This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Global > Governance > Global Governance – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Global Governance Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the speaker's background in relation to global capitalism? A) Environmental activist. B) Socialist. C) Politician. D) Consumerist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumerist. 2. This religion was founded four thousand years (4, 000 yrs) ago, and is worshipped by 900 million followers. Majority of the followers are Indians. A) Hinduism. B) Buddhism. C) Judaism. D) Christianity. E) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 3. Where did the speaker grow up as a global citizen? A) Paris. B) London. C) New York. D) Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London. 4. What does the core theme of global systems and global governance require students to describe and explain? A) The movements of goods, people, technology, and ideas across the globe. B) The rules, norms, and laws that regulate global systems. C) The attempts at global governance and management. D) The geographical concept of interdependence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movements of goods, people, technology, and ideas across the globe. 5. True or False:Global economic development has been faster than an increase in world population A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Less economically developed and often tropical or subtropical countries primarily located in the lower Hemisphere. These countries may face challenges related to poverty, limited access to healthcare and education, and infrastructure deficits. A) Global North. B) Global South. C) Non-global. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global South. 7. What is sovereignty? A) Refers to the manipulation of the exchange of goods, services, labour and capital to influence the actions of another state. B) Refers to the policy of a state acting alone in regards to upholding/defending their national interest. C) A rich state with lots of gold. D) Legitimate or widely recognised ability to exercise effective control of a territory within recognised borders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legitimate or widely recognised ability to exercise effective control of a territory within recognised borders. 8. The dimensions of globalisation are the aspects which are transferred more easily through global networks. Which dimension are these referring to?-trade and aid-capital flows-TNCs A) Society. B) Economy. C) Politics. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economy. 9. What was Hobbs opinion on why we need governments? A) *Protection and therefore people need to obey governments*In the state of nature (i.e. with no government) people would constantly be at war. B) *The state of nature will be peaceful*If the government is not working you can kick them out (anything better than a savage leader)*Individuals should have natural rights no ruler could take (e.g. right to bear arms). C) *Civilisation leads to people becoming 'noble savages' (might be wealthy but don't really care about what's good for society)*People were peaceful before they joined society and many native communities are spiritually strong, but have have less material stuff-e.g. native Americans). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *Protection and therefore people need to obey governments*In the state of nature (i.e. with no government) people would constantly be at war. 10. What are global systems? A) Environmental, political, legal, economic, financial, or cultural systems. B) Attempts at global governance and management. C) The movements of goods, people, technology, and ideas across the globe. D) The geographical concept of interdependence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental, political, legal, economic, financial, or cultural systems. 11. John Maynard Keynes sees government spending as a solution to revive the economy by bolstering aggregate demand through fiscal and monetary policies. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. What was established at the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro? A) A global healthcare initiative. B) A global military alliance. C) An international space agency. D) A normative plan of action for sustainable development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A normative plan of action for sustainable development. 13. We are in the WTO Doha round of agreements (although widely considered to be defunct. What year did this begin? A) 2001. B) 2005. C) 2010. D) 2016. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2001. 14. To ensure that the UN will not be used to serve the interest of particular states, the power to veto to vote against a substantive resolution serves as a measure to protect states from possible threats to independence. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. In 2018/2019 the US imposed tariffs on $ 550billion worth of goods from which country? A) China. B) EU. C) North Korea. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 16. What is the aim of the Human Rights Council? A) To enforce domestic legislation. B) To regulate environmental policies. C) To press for improvements in states where human rights are denied. D) To promote international trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To press for improvements in states where human rights are denied. 17. What is the range of actors managing global affairs in global governance? A) Local businesses, religious institutions, and NGOs. B) Individual citizens, academic institutions, and regional governments. C) Media companies, entertainment industry, and sports organizations. D) Nation states, profit-making companies, international and regional organisations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nation states, profit-making companies, international and regional organisations. 18. What is the concept of the 'global village'? A) A village which is affected by the processes of globalisation. B) The concept that there is frictionless movement of information and capital meaning organisations will act in an international manner. C) The concept that containerisation and outsourcing has led to a shift from manufacturing in the core to the periphery. D) The concept that TNCs operate globally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The concept that there is frictionless movement of information and capital meaning organisations will act in an international manner. 19. Examples include many countries in Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia. A) Global North. B) Global South. C) Non-Global. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global South. 20. What does the term leakage mean? A) When containers fall off the ships transporting them. B) The transfer of jobs from HICs to Lower wage economies such as China. C) The repatriation of profits by TNCs to their country of origin. D) When Low Income Countries fail to pay back their loans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repatriation of profits by TNCs to their country of origin. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGlobal QuizzesGlobal Governance Quiz 1Global Governance Quiz 2Global Governance Quiz 3Global Governance Quiz 4Global Governance Quiz 5Global Governance Quiz 6Global Governance Quiz 7Global Governance Quiz 9Global Governance Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books