According to the “ If the world were 100 people” video, over ________ of people live without basic sanitation:
a) 25%
b 30%
c) 40%
d) 50%
c) 40%
What is involuntary migration?
a) The purpose of immigration
b) A new phenomenon of the last 20 years
c) Movement of people against their will
d) When Europeans left Europe to build new lives in European colonies
c) Movement of people against their will
2. Which one of these is NOT one of the Social and Economic prospective we discussed?
a) Right- wing Authoritarian
b) Left-wing Autocratic
c) Centrist
d) Right- wing Libertarian
b) Left-wing Autocratic
The Cornucopian theory is defined as:
a) Environments develop to fulfill the needs of its inhabitants
b) Technology develops to fulfill the needs of its inhabitants
c) Societies develop to fulfill the needs of its inhabitants
d) None of the above
b) Technology develops to fulfill the needs of its inhabitants
a) Fact
b) Bias
c) Misinformation
e) Fiction
bias
Age, ethnicity, gender and languege are all examples of :
a) Statistics
b) Demographics
c) Identifiers
d) Perspectives
b) Demographics
Your perspective is determined by:
a) Your life experiences and your socioeconomic status
b) Your social opinions and your education
c) Your understanding of economic issues
d) Your goals and family background
a) Your life experiences and your socioeconomic status
4. All world issues share common themes. Which one of these is NOT one of them?
a) Complex causes
b) Groups of people with different points of view
c) Social, Political and Economic components
d) People willing to give up power to make compromises
d) People willing to give up power to make compromises
Which of the following are reasons that some Islamic conservatives do not like the globalization trends in Dubai?
a) Serving alcohol in hotels
b) Western fashions like bikinis
c) Moral laxity
d) all of the above
e) A & B only
f) B & C only
e) A & B only
3. CBC News, Toronto Star and China Daily are all examples of ______________?
a) Newspapers
b) Alternative media
c) Mainstream media
d) Corporate media
c) Mainstream media
Oil, iron and gold are examples of :
a) Renewable resources
b) sustainable resources
c) infinite resources
d) non renewable resources
d) non renewable resources
All material components of the environment together are called:
a) Resources
b) Biosphere
c) ecological elements
d) Total stock
d) Total stock
The trend towards greater interconnectedness of the world’s systems is also known as:
a) Transnationalism
b) Synergy
c) Geopolitics
d) Globalization
d) Globalization
What happened approximately 10,000 years ago to change the planet’s carrying capacity?
a) hunting and gathering of food
b) Industrial Revolution
c) Cultural revolution
d) Agricultural revolution
d) Agricultural revolution
Developed countries such as _______ have _______________ global investment
a) Canada and Germany; low
b) Canada and Germany; high
c) Germany and Poland; high
d) Canada and Mexico; low
b) Canada and Germany; high
The historical changes in a population over time are called ____. (the average age of a population is an example of ). :
a) Statistics
b) Demographic trends
c) Demographics
d) population growth rate
b) Demographic trends
_______ is the situation where the demands of a growing population exceed a country’s carrying capacity.
a) Overpopulation
b) Population Explosion
c) Overcapacity
d) Demographic trap
Overcapacity
Which of the following is not a way that Dubai is using globalization to become prosperous ?
a) Air travel
b) Tourism
c) Oil
d) Finance
e) Dubai is using all of the above to become prosperous
c) Oil