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The following terms will be the foundation for the first 50 questions on the exam. They will be one of the two formats below:

Format 1:
Ritzer defines 'globalization from above' as:
a) Individual actors and groups of actors, opposing and acting to oppose globalization.
b) Process that is created and disseminated by large-scale forces
c) Emphasis on the positive aspects of globalization, especially greater economic success and the spread of democracy
d) Emphasis on the negative aspects of globalization, especially for the less well-off parts of the globe
e) Actions taken by global governance not global political structures.

Format 2:
This was characterized by Ritzer as a 'project focused on the economic development of specific nation states
a) Colonialism
b) Americanization
c) Development
d) Globalization
e) Liberalism

TERMS FROM THE TEXTBOOK

Green Terms
Race to the bottom	offshore outsourcing	Hyper-consumption	global care chains	Ecological modernization theory
Outsourcing	hyper debt	minority group	majority group	Xenophobia
Industrial upgrading	sovereign wealth funds	feminization of labor	gender differences	intersectionality
Pluralism	Orientalism	Social class	Race	Ethnic group
intersex		Genocide	Ethnic cleansing	Racism
Cultural differentialism	Cultural hybridization	Cultural convergence	Hybridization	Creolization
World culture	Non-people	Non-things	Non-places	Something
	Isomorphism	Non-services	Creolization	Glocalization
Ethnoscapes	Technoscapes	Financeoscapes	Grobalization	Nothing
McDonaldization	Migrants	Refugees	Asylum-seekers	Labor migrants
Remittances	Diaspora	Brain drain	Brain gain	Ecotourism
		Protectionism	Fair trade	Ethnotourism

50 Questions:

These are the questions generated in class. They will appear on the exam as they appear below:

1. Which of the following is an example of how financescapes interact with technoscapes?
2. Why did Zizek argue for more racism?
3. How many Mormons does the textbook say currently self identify?
4. Which of these is not a rationalism of the West in the fast food industry?
5. Which of the following is one of Huntington's assumptions?
6. Samuel Huntington's ‘Clash’ focused primarily on this:
7. What are the key characteristics of Christian fundamentalism?
8. What are the 5 landscapes (spatial metaphors)?
9. Because of which government policy does a salad cost more than a big mac?
10. Which is not a milk alternative discussed in the 1970’s ‘scientific solutions’?
11. In Bolivia you needed a permit for access to which basic human right?
12. What percentage of our food goes to waste in grocery stores?
13. Which of these is not a form of protectionism?
14. Which of these is not a core characteristic of US development?
15. What industry is Canada 'built on' in the context of the Beaver trade and HBC?
16. Which is not a danger of protectionism?
17. Which of these is not a market susceptible to manipulation?
18. Who is the author who speaks about the bottom billion and the resource trap?
19. Which is not a social movement mentioned in the discussion of local resistance in London?
20. The concept of 'sustainable development' is understood as coming from which intergovernmental organization:
21. The problem with the effectiveness of 'fair trade' products is that it is:
22. Who are the primary enemies of globalization?
23. What is the problem with the textbook's definition of protectionism?
24. What is the main difference between Canadian and American forms of federalism?
25. Which is these is a reason why developing countries disproportionately feel the effects of environmental disasters, as compared to developed countries?
26. Which of these is a reason why individual countries are reluctant to deal with global environmental issues?
    1. It's a global issue so it's not any individual country's problem
27. Approximately how many people in the world lack adequate sanitation systems for drinking water?
28. Approximately how many people lack reliable access to safe drinking water?
29. Current annual food production can feed percent of the world's population, if distributed properly?
30. Which of these non-profit, primarily online organizations aims to promote democracy through increased transparency by publishing submissions of secret information?
31. Which of these is an international protest movement against economic and social inequality, which aims to make the economic power structure more "fair"?
32. Which of these late 20th century major political events caused a resurgence in ethnic tensions after these tensions were repressed for ~50 years?
33. What percentage of the US population identifies as Latino?
34. Why is the farming industry subsidized by US politicians seeking re-election?
35. Which of these is a reason why can no MNC dominate the wine-production industry?
36. According to Huntington's Clash of Civilizations, 1500BC to 1500CE was an era of --------- with relation to culture?
37. How many Jews self-identify in the world?
38. In 1980, what percentage of McDonald's were open outside the US?
39. What is a problem with the Washington Redskins?
40. ATMs are an example of which type of nothing?
41. How many nations were in the first IOC modern games?
42. What is the metaphor used to describe Zygmunt Bauman's source of contemporary fear?
43. How do a lot of illegal immigrants come to the USA?
44. Why was Canada seen as a threat by the USA?
45. Which of these is a problem with passports?
46. Which of these is an argument for legalization and taxation of marijuana?
47. Which of these is not one of the 4 components of migration?
48. What is a Danger of Remittances?
49. The spread of hinduism represents the growing dominance of which "civilization" according to Huntington?
50. What differentiates tourists and vagabonds?