Question
Of the following, who would most likely be unhappy about globalization?

the CEO of a transnational corporation

a software engineer

a college president

the head of a small-town historical society

1 points

QUESTION 2
Arturo works in international banking. He has colleagues and friends all over the world with whom he stays in contact through phone class, text messageing, FaceTime and instant messaging. This demonstrates the capacity of technology to do what?

overcome cultural differences

link economic and cultural gains

compress time and space

overcome the move toward the service economy

1 points

QUESTION 3
What are two of the most commonly expressed views on how globalization is affecting culture?

Culture is become less commercialized as culture brokers seek smaller markets for their “products.”
World culture is becoming homogenized (the same) through the domination of Western influences.
Globalization is leading to greater differentiation in cultural traditions and norms as people explore a wide array of cultural sources.

Both A and B

Both B and C

Both A and C

None of the above.

1 points

QUESTION 4
Globalization is a(n) ________ process; the disparity between the developed and developing world is ________.

uneven; greater than ever

leveling; decreasing rapidly

uneven; unchanged

leveling; slowly shrinking

1 points

QUESTION 5
Globalization has contributed to the increasing inequality in America in what way(s)?

Some companies have lowered wages to compete with other companies that use cheaper third world labor.

Globalization has encouraged immigration to the United States, thus increasing the low-wage labor pool and pushing wages down.

Jobs have been moved overseas, where labor is cheaper.

all of the above

None of the above; inequality is not increasing in the United States.

1 points

QUESTION 6
What feature is displacing the manufacture of material goods as the basis of the production system?

the consumption of material goods

the development and dissemination of information and knowledge

agriculture

recycling and repurposing material goods

1 points

QUESTION 7
Which of the following best encapsulates the shift from a national to a global outlook?

a man with a German accent telling a reporter he is European

the civil religion of the United States

demands from French citizens that McDonald’s restaurants be removed from their cities

the United Nations’ refusal to send troops to Sudan to stop the genocide in southern Sudan

1 points

QUESTION 8
Which of the following is the best example of social change?

Dropping your math class and adding sociology.

Being promoted to a managerial position at work.

The desegregation of colleges and universities in the US.

accumulating thirty semester credits and thereby changing your status from freshman to sophomore.

1 points

QUESTION 9
Globalization creates a new set of risks for humans that are caused by our own interventions into and impact on the natural world. These risks are referred to as:

external risk

unnatural risk

manufactured risk

hyper-risk

1 points

QUESTION 10
Which of the following factors has NOT consistently influenced social change over time?

the physical environment

cultural factors like communication

the invention of the automobile

political organization

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