Geography 322 - Geography of Latin America » Fall 2019 » Quiz 14 Transnational Latin America Movements, Places and Displacements

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Question #1
Transnationalism:
A.   is integral to people's daily lives
B.   is about the global and not the local
C.   typically does not entail power relations
D.   is clearly separated from processes of colonialism
Question #2
Immanuel Wallerstein's "World Systems Theory":
A.   posed that all areas are linked by unequal exchange
B.   proposed that capitalism produces development in all areas of the globe
C.   emerged in ideological opposition to dependency theory
D.   did not discuss the perspective of the global periphery enough
Question #3
The Transnational "turn" in American studies:
A.   is based solely on the work of intellectuals from the global North
B.   does not question the concept of "the nation"; takes the concept of "nation" for granted.
C.   argues that the definitions of "globalization" and "nation" come from a long history of inequalities.
D.   doesn't explore inequality
Question #4
Which of the following is NOT a likely question formed from the transnational lens on immigration?
A.   Who is more likely to immigrate and why?
B.   What are the class and racial dynamics underlying immigration?
C.   Is immigration exclusively the outcome of global structures of inequality OR individual decision-making?
D.   How do labor dynamics influence immigration?
E.   How do local practices play into the process of immigration?
Question #5
Which of the following statements about remittances is MOST accurate?
A.   In countries that experience large exoduses (e.g. Bolivia), remittances are very important to gross national product
B.   remittances cause workers to drop their national identities and favor an identity associated with their new country
C.   remittances tend to decrease the sense of belonging from those living abroad
D.   remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean are not yet as significant as they are in other world regions
Question #6
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of HTAs (Hometown Assocations)?
A.   they are designed solely to help citizens living abroad (i.e. not in Latin America)
B.   they are important to transnational practices
C.   they can help finance stadiums and roads/highways in societies of origin
D.   they work on multiple scales
Question #7
With regard to Ecuadorian migrants in Spain, which of the following is NOT accurate?
A.   Generally, it is the least educated Ecuadorians who migrated to Spain
B.   Remittances from this group is the second leading contributor to Ecuador's GNP
C.   Ecuadorian women preceded men due to high demand for domestic work
D.   Ecuadorians abroad can have influence on the Ecuadorian government
Question #8
Regarding the experience of Ecuadorian men and women in Madrid, which of the following is MOST accurate?
A.   Many Ecuadorians who could not afford to purchase a home in Spain, bought homes in Ecuador through catalogs in Madrid
B.   Ecuadorian migration to Spain began mostly with men
C.   The economic slowdown in Madrid did not effect housing construction in Ecuador
D.   Ecuadorian men started migrating in large numbers to Madrid in the 1970s
Question #9
Scale:
A.   refers to size of a phenomenon
B.   is a social construct without material implications
C.   is socially constructed
D.   it is utilized by countries of the global North to exploit other countries
Question #10
Mexicans in Moline, Illinois:
A.   practice circular migration between Guanajuato and Moline
B.   receive all of their funding from private organizations
C.   still works as an HTA today
D.   are primarily from Guanajuato and began arriving there after World War I

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