What percentage of the global population lives in What the World Bank describes as high-income countries ?
A. 50%
B. 22%
C. 35%
D. 15%
Which of the following is NOT an INGO ?
Which of the following is NOT an INGO ?
A. Greenpeace
B. international Telegraph Union
C. Amnesty International
D. The Red Cross
Which of the following positions is NOT associated with the hyper globalizers ?
Which of the following positions is NOT associated with the hyper globalizers ?
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
Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
A. own meanings and values
B. family and kin relationships
C. artistic and literary production
D. religious and spiritual beliefs
Which of the following is a true statement ?
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
In 2013 which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of population but also the fastest rate of growth users ?
In 2013 which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of population but also the fastest rate of growth users ?
A. Middle East
B. Asia
C. Oceania/Australia
D. Africa
What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ?
What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ?
A. four fifths
B. two thirds
C. one quarter
D. half
which definition best describes the process of globalization ?
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
In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been on planet Earth ?
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
The demographic transition refers to______________?
The demographic transition refers to______________?
A. an increase in the birth rate
B. an increase in the death rate
C. an exponential growth in population
D. a change in the ratio of births to deaths