  is always wrong 

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