CONTEMPORARY MIDTERM REVIEWER Flashcards
The Philippines is an archipelagic state which has a number of ______ islands
7,641
Sovereignty means they have their own jurisdiction. Therefore they have the authority to _____ itself
Govern
_____________ is a political and economic philosophy that emphasizes the importance of free markets.
neoliberalism
Aims to phase out the production of numerous substances responsible for ozone
depletion
Montreal protocol
Its goals include fostering friendly relations between nations & achieving global cooperation
United Nations
Its main objectives are to encourage commerce and economic growth
International Monetary Fund
They research on vaccines during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
World Health Organization
Provides financing, guidance, research to assist developing nations in enhancing their economies and reducing poverty
Word Bank
Goal is to defend the member’s autonomy and security by political and military action.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Regulates international trade, ensures the smooth flow of trade, and provides a forum for negotiations among countries and regions of the world
World Trade Organization
refers to the process of creating a unified marketplace where goods, services, and capital can flow freely between regions or countries.
Market Integration
It is a family of 5 other international organizations that leveraged loans to developing countries. We all know that Ph is one of the developing countries. It is the largest and well-known development bank in the world
Multi Cultural Development bank
An international organization headquartered in Washington DC. Works to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 190 member countries
International Monetary Fund
It refers to the various intersecting processes that create world order
Global Governance
It helps the government to strengthen national policies, programmes and services to ensure that all Filipino children enjoy their rights.
UNICEF
The United Nations Security Council has ____ power.
Veto power
The term “United Nations” was coined by US Pres. ____________
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The last original member to join the UN is
Poland
________ is the Secretary General of UN as of today
António Guterres
The world division started during the ____
Cold war
The term “First World country” originally referred to the ____
Capitalist, industrialized nations
Which is not a member of The Group of Eight?
Belgium
The term “Third World” was coined by a French demographer named ________
Alfred Sauvy
Source of Global Governance
Treaties
International Non governmental organization
Powerful Transnational Corporations
Power of international organizations
Power of classification
Power to fix meanings
Power to diffuse norms
“states are independent political communities
each of which possesses a government and asserts
sovereignty in relation to a particular portion of
the Earth’s surface and particular segment of the
human population”
Hedley Bull
“A system of unequally powerful and competing
states in which no single state is capable of
imposing control on all others, these states are in
interaction with one another in a set of shifting
alliance and wars and changes in relative power of
states upsets any temporary set of alliances,
leading to restructuring of balance of power”
Chase dunn
“A system of unequally powerful and competing
states in which no single state is capable of
imposing control on all others, these states are in
interaction with one another in a set of shifting
alliance and wars and changes in relative power of
states upsets any temporary set of alliances,
leading to restructuring of balance of power”
Chase dunn
