Exam 5: World Politics and the Global South

The belief that the global system has properties built into it that account for most poor countries' inability to close the gap with wealthy countries focuses on which level of analysis?

Which of the following refers to a cross-border investment through which a person or corporation based in one country purchases or constructs an asset such as a factory or bank in another country so that a long-term relationship and control of an enterprise by nonresidents results?

What strategy of economic development centers on providing investors at home with incentives to produce goods so that previously imported products from abroad will decline?

Remittances are particularly valuable to many Global South countries because the money is typically spent immediately on what type of purchases?

Which of the following is a possible social cost of corruption?

What happened to the colonial territories of Germany and the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I?

Which theoretical tradition is mercantilism most closely related to?

A constructivist might argue which of the following about global inequality?

Under what conditions will corruption likely flourish?

Which of the following is not considered a form of foreign aid?

In recent years, which country has boosted African oil and mining sectors in exchange for advantageous trade deals?

Since 1980, which of the following has spread rapidly and widely throughout the world and become the preferred mode of governance?

Which school of thought advocates government regulation of economic life to increase state power?

Which of the following statements are true about the legacy of colonialism?

Which of the following best describes dependency theory?

V. I. Lenin believed the second wave of European imperialism was caused by which of the following?

In recent years, which American president attempted to normalize relations with Cuba?

Which concepts are at the core of laissez-faire economics?

Which UN resolution called for a North-South dialogue to open the way for the less-developed countries of the Global South to participate more fully in the making of international economic policy?

What are MNCs? Why have they been praised by some and condemned by others? In your opinion, is the Global South likely to benefit from foreign direct investment by MNCs?