Traditions and Encounters Quiz Questions Chp 38, Final
Chp 38: What are good examples of the Americanization of global culture?
Pizza Hut, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Pepsi
Chp 38: One objective that the EU and ASEAN share in common is a commitment to
Removing barriers to trade between member states
Chp 38: All of the following have contributed to the dramatic growth of the Chinese economy since the late 1970s
The opening of China to foreign investment and foreign technology, the opening of Chinese domestic markets to foreign imports, and vast reserves of cheap labor
Chp 38: Global warming refers to
The rise in global temperatures caused by atmospheric pollution such as the emissions of cars and factories
Chp 38: What are characteristics of modern global corporations?
They seek out the cheapest labor and raw materials, they prefer locations with few, if any, environmental laws, they favor unrestricted free trade, and they scatter operations all over the world
Chp 38: In what year did the two Germanys reunite to form a united nation?
1990
Chp 38: As a result of China's one-child policy,
A significant number of girl babies are missing
Chp 38: Between 2005 and 2050, population is expected to continue growing in all of the following world regions
Africa, Asia, North America, and Latin America
Chp 38: What are good examples of an NGO?
Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Human Rights Watch, and the Red Cross
Chp 38: In the 1970s, OPEC demonstrated that
An alliance in control of a valuable resource could exert control over the global economy
Chp 38: Popular unrest forced Todor Zhivkov, eastern Europe's longest surviving communist dictator, to resign in 1989 as leader of what country?
Bulgaria
Chp 38: What are true statements about modern global consumption?
Consumption becomes a means of self-expression as well as a source of personal identity, modern consumption is shaped by wants and desires rather than by needs or necessities, where products scarcely vary from one another, consumers are encouraged to make purchases based on brand names, and global consumerism threatens local and indigenous cultures
Chp 38: The purpose of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was to
Eliminate barriers to free trade
Chp 38: Some significant results of the electronic information age are that
English has become the primary language of global communications, social and political isolation has been vastly reduced, politically repressive regimes such as that of China are trying to control the Internet, and the gulf between the technological haves and have-nots has widened
Chp 38: The goals of feminism in industrialized nations after WWII include all the following
Equal pay for equal work, access to birth control and abortion, and legal equality
Chp 38: List Asia's "little tigers"
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan
Chp 38: In spite of cultural prejudices against women in Asia, women have emerged as political leaders in all of the following countries
India, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
Chp 38: What are factors in the Japanese postwar "economic miracle"?
Massive aid from the United States enabled Japan to rebuild quickly after the war, Japanese products were not barred from the U.S. market, restrictions imposed on Japanese defense spending enabled them to channel much of their GNP into economic development, and cheap labor costs and a compliant workforce made Japanese industry very competitive
Chp 38: What is true of modern terrorism?
Modern terrorists routinely employ violence against civilian targets, modern terrorists use sophisticated modern weapons and technologies, and modern terrorists are not confined to any one state and operate effectively across borders
Chp 38: The perceived grievances of al-Qaeda against the United States and its allies include all of the following
U.S. support of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, the presence of American troops in the holy land of Saudi Arabia, and U.S. sanctions against Iraq.
