Question 1

Discuss the difference of how living in a developed nation rather than a less developed one can affect the care and management of the diseases outlined in the "Health and Health Care in the Global Community" section of the text.

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Question 2

Which of the following universally prohibits slavery in all forms?

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A)  The Universal Declaration of Independence 
B)  The Universal Anti-Slavery Compact 
C)  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
D)  The U.N. Charter

Question 3

The problem of hunger has numerous causes, both natural and man-made. Which of the following is NOT a human-made situation that causes hunger?

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A)  War 
B)  Political structure 
C)  Economic systems 
D)  Tsunamis

Question 4

What drastically reduced the infant death rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unionization 
B)  The Industrial Revolution 
C)  A reduction in birth rates after WWII 
D)  The availability of penicillin

Question 5

Explain the concept of segmentalization of human relationships and describe the conditions under which it occurs.

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Question 6

An estimated 10 million people in industrialized nations suffer from inadequate nutrition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Explain the ways that lack of access to technology can sustain the power inequality among the world's poorest people in the changing global environment.

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Question 8

Research indicates that even when governments prioritize AIDS prevention, infection rates do not drop.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Urbanism fosters feelings of________, or a sense of social isolation and loss of personal recognition and self-worth.

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A)  mobility 
B)  diaspora 
C)  anomie 
D)  anonymity

Question 10

Rural communities are less stable than urban communities, with respect to both physical and social mobility.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Explain how technology in the global environment has contributed to the condition of diaspora.

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Question 12

The United Nations notes that the organized prostitution of both boys and girls in a number of countries is well documented and oftentimes is linked to

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A)  international drug trade. 
B)  international pedophilia and child pornography. 
C)  countries without technology to detect its occurrence. 
D)  religious cults.

Question 13

Wallerstein asserted that the core wealthy nations of the world rely on a peripheral group of poorer countries in order to remain wealthy, but that some states

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A)  don't mind that they are being exploited. 
B)  act as both core and periphery in a world system economy. 
C)  think that modernization is ethnocentric and have no part of it. 
D)  realize they are without power to become one of the core wealthy nations.

Question 14

Explain how a developed nation might escape food scarcity after being hit by the same natural disaster that created extreme food shortage in a less developed country.

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Question 15

What is the relationship between economic development and fertility rates?

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Question 16

Describe the living conditions for many of the millions of people who migrate from the countryside to cities in less developed countries.

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Question 17

Describe the relationship between poverty, power, and any two modern forms of slavery.

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Question 18

According to Louis Wirth, one of the distinguishing characteristics of urban life is population density.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The two diseases that kill the most children under the age of five include

Accepted Answer

A)  malaria and chicken pox. 
B)  rotavirus and malaria. 
C)  chicken pox and mumps. 
D)  rubella and whooping cough.

Question 20

Natural disasters often cause irrevocable long-term damage in least-developed countries (LDCs) that make food supplies scarce.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Power and the Global Community

Discuss the difference of how living in a developed nation rather than a less developed one can affect the care and management of the diseases outlined in the "Health and Health Care in the Global Community" section of the text.

Which of the following universally prohibits slavery in all forms?

The problem of hunger has numerous causes, both natural and man-made. Which of the following is NOT a human-made situation that causes hunger?

What drastically reduced the infant death rate?

Explain the concept of segmentalization of human relationships and describe the conditions under which it occurs.

An estimated 10 million people in industrialized nations suffer from inadequate nutrition.

Explain the ways that lack of access to technology can sustain the power inequality among the world's poorest people in the changing global environment.

Research indicates that even when governments prioritize AIDS prevention, infection rates do not drop.

Urbanism fosters feelings of________, or a sense of social isolation and loss of personal recognition and self-worth.

Rural communities are less stable than urban communities, with respect to both physical and social mobility.

Explain how technology in the global environment has contributed to the condition of diaspora.

The United Nations notes that the organized prostitution of both boys and girls in a number of countries is well documented and oftentimes is linked to

Wallerstein asserted that the core wealthy nations of the world rely on a peripheral group of poorer countries in order to remain wealthy, but that some states

Explain how a developed nation might escape food scarcity after being hit by the same natural disaster that created extreme food shortage in a less developed country.

What is the relationship between economic development and fertility rates?

Describe the living conditions for many of the millions of people who migrate from the countryside to cities in less developed countries.

Describe the relationship between poverty, power, and any two modern forms of slavery.

According to Louis Wirth, one of the distinguishing characteristics of urban life is population density.

The two diseases that kill the most children under the age of five include

Natural disasters often cause irrevocable long-term damage in least-developed countries (LDCs) that make food supplies scarce.