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Chapter 2.1 MIDTERMS Flashcards

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It emphasizes the interconnectiveness and introduce us to the economic system not only in the Philippines, but also the other countries. Refers to the economy of the world.

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Global Economy

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It encompasses different economic activities, including the facilitation and behavior of all the goods products and services

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Global Economy

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Deals with the concept of economic activities or movement of the products and services in different markets

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Economy

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it involves the production, creation of the product, services.

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Economic Activities

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What are the examples of Economic Activites?

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Importation/ Import
Exportation/ Export

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We are getting products from other countries

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Importation/ Import

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We release raw materials to other counteries

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Exportation/ Export

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It is considered as an international organization tried to address the different problems in the world.

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United Nation (UN)

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Their efforts were guided by The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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United Nation (UN)

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It was adopted by all United Nation Members State in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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This are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.

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17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth - all while tackling climate chancge and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

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United Nation

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When was the United Nation born?

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1945

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United Nation was born in 1945 and ______________ was one of the countries that signed to form this organization

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Philippines

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Philippines is the ________ country that signed to form the United Nation organization

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51st

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How many member states does the United Nations comprise?

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193

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It refers to the framework. This agenda consists of different roles that the other countries wants to achieve inside the United Nation.

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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What are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals?

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  1. No Poverty -
  2. Zero Hunger
  3. Good Health and Well-being
  4. Quality Education
  5. Gender Equality
  6. Clean Water and Sanitation
  7. Affordable and Clean Energy
  8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
  9. Industry, Innovation and Infastracture
  10. Reduced Inequalities
  11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
  12. Responsible Consumption and Production
  13. Climate Action
  14. Life below water
  15. Life on Land
  16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  17. Parternships for the goals
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It is one of the executive agency of the Philippines that is the overseer of the 17SDGs

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National Economic Development Agency (NEDA)

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It masks all Filipino citizen are automatically entitled to public health benefits

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Universal Healthcare Act RA 11223

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Universal Healthcare Act RA 11223 is the is the manifestations under 17SDG, namely _____________.

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Good Health and Well-Being

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Before the SDGs, UN had ____________________.

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the 8 Millennium Development Goals

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In what year did UN tried to achieve thethe 8 Millennium Development Goals

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2015

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In terms of eradicating poverty, it becomes problematic and difficult to fully achieve this goal since there are different standards of living around the world depending on the economic status of each country as a member of the UN

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the 8 Millennium Development Goals

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Years after the composition of the 8 MDGs, UN reported that ______ million people are still living in extreme poverty but it went down from _______billion. It can be noticed that although it does not totally eradicate poverty, there is a slight success when it comes to the eradication of extreme poverty in the world

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836 Million
1.9 Billion

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It can be seen that UN had made a difference and somehow contributed in eradicating poverty but the greatest contributor would be the _____________________ since world economies have become more interconnected since the start of free trade in each country.

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Economic Globalization

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It refers to the increasing interdependence of world economies as a result of a growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities and services, (ex . imports and exports of product) flow of international capital (presence of multinational corporations in other countries around the world), and wide and rapid spread of technologies.

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Economic Globalization

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What are the 2 types of economic globalization?

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Protectionism
Trade Liberalization

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It means a policy of systematic goverment intervention in foriegn trade with the objective of encouraging domestic production.

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Protectionism

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This encouragement involves giving preferential treatment to domestic producers and discriminating against foreign competitors.

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Protectionism

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It actually means that the government would implement or say for example impose tariffs or quotas to imported products in order to make sure that the domestic product would be prioritzed and patronized first by the citizen rather than purchasing foreign products that are imported by the country.

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Protectionism

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The goal of this policy is to protect the domestic producers

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Protectionism

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Countries such as China, Japan and the Us are examples of this economy.

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Protectionism

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Countries such as China, Japan and the Us are examples of Protectionism according to ____________

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Ritzer

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World War II heavily influenced the shifting of the dominant economic policy from protectionism to _____________ of free trade.

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Trade Liberalization

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Free trade agreements and technological advances in transportation and communication means goods and services move around the world more easily than ever.

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Trade Liberalization

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This economic policy focuses more on free trade being governed by free trade agreements entered by different countries.

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Trade Liberalization

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Its focus is more open-market.

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Trade Liberalization

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It means that products and services are free to enter different countries.

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Trade Liberalization

40
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It refers to the degree to which the earth’s resources can be used for our needs even in the future.

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Sustainable Development

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It refers to the development of our world today by using the earth’s resources and the preservation of such resources for the future.

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Sustainable Development

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It resulted into lack of sustainability.

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Economic Globalization

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This development entails the continuous production of the world’s natural resources resulting into disadvantage in the environment where our resources coming from and therefore cannot preserve for the sustainability of our future.

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Economic Globalization

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This development was hastened by the Industrial Revolution.

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Environmental Degradation

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It is a period where in different industries or factories emerged in the economy

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Industrial Revolution

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This was also was made possible under Industrial revolution.

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Cycle of Efficiency

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It refers to finding the quickest possible way of producing large amount of particular product. Since that there was an increased in the demand, they tend to always produce large amount of product. This resulted to a harm in the planet such as the emission of carbon from factories resulted into the damage of atmosphere.

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Efficiency

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He noted that neoliberals and environmentalists debate the impact of free trade on the environment.

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Harvey (2005)

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They argued that environmental issues should be given priority over economic issues since free trade through its expansion of manufacturing is associated with environmental damage.

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Environmentalists

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They saw the efforts of environmentalists as serious impediment to trade.

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Neoliberals

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This theory sees globalization as a process that can both protect and enhance the environment through inventing ways of enhancing the environment.

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Ecological Modernization Theory

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It means delivering sufficient food for the entire world population.

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Global Food Security

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It is the concern of all countries and it means the sustainability of society such as population growth, climate change, water scarcity and agriculture.

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Global Food Security

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He cited the case of India where in that country is accounted for 18% of the economy’s output in Agriculture and 47% of its workforce and considered as the 2nd biggest producer of vegetables in the world. Despite of those facts, still 194 millions of Indians are considered as undernourshed. It means that there is a challenge in food security because despite of the fact that a specific country is capable of producing any crop, it doesn’t guarantee that there is a food security within the country

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Breene (2016)

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Failure in food due to environmental damages as a result of development of globalization. Enviornment or natural resources is very important since it is the source of our food. True or False?

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True

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It is the result of companies trying to outmaneuver their competitors.

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Economic and Trade Globalization

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This process creates inequality as it produces WINNERS and LOSERS.

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Economic and Trade Globalization

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As a result, these companies are searching for the cheapest way to produce a specific product in order to gain more profit. Tendency is they tend to produce products in other country which has lower wages and weak regulation when it comes to salary of the workers.

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Economic and Trade Globalization

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They are those business owners who will benefit from the high profit and those consumers who will also benefit by purchasing a product with a low price since it is produced in a much lower capital.

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Winners

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They are those low wage foreign workers since they are being thrown into hazardous working conditions and being paid in a much lower salary

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Loser

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It means an increase in one economic activity can lead to an increase in other economic activities. (Ex. When someone invested in a local business, it will create more job opportunities as the business owner will have to hire employees for the management of there business.) It simply suggests that there is a positive impact coming from economic globalization as it produces more job opportunities for the people.

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Multiplier Effect

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However, opponents of economic globalization think that outsourcing of jobs is a way of exploiting and oppression, a form of ________________ that puts profits before the people. As a result of low income and hazardous working conditions of the employees, few calls for protectionist policies like imposing high tariffs and limitation on outsourcing

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Economic Colonialism

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One of the best ways to help those in extreme poverty is to enable them to participate in the economy. A perfect example of ____________

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Microcredit

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He won the Nobel Peace Prize for giving small loans on average around $100 to low-income people in rural areas. The borrowers used this loan to fund plans in order to increase their income by means of starting small businesses

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Muhammad Yunus

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When did Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize

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2006

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This does not totally solve the problem of extreme poverty but supports the idea that it enables the people to participate in the economy that can make their lives better.

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Microcredit

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According to him, these poor people must innovate everyday in order to survive. They have the innovation but they remain poor because they don’t have the means to turn their creativity into sustainable income because they don’t have the capital.

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Muhammad Yunus

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The division of nations such as the terms “the north and the south”. “Developed and less developed”. The “core and the periphery” suggest that there are differences between countries and it reflects _______________ in the Contemporary World.

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Inequality

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It refers to the net worth of a country. It takes into account all the assets of the nation whether is natural (Natural resources that a country has), physical (businesses within the country) and human (workforce of a specific country) less the liabilities.

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Wealth

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It is the new earnings that are constantly being added to the pile of a country’s wealth. Example is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Income

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The two types of Global Economic Inequality

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Wealth Inequality
Income Inequlity

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It therefore speaks about the distribution of assets. There is no monetary measures that sums up the assets.

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Wealth Inequality

73
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therefore talks about the earning which are being distributed and values about the flow of goods and services. Unlike in wealth, income has a monetary measures.

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Income Inequality

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It was explained that global inequality by describing an “_____________________” where in Industrial Revolution caused the differences among countries. Through the explosion of industry and modern technology, some countries become economically developed while others are developing countries. It resulted to economic gap between different countries maybe because some countries cannot afford to have modern technology. (Samakatuwid, di nila kayang makisabay sa Industrial Revolution kung kaya’t naiiwan sila.)

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Economic Big Bang

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He explained global inequality by describing an “economic big bang” where in Industrial Revolution caused the differences among countries. Through the explosion of industry and modern technology, some countries become economically developed while others are developing countries. It resulted to economic gap between different countries maybe because some countries cannot afford to have modern technology. (Samakatuwid, di nila kayang makisabay sa Industrial Revolution kung kaya’t naiiwan sila.)

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Branko Millanovic (2011)

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refers to the hierarchy of countries during the Cold War. During this period, Western Policymakers began talking about the world as three distinct political and economic blocs such as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd world countries.

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“First, Second and Third World”

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Wester Capitalist Countries are labelled as the _____

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First World

78
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Soviet Union and its allies were termed as the ___

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Second World

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Everyone else (Not included or allies of Western or Soviet Union) were grouped as the ____

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Third World

80
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However, during the end of the Cold War period, the term 2nd World became _______ and _______ as the Soviet Union collapsed.

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null and void

81
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form being a western countries before, it was associated to developed or rich or industrialized countries

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in terms of 1st world

82
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from being non-alliance countries, they started to be associated to impoverished states or undeveloped states.

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in terms of 3rd world

83
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refers to the first world countries before such as US, Canada, Western Europes, and developed part of Asia

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Global North

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It includes Caribbean, Latin America, South America, Africa and other parts of Asia. These countries were used to be called as Third World Countries before during the Cold War Era.

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Global South

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this classification point largely to _________ between the Black and White since wites are disproportinately in the North while the blacks are most primarily in the South. Racial Inequality in a way that blacks are being discriminated as someone belongs to the undeveloped states because most of them can be found in the South.

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Racial Inequality

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It has a significant relationship to globalization.

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The Rural-Urban Differentiation

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refers to the characteristics of being a countryside rather than town

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Rural

88
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It is the characteristic of being a town or city

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Urban

89
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It has altered North-South relations in Agriculture.

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Globalization

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According to __________, the relations of agricultural production have been replaced due to the rise of global agribusiness and factory farms.

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McMichael

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In this scenario, the South produces non-traditional products to export to another countries and becomes independent on importing industrialized food being exported by the North. It therefore displaces local farmers. Rural Economies are exposed to mass migration.

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Global City

92
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He used this concept to describe the three urban centers of New York (US). London (UK), and Tokyo (Japan) as economic centers that exert control over the world’s political economy.

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Sassen

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What concept did Sassen used?

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Concept of Global Cities

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These urban cities are beneficiaries of globalization. However, He claimed that they are also the most everely affected by global problems. Therefore, they face the peculiar or special political problems sunce they are the most affected in a specific country. “Local politics has become hopelessly overloaded”.

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Bauman

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A framework before the existence of 17 SGD that tried to achieve in the year 2015. It was become problematic due to different standards on the economic status of each country.

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8 Millennium Development Goals

96
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It refers to the usage and utilization of an innovation or product without affecting the environment.

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Sustainable Development

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