Initials, Please!
Know Your Vowels
Policy, Anyone?
"-isms" Galore!
What's With These D's?
100
NGO
What is an organization with policy goals that is NOT governmental in its makeup.
100
Autarchy (Autarky)
What is the idea that states should strive for economic self-sufficiency using trade protectionism and/or policies of complete isolation?
100
Washington Consensus
What is the policy prescription that emerged in Washington, DC, that emphasized free markets and a minimalist state for promoting global welfare?
100
Capitalism
What is the economic system that favors private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods and services?
100
Dollar Standard
What is the global currency system that developed after the World War II?
200
FDI
What is an allocation/investment of capital in a country by a foreign entity?
200
Ecological Footprint
What is the load placed on the Earth’s carrying capacity by individuals and nations?
200
Capital Controls
What is the monetary policy device that a government uses to regulate the flow of money into and out of its country?
200
Liberalism
What is the theoretical perspective that emphasizes personal liberty and international cooperation?
200
Development
What is the process by which countries and their people improve their material and non-material conditions of living and existence?
300
MNC
What is a business or firm with operations located in a foreign country?
300
Intellectual Property Rights
What are the rules that protect the owners of content through copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets?
300
Conditionality
What is the requirement that countries receiving financial assistance from international lending agencies adhere to certain policy conditions and changes?
300
Feminism
What is the theoretical perspective that emphasizes women’s issues, interests, and scholarship in global politics?
300
Desertification
What is the extreme deterioration of land in arid and dry sub-humid areas due to loss of vegetation and soil moisture?
400
SDR
What is the accounting currency used at the International Monetary Fund that also serves as a borrowing mechanism for member countries?
400
Invisible Hand
What is the concept that Adam Smith founded that proposed that governments should not intervene in product and labor markets?
400
Government
What is the set of people and agencies that have the power and the legitimate authority to determine who gets what, when, where, and how within a given territory?
400
Realism
What is the theoretical perspective that emphasizes state power and national security?
400
Dependency Theory
What is the theory that sees the world capitalist system as divided into core, semi-periphery, and periphery states?
500
WTO
What is the international governmental organization that is primarily concerned with global trade rules?
500
Export-Led Growth
What is an outward-oriented economy that is based on exploiting its own comparative advantages?
500
Liberalization
What is the process by which governments reduce their roles in the economy?
500
Constructivism
What is the theoretical perspective in global politics that concerns itself with the centrality of ideas and identities?
500
Le Développement Durable (Sustainable Development)
What is development that satisfies the needs of the present generation without compromising those of future generations?