Question 1

Describe the arguments for globalization as both a positive economic force that will raise the standards of living and a negative economic force that will bring about a "race to the bottom."

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Question 2

Which of the following statements about aspects of Bretton Woods and the Washington Consensus is accurate?

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A)   The Washington Consensus helped pave the way for the creation of institutions like the IMF and World Bank.
B)   The IMF provides loans and technical assistance to advance development in less-developed countries.
C)   A core goal of Bretton Woods was to help manage economic relations between countries, and the Washington Consensus advocated a reduction of states' control over the market.
D)   Both Bretton Woods and the Washington Consensus advocated the maintenance of state-controlled industries in developing countries so that they could compete with the developed world.

Question 3

Critics of globalization speak of the problem of a "democratic deficit," meaning

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A)   democratic processes within states will weaken and limit the power of citizens to elect their own regional governments.
B)   nonstate organizations need to be given more power in order to keep states in check.
C)   nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations will take on increasing democratic processes, reducing their ability to act quickly and efficiently.
D)   the movement of power toward international organizations may reduce public representation and control.

Question 4

Optimists believe that societal globalization,through a process of "creative destruction," could lead to a form of

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A)   resurgent state sovereignty.
B)   global anarchy.
C)   transnational terrorism.
D)   global cosmopolitanism.

Question 5

Political globalization has the most potential to lead to

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A)   growing state capacity but weakening autonomy.
B)   growing state autonomy but weakening capacity.
C)   weakening state autonomy and capacity.
D)   strengthening state autonomy and capacity.

Question 6

Which of the following entities can be either exclusively national or fully international in nature?

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A)   Bretton Woods
B)   MNCs
C)   NGOs
D)   IGOs

Question 7

In which of the following ways does the study of societal globalization differ from that of political globalization?

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A)   It largely focuses on the development of nonstate and supra-state organizations as rivals to the state.
B)   It focuses on the formation of civil society that stretches beyond borders.
C)   It largely ignores nationalist movements as part of global culture.
D)   It rejects the concept of global cosmopolitanism.

Question 8

In which of the following ways has sovereign authority reasserted itself over the last decade?

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A)   growth of multinational corporations
B)   states forcing the reduction in the number of NGOs
C)   sharp rise in tariff barriers
D)   censorship of Internet websites by some states

Question 9

According to political scientists Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye,what is the relationship between globalization and history?

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A)   Globalization takes the simple form of international contacts and interaction.
B)   Significant international connections have only appeared in the last half century.
C)   Globalization is "thick" compared to the international connections of the past.
D)   Globalization highlights the distinction between international relations and domestic politics.

Question 10

How might globalization shape democracy and public participation in both positive and negative ways?

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Question 11

In which of the following ways did the Bretton Woods system differ from the Washington Consensus?

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A)   It created important, formal international organizations.
B)   It placed less emphasis on the promotion of international trade.
C)   It increased state control over international markets instead of reducing it.
D)   It reduced the pace of globalization instead of advancing it.

Question 12

Is globalization inevitable? What evidence suggests that it could be reversed?

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Question 13

What aspect of globalization first came into being in the late nineteenth century?

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A)   the first truly global war
B)   the first NGOs and IGOs
C)   the first multinational corporations
D)   the first transnational terrorist groups

Question 14

Which of the following statements about the extent of globalization is accurate?

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A)   Global foreign direct investment reached roughly $200 billion in 2015.
B)   General Electric's total profits in 2015 were approximately the same as Great Britain's GDP at purchasing power parity.
C)   In 2015, nearly a quarter of a billion people moved across international borders.
D)   The number of MNCs actually shrank between 2003 and 2015 due to consolidation.

Question 15

Globalization is associated with the growing power of a host of nonstate or supra-state entities.What are the three major categories that these entities fall into?

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A)   multinational corporations, nongovernmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations
B)   interstate economic unions, nongovernmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations
C)   multinational corporations, nonprofit organizations, interstate economic unions
D)   international regimes, interstate economic unions, nonprofit organizations

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