Political Science 007 - Contemporary World Affairs » Spring 2022 » Chapter 12

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Question #1
With respect to poverty in the global South, which statement is true?
A.   People die from starvation and malnutrition because there is not enough food produced in the world to feed them.
B.   Starvation triggered by war or drought affects more people than chronic poverty does.
C.   Starvation kills more people than malnutrition does.
D.   About 1 billion people live in abject poverty.
Question #2
What is the relationship between warfare and basic needs?
A.   Being at war allows a country to acquire resources to meet basic needs through conquest.
B.   Being at war produces economic wealth for a country's military industries, raising the ability of all citizens to meet their basic needs.
C.   Being poor, with unmet basic needs, makes a society more war-prone.
D.   Being poor, with unmet basic needs, makes a society less war-prone.
Question #3
In the global South, how does women's access to adequate education and favorable loan rates compare to that of men?
A.   Men have greater access to those benefits than women do.
B.   Access to those benefits is gender-neutral.
C.   Younger women have the same level of access as most men.
D.   Women have greater access to those benefits than men do.
Question #4
Which of the following is a possible explanation for the dramatic increase in global remittance flows?
A.   Global poverty is decreasing greatly.
B.   As migrants assimilate they simply keep more of the money they make.
C.   Globalization is making it easier for people to live and work in different countries.
D.   The cost of living has been increasingly on the rise in nations where most migrants are found.
Question #5
Basing economic growth solely on resource exports can be problematic and lead to __________.
A.   the resource curse
B.   mercantilism
C.   resource dependency
D.   hollow growth
Question #6
With respect to the concept of the world-system, __________.
A.   the semiperiphery acts as a buffer between the core and periphery
B.   states in the core export light manufactures from the periphery
C.   states in the periphery are not active in international trade
D.   there are distinct lines between core and periphery that states cannot cross
Question #7
How do semiperiphery regions compare with periphery regions?
A.   States can move from the semiperiphery to the periphery, but not from the periphery to the semiperiphery.
B.   Periphery regions export primarily manufactured products, whereas semiperiphery regions export primarily raw materials.
C.   Periphery regions are growing more rapidly than semiperiphery regions.
D.   Semiperiphery regions are growing more rapidly than periphery regions.
Question #8
An economic surplus is created not by using capital for __________, but by investing money in productive capital.
A.   consumption
B.   development
C.   industrialization
D.   accumulation
Question #9
Most revolutions in third world countries were the result of __________.
A.   struggles between global communism and global capitalism
B.   international power struggles between rich and poor countries
C.   poverty and unmet basic human needs
D.   anti-imperialist sentiment
Question #10
Once in power, revolutionary governments find that they often resemble their predecessor in what way?
A.   consisting of a strong legislature and a weak executive
B.   developing multiparty democracies
C.   adopting similar foreign policies
D.   consisting of a weak legislature and a weak executive

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