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Globalization
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1Select all that apply
Our geopolitical landscape is constantly changing due to various "root causes" of terrorism including:- AInnovative communication technologies
- Benvironmental stress such as draughts and loss of farmland
- Clong-standing geo-political conflicts that remain unsovled
2Geopolitics - Examining the [blank_start]political[blank_end], environmental, [blank_start]social[blank_end] and [blank_start]economic interactions[blank_end] of power and influence within and among countries.
- Apolitical
- Bsocial
- Ceconomic interactions
3One of the root causes of terrorism is:
- Athe rising number of unemployed young people in urban areas such as the Middle East
- Bthe increase in the world population
- Ccertain countries not doing thorough boarder patrol
4The UN still attempts to define what constitutes 'terrorism'.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5A state can be defined as:
- Aa territory with many physical boundaries
- Ba physical entity, that comes to mind when one thinks of a state
- Ca political entity, institutional structure or organization that is referred to as a country
6There are 196 states in the world
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Nation: A large group of people who are aware of, and share, one or more cultural features such as [blank_start]language[blank_end], [blank_start]ethnicity[blank_end], historical experience, [blank_start]identification with 'homeland[blank_end]', customs, values, and [blank_start]religion[blank_end].They are not limited by geography, but rather an" imagine political community".
- Alanguage
- Bethnicity
- Cidentification with 'homeland
- Dreligion
8 In order to achieve a sense of unity, nation-states use their government powers to try to create a common culture.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9The process of making the world one big marketplace - a process known as:
- Atrickle-down economies
- Bglobalization
- Ctrickle-up economies
10Select all that apply
Globalization may force states to:- Aalter their political and economic policies while placing additional pressure on oppoisiton
- Breduce their political and economic policies while alleviating additional pressure on opposition
- Cdecrease political and economic funds while placing additional pressure on the economy
11Trade blocs are trade routes formed within powerful countries in a specific geographic region
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Internationalization is defined as:
- Abringing territory under the control of several different nations
- Bbringing in new economic opportunities for a nation, from foreign powers
- Can international agreement among many different countries
13The decreasing gap between "have" and "have nots" states is not a source of geopolitical instability.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Disparity among the world's states has increased the [blank_start]wealth-poverty polarization[blank_end], with the majority of the "have" states in the [blank_start]northern[blank_end] hemisphere and the majority of the "have not" states in the [blank_start]southern[blank_end] hemisphere.
- Awealth-poverty polarization
- Bnorthern
- Csouthern
15The wealth-poverty polarization is further compounded by the relatively [blank_start]unstable population growth[blank_end], expanding debts, economic [blank_start]exploitation[blank_end], and political instability in many developing countries.
- Aunstable population growth
- Bexploitation
16Migration to northern states has increased and in the flurry of activity, has resulted:
- Asmuggling rings, increased boarder, and backlash against immigrants by residents of host countries
- Bviolation of human rights, human trafficking, and illegal paperwork
- Cviolation of multiple treaties signed between nations, poverty, and imprisonment
17Global power shift
A new world order is being created, one that has no established parameters. This situation has led to the panic and fear of a a number of economic and political regional power centres (Japan in Asia, Germany in Europe).- ATrue
- BFalse
18Ethnopolitical movements include:
- Apolitical mobilization of minority groups is organized among ethnic lines
- Bgroups aligning themselves with political parties or interest groups that promote their ethnicity
- Cethno-nationalist interest groups where ethnicty and nationalism are combined
- Dnone of the above
19When rapid [blank_start]population growth[blank_end] surpasses [blank_start]economic growth[blank_end] and contributes to resource depletion, long term development becomes difficult to achieve, and [blank_start]political[blank_end] instability can result.
- Apopulation growth
- Beconomic growth
- Cpolitical
20Exceeding the world's environmental carrying capacity will affect only developing countries, due to their lack of help from the super power nations.
- ATrue
- BFalse
21Armed conflict has been steadily increasing since the 1970's, but recent trends indicate a slight down-turn.
- ATrue
- BFalse
22Large states that are underpopulated or unevenly populated, such as Australia or Canada, may experience:
- Ainternal political divison
- Ba corrupt government process
- Cthey will not experience anything
23Complete the sentence with the correct countries:
Economic pressures may also contribute in part to the breakup of states such as
( name of country),where resentment grew between (name of country) and the more economically developed (name of country).- ANorth Korea, South Korea and Japan
- BCzechoslovakia, Slovakia, Czech Republic
- CBosnia, Serbia, Yugoslvia
- DCanada, United States of America, North America
24Conflict may arise over control of strategic resources like oil, minerals, food, and freshwater
- ATrue
- BFalse
25Select all that apply:
The Centre for Systematic Peace has recently observed the following global conflict trends:- AThere are growing concerns that long-standing disputes or rivalries may escalate the conflict into serious fighting.
- BThere is a growing tend in separatism, as distinct ethnic groups continue to fight for independence from a central power that will not accept separatism and may use force to stop it.
- Chas observed little to no global conflict trends
- Drebel groups have increased control over lucrative resources such as diamonds, oil and drugs, which are used to pay for weapons
- Eregional warfare tends to continue, or even escalate, without resolution.
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