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Chapter 2 - Globalization and the Changing World

Which of the following is a true statement?
a) human beings have existed on earth for about half a million years
b) agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old
c) civilizations date back around six thousand years
d) all of the above
Which of these groups of countries had the least telephone mainlines per 1,000 people in 1999?
a) Latin America
b) South Asia
c) Arab States
d) East Asia
What percentage of the Nepalese workforce is employed in agriculture?
a) 28
b) 45
c) 63
d) 81
Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form:
a) agrarian society
b) ancient society
c) industrial society
d) pastoral society
'Cultural relativism' is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of their:
a) own meanings and values
b) family and kin relationships
c) artistic and literary production
d) religious and spiritual beliefs
The term Second World societies refers to:
a) countries that industrialized after those in Europe
b) countries that industrialized less successfully than Europe
c) countries that industrialized under state central planning
d) countries that have yet to proceed to industrialize
Which of the following positions is NOT associated with the hyperglobalizers?
a) citizens lose faith in existing systems of governance
b) globalization needs to happen much more quickly
c) individual countries no longer control their own economies
d) regional institutions are becoming as powerful as nation-states
Which one of these is NOT one of the 'newly industrializing countries'?
a) Brazil
b) South Korea
c) Taiwan
d) Hungary
Which of the following is NOT an INGO?
a) Greenpeace
b) International Telegraph Union
c) Amnesty International
d) The Red Cross
Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order:
a) Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Portugal
b) Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal
c) Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden
d) Switzerland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden

Anthony Giddens — Sociology, 5th Edition

Anthony Giddens • Sociology 5th Edition

Student Resources

Chapter 2 - Globalization and the Changing World