Question 1

Explain the events and actions of the Canadian company Copper Mesa in Ecuador.

Accepted Answer

In the biologically rich Intag region of

Question 2

Power/knowledge regimes naturalize and legitimize the current world order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is considered one of the most unpredictable events of the last decade?

Accepted Answer

A)  The WTO's complete renunciation of SAPs 
B)  The decline of American influence in global governance 
C)  The decolonization of the vast majority of development policy 
D)  The newly industrialized countries 
E)  The "Rise of the South," especially China 
A)  The WTO's complete renunciation of SAPs 
B)  The decline of American influence in global governance 
C)  The decolonization of the vast majority of development policy 
D)  The newly industrialized countries 
E)  The "Rise of the South," especially China

Question 4

According to the fair trade perspective, what did rich nations in the North and the newly industrialized countries do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Practiced Listian industrialization 
B)  Rejected protectionism 
C)  Opened their borders to the international market 
D)  Owed their success to factors such as natural resources and geographic location 
E)  Protected their domestic industries 
A)  Practiced Listian industrialization 
B)  Rejected protectionism 
C)  Opened their borders to the international market 
D)  Owed their success to factors such as natural resources and geographic location 
E)  Protected their domestic industries

Question 5

The first United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was held due to the advantageous growth in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Commodity control schemes were managed internationally by the World Bank.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Michel Foucault, free trade counters the prevailing hegemony.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Since the 1980s, economic growth has slowed for whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Everyone 
B)  Europe 
C)  Most countries in the North 
D)  Most countries in the South 
E)  No one 
A)  Everyone 
B)  Europe 
C)  Most countries in the North 
D)  Most countries in the South 
E)  No one

Question 9

The Chinese state is complicit in the human rights abuses which occurred at Foxconn.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How do proponents of fair trade challenge free traders' historical understanding of trade?

Accepted Answer

Proponents of the fair trade perspective

Question 11

What is the stand taken by free traders in relation to the role of the state?

Accepted Answer

A)  The state should only intervene to create powerful institutions such as the World Bank. 
B)  The state should intervene to protect public property rights or to create powerful institutions. 
C)  The state should intervene to protect private property rights without creating powerful institutions. 
D)  The state should intervene to protect private property rights or to create powerful institutions. 
E)  The state should only intervene to protect private property rights. 
A)  The state should only intervene to create powerful institutions such as the World Bank. 
B)  The state should intervene to protect public property rights or to create powerful institutions. 
C)  The state should intervene to protect private property rights without creating powerful institutions. 
D)  The state should intervene to protect private property rights or to create powerful institutions. 
E)  The state should only intervene to protect private property rights.

Question 12

The International Coffee Agreement was one of the least successful examples of regulating international prices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Unequal exchange occurs between commodities and industrial goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The example of the St Vincent and Grenadines demonstrates the utility of South-South development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

By the early 1990s, approximately how many highly-indebted countries were implementing structural adjustment policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  20 
C)  40 
D)  60 
E)  100 
A)  10 
B)  20 
C)  40 
D)  60 
E)  100

Question 16

According to David McNally, many free trade organizations fail to promote free trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The core issue in the debate between free and fair traders has been about which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whether or not the government should intervene in the market 
B)  The extent to which the government intervenes in the market 
C)  The manner in which the government intervenes in the market 
D)  Both A and B 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Whether or not the government should intervene in the market 
B)  The extent to which the government intervenes in the market 
C)  The manner in which the government intervenes in the market 
D)  Both A and B 
E)  All of the above

Question 18

What would it take for the South to delink from a capitalist system?

Accepted Answer

A)  To focus on autocentric development that prioritizes foreign debt 
B)  To focus on a welfare state system that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
C)  To focus on postcolonial development that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
D)  To focus on autocentric development that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
E)  To limit autocentric development that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
A)  To focus on autocentric development that prioritizes foreign debt 
B)  To focus on a welfare state system that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
C)  To focus on postcolonial development that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
D)  To focus on autocentric development that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry 
E)  To limit autocentric development that prioritizes domestic agriculture and industry

Question 19

Embedded liberalism was discouraged by the Bretton Woods Conference.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

"Unequal exchange" restricts and distorts which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The market value of commodity prices 
B)  National development 
C)  The effects of commodity control schemes 
D)  The "real" value of commodity prices 
E)  The ability of nations to diversify their commodity outputs 
A)  The market value of commodity prices 
B)  National development 
C)  The effects of commodity control schemes 
D)  The "real" value of commodity prices 
E)  The ability of nations to diversify their commodity outputs

Exam 16: Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Explain the events and actions of the Canadian company Copper Mesa in Ecuador.

Power/knowledge regimes naturalize and legitimize the current world order.

Which of the following is considered one of the most unpredictable events of the last decade?

According to the fair trade perspective, what did rich nations in the North and the newly industrialized countries do?

The first United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was held due to the advantageous growth in the South.

Commodity control schemes were managed internationally by the World Bank.

According to Michel Foucault, free trade counters the prevailing hegemony.

Since the 1980s, economic growth has slowed for whom?

The Chinese state is complicit in the human rights abuses which occurred at Foxconn.

How do proponents of fair trade challenge free traders' historical understanding of trade?

What is the stand taken by free traders in relation to the role of the state?

The International Coffee Agreement was one of the least successful examples of regulating international prices.

Unequal exchange occurs between commodities and industrial goods.

The example of the St Vincent and Grenadines demonstrates the utility of South-South development.

By the early 1990s, approximately how many highly-indebted countries were implementing structural adjustment policies?

According to David McNally, many free trade organizations fail to promote free trade.

The core issue in the debate between free and fair traders has been about which of the following?

What would it take for the South to delink from a capitalist system?

Embedded liberalism was discouraged by the Bretton Woods Conference.

"Unequal exchange" restricts and distorts which of the following?

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