Question 1

Kenya's Richard Leakey's publicity stunt involving a mountain of ivory tusks well illustrates the fundamental economics principles of supply and demand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The gravest threat to Kenya's elephant population as discussed in case study 1.1 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  illegal poaching 
B)  too many foreign eco-tourists 
C)  soil erosion resulting from high-tech agriculture 
D)  the election of Daniel Moi as president 
E)  none of the above 
A)  illegal poaching 
B)  too many foreign eco-tourists 
C)  soil erosion resulting from high-tech agriculture 
D)  the election of Daniel Moi as president 
E)  none of the above

Question 3

The causes of world hunger are multi-faceted and cannot be simply boiled down to one or two simple factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which term captures the essence of today's fears as related to the nuclear dilemma:

Accepted Answer

A)  MAD 
B)  communism 
C)  Japanese revanchism 
D)  NNPT 
E)  proliferation 
A)  MAD 
B)  communism 
C)  Japanese revanchism 
D)  NNPT 
E)  proliferation

Question 5

One study completed in the 1990s concluded that the annual value of nature's worth to humanity amounts to approximately $33 trillion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The terms spaceship earth, world without walls, and global village are all:

Accepted Answer

A)  major categories of globalization 
B)  phrases invented by journalist Thomas Friedman 
C)  meaningless exaggerations 
D)  metaphors for the concept of globalization 
E)  strictly economic in their implications 
A)  major categories of globalization 
B)  phrases invented by journalist Thomas Friedman 
C)  meaningless exaggerations 
D)  metaphors for the concept of globalization 
E)  strictly economic in their implications

Question 7

Global idealists argue that greater reliance on cooperation and less on competition in human affairs will lead to our best results in the 21st century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The U.S. military had no direct role in the initiation or development of the Internet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Pick the qualities associated with Benjamin Barber's sense of McWorld?

Accepted Answer

A)  parochial and tribal 
B)  emotional and centripetal 
C)  market-driven and integrative 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above 
A)  parochial and tribal 
B)  emotional and centripetal 
C)  market-driven and integrative 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

Canada is described in this chapter as the only country to have participated in all U.N. peace-keeping operations as of 2002.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The realities of globalization enable drug trafficking to expand more rapidly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Kenya's Richard Leakey's publicity stunt involving a mountain of ivory tusks well illustrates the fundamental economics principles of supply and demand.

The gravest threat to Kenya's elephant population as discussed in case study 1.1 was:

The causes of world hunger are multi-faceted and cannot be simply boiled down to one or two simple factors.

Which term captures the essence of today's fears as related to the nuclear dilemma:

One study completed in the 1990s concluded that the annual value of nature's worth to humanity amounts to approximately $33 trillion.

The terms spaceship earth, world without walls, and global village are all:

Global idealists argue that greater reliance on cooperation and less on competition in human affairs will lead to our best results in the 21^st century.

The U.S. military had no direct role in the initiation or development of the Internet.

Pick the qualities associated with Benjamin Barber's sense of McWorld?

Canada is described in this chapter as the only country to have participated in all U.N. peace-keeping operations as of 2002.

The realities of globalization enable drug trafficking to expand more rapidly.

Social Science Philosophy and Methods

Geography and Spatial Analysis

Global Ecological Problems

Solving Ecological Problems

Identity Amid Human Diversity

Psychology and Human Motivation

Global Ethics and Human Rights

Anthropology and Humans As Bio-Cultural Beings

Sociology and Human Social Activity

Comparative Cultures

Political Science: Who Gets What, When, and How

The State Challenged by New Actors

Macroeconomics and Us Economic Hegemony

International Economics

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Exam 1: Globalization

Kenya's Richard Leakey's publicity stunt involving a mountain of ivory tusks well illustrates the fundamental economics principles of supply and demand.

The gravest threat to Kenya's elephant population as discussed in case study 1.1 was:

The causes of world hunger are multi-faceted and cannot be simply boiled down to one or two simple factors.

Which term captures the essence of today's fears as related to the nuclear dilemma:

One study completed in the 1990s concluded that the annual value of nature's worth to humanity amounts to approximately $33 trillion.

The terms spaceship earth, world without walls, and global village are all:

Global idealists argue that greater reliance on cooperation and less on competition in human affairs will lead to our best results in the 21st century.

The U.S. military had no direct role in the initiation or development of the Internet.

Pick the qualities associated with Benjamin Barber's sense of McWorld?

Canada is described in this chapter as the only country to have participated in all U.N. peace-keeping operations as of 2002.

The realities of globalization enable drug trafficking to expand more rapidly.

Social Science Philosophy and Methods

Geography and Spatial Analysis

Global Ecological Problems

Solving Ecological Problems

Identity Amid Human Diversity

Psychology and Human Motivation

Global Ethics and Human Rights

Anthropology and Humans As Bio-Cultural Beings

Sociology and Human Social Activity

Comparative Cultures

Political Science: Who Gets What, When, and How

The State Challenged by New Actors

Macroeconomics and Us Economic Hegemony

International Economics

Filters

Global idealists argue that greater reliance on cooperation and less on competition in human affairs will lead to our best results in the 21^st century.