Anthony Giddens • Sociology 6th edition

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Chapter 4 — Globalization and the Changing World

How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around 1750 and 2007?
a) 771 million to 6.6 billion
b) 1.65 billion to 8 billion
c) 252 million to 4.5 billion
d) 975 million to 10.5 billion
In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been on planet Earth?
a) agrarian societies
b) pastoral societies
c) hunter-gatherer societies
d) industrial societies
How do sociologists describe former ‘Third World’ societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production?
a) developing countries
b) peripheral countries
c) globalizing countries
d) newly industrializing countries
Which definition best describes the process of globalization?
a) capitalist companies are spreading across the planet
b) we all now live in a single society
c) individuals, groups and nations are becoming more interdependent
d) human beings now live on every continent of the planet
Wallerstein’s world-systems theory is inspired by:
a) Marxism
b) Interactionism
c) Functionalism
d) Poststructuralism
What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations?
a) four fifths
b) two thirds
c) one quarter
d) half
Which of the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by sceptics?
a) regionalization is occurring, not globalization
b) economic globalization is occurring, not political globalization
c) trading blocs are effective, not a global economy
d) national governments are most significant, not international institutions
In 2007, which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of population, but also the fastest rate of growth in users?
a) Middle East
b) Asia
c) Oceania / Australia
d) Africa
The thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist?
a) Ulrich Beck
b) Kenichi Ohmae
c) Roland Robertson
d) Judith Butler
Which of these is not one of the thirteen languages with more than 100 million speakers across the world?
a) Dutch
b) Swahili
c) German
d) Portuguese
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