Myunghee Kim CPO3034
According to Aristotle, because people are selfish and cannot be trusted ______ is the best form of government.
Polyarchy
The (administrative) capital city of South Africa is _____
Pretoria
Which of the following is NOT a member of Group of 7?
Russia
On 17 February 2008, the Kosovo Assembly declared its independence from _____.
Serbia
The left-wing terrorist movement in Peru that appeared after its transition to democracy is called ______
Shining Path
"An FDA alert warned that temporary tattoos popular with kids and often found at beaches, boardwalks and other holiday destinations can be dangerous. The main risk is from black henna, an ink that is combined with natural red henna and can include chemicals that can cause dangerous skin reactions" (www.today.com; August 7, 2014). In this statement, the dependent variable is _____
Skin reactions
Which one of the following was NOT part of former Yugoslavia during the Cold War era?
Slovakia
The First, Second, and Third world distinctions were developed during _____
The Cold War
Somalia was colonized by ____ and ____
The UK, Italy
Morbidity rate is _____
The proportion of disease in population
After the long struggle since 1975, ______ finally achieved its independence from Indonesia in 2002.
Timor-Leste
The concept of state sovereignty was ratified in result of the _______
Treaty of Westphalia
Which of the following international organization develop HDI?
UNDP
The _______ was established in 1972 to voice out the environmental concerns within the UN system.
UNEP
The GATT negotiation that includes intellectual property right is the ______.
Uruguay Round
Which one of the following is the characteristic of qualitative studies?
Use inductive reasoning process
"The new research studied nearly 50,000 U.S. men who reported their coffee consumption every four years from 1986 to 2008. It backs up previous studies that found coffee consumption was associated with lower risk of a wide range of diseases including Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes and liver cancer" (from www.msnbc.com, May 17, 2011). This illustrates ___ of the new research.
Validity
A _______ is a discrete phenomenon that can be measured or observed in two or more categories.
Variable
The international institution that was established through GATT negotiations is called ________
WTO
Culture _______
is subjective
______ is the popular perception on the part of large numbers of people that the government, its leaders, and its policies, are valid, right, just, and worthy of support.
legitimacy
The poorest countries in the world also have the lowest _______.
literacy rates
All of the following describe the problems that result from MNC's activities in global economy EXCEPT:
lowering inflation
Proletariat identified in Marxist socialism, is defined by their relationship to the ______
means of production
Which one of the following underlines the positive impact of colonialism in former colonies?
modernization theory
Which of the following would be considered a form of unconventional participation?
participating in a protest
Early patterns of popular political participation in developing countries often take the form of ________
patron-client relations
One theory underlines the negative impact of colonialism in former colonies. All of the following describe the negative impact, EXCEPT.
preservation of national identity
In the post-Cold War era, the West redefined arms control as ______.
prevention of weapon development
The governing power needs to be legitimate in order to _____.
promote stability of the regime
The introduction of capitalism in former colonies has led to all of the following EXCEPT:
promotion of liberal democracy
Compared to materialism, post-materialism emphasizes ______.
protect free speech
According to the modernization theory, "secularization" means _____
rationality
A psychological explanation of people's participation, especially in protest activities, based on the gap between what one gets and what one thinks he/she should get, is called ______.
relative deprivation theory
According to Samuel Huntington, the most fundamental cause of the clash of civilization is _____.
religion
Which one of the following is NOT the first criterion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
right to access to decent food, shelter, work, education, and healthcare
Which one of the following describe the third or new generation of human rights?
right to peace, development, and healthy environment
The act of withdrawing or separation from the existing state boundaries is called ____.
secession.
According to the modernization theory, "tradition" means _____
self-sufficiency
According to the capitalist world system theory, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, or Mexico is an example of ______
semi-peripheries
The core assumption of modernization theory is ______
similar patterns of developmental stages of countries
According to dependency theorists, how can disadvantaged countries solve the problems that are caused by MNC's investment in their domestic markets?
strong state intervention in economies
Policy reforms designed and promoted by the World Bank and IMF that seek to increase the role of the market and reduce the role of the state in developing countries' economies are called ______.
structural adjustment.
Stagflation is _____.
the combination of high inflation, high unemployment, and low economic growth.
Which of the following is NOT a significant barrier to development?
the green revolution
Which of the following is NOT the main criticism about the classification between modernity and tradition by modernization theorists?
the modernization theory underlines the reinforcing role of tradition in modern societies.
Which one of the following is the LEAST important criterion to determine an independent state?
the recognition of the state as being sovereign and independent by other states or international bodies
The Bretton Woods system was established in order ______.
to ensure that domestic economic objectives were not subordinate to global financial disciplines
The primary goal of the World Bank, when it was established, was ______.
to reconstruct Europe
The growing inequality between the North and the South can be caused by the following EXCEPT:
underpopulation in the developing countries.
According to Samuel Huntington, the next pattern of conflict is caused by all of the following, EXCEPT:
unification of religions
__________. Former East Pakistan, was independent from Pakistan in 1971
Bangladesh
"A new study links the age of fathers to the likelihood of mental illness in their biological children..."This study shows that there is a _____ between a father's age at childbearing and the children's psychiatric problems." Dr. Brian D'Onofrio said "but this does not prove that advancing age causes those problems" (from www.ajc.com, February 27,2014). This example illustrates a ____ between a father's age and the children's psychiatric problems.
Correlation
"McWorld," a term coined by Ben Barber, is an example of _______
Cultural globalization
________ is a social construct composed on beliefs, attitudes, moral codes, and institutions
Culture
Which of the following country use isolation as its reaction to the domination of Western civilization?
DPRK
The capital city of Bangladesh is _____-
Dhaka
_____ Describe how things work in the world we observe.
Empirical Theories
What is a situation in which food supplies are suddenly reduced, causing a large number of deaths?
Famine
Subsistence farmers are _____
Farmers who can only produce enough crops for their family to survive from year-to-year
The total value of new goods and services produced in a given year within the borders of a country, regardless of by whom, is called ______
GDP
The ______ is most prominently used as a measure of inequality of income distribution or inequality of wealth distribution.
GINI
The world's first black republic is ______
Haiti
Which of the following is NOT a result of malnutrition?
Increase in birthrate
Which of the following is an organization of the United Nations that deals with labor-related issues, including child labor concerns?
International Labor Organization
______ (also called nuisance or extraneous) variables are statistically controlled in analyses. Often these variables are demographic items, such as gender, age, income, and class size.
Intervening
Which of the following is NOT related to growing interdependence among nation-states?
It assumes an equal relationship among nation-states
______ is an Arabic word signifying "struggle." Recently the word has been taken to narrowly mean a "holy war"
Jihad
Which one of the following can be an example of state-level analyses?
Judicial System
Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam?
Kama or the desire for pleasure
A business enterprise headquartered in one country (usually a developed country) with activities abroad stemming from direct foreign investment located in several countries is called ________
MNCs
According to the dependency theorists, all of the following are the functions of MNCs in disadvantaged regions of the world economy, EXCEPT:
MNCs heavily invest in the manufacturing or technological sectors
The ________ was established in 1949 to promote military cooperation between North America and Western Europe.
NATO
______ is a set of political beliefs that center around the shared sense of characteristics attributable to a group of people known to each other.
Nationalism
Economic globalization is promoted by __________.
Neo-liberalism
_________ was established in 1961 to promote economic cooperation and market economy among (currently) 34-member ocuntries.
OECD
________ was established in 1961 to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of member countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets.
OPEC
All of the following describe the elements of market liberalization, EXCEPT:
high tariffs
The IMF was established in the ______.
1940s
The Bretton Woods system was collapsed in ______.
1970s
The WTO was established in the _____.
1990s
The impact of colonialism in the colonial power includes all of the following EXCEPT:
immigration policies
Which industry employs the most children worldwide?
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
A policy of segregation and political/economic discrimination against non-European groups in South Africa is called ______
Apartheid
The exception of the North-South distinction is ______.
Australia
________ is the religious leader of Iran after the revolution of 1979.
Ayatollah Khomeini
Which of the following explain "bandwagoning" in reaction to the domination of Western civilization?
accept the Western civilization
Which one of the following would NOT be the legacy of colonialism in newly independent states?
an independent judiciary
All of the following are the assumptions of rational choice theory, EXCEPT:
an individual's decision is based on the gap between what one gets and what one thinks he/she should get
Public goods ______
can be defense and law enforcement
In homogenous societies, what kind of conflict can be most common?
class conflict
Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of Western civilization?
collectivism
According to the dependency theory, countries can be classified into _____
cores and peripheries
The patron-client relationship in LDCs often causes ______.
corruption
HDI includes all of the following EXCEPT:
deforestation
The distinction between the "North" and "South" is based on ______.
economic development.
In order to achieve the goal, the Bretton Woods system set _______.
fixed exchange rates
Which of the following would NOT be considered a dimension of legitimacy?
forming an alliance with an external power
Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh is known for _______.
founding the Grameen Bank
Which one of the following does NOT describe Third World?
high dependence on technological sector
