CTWD 1 (Midterm)

Question 1

• Metaphor for interstate inequality and a product of Western imagination.
• One can say that the terms Global South and Third World are conceptually the same.

Answer 1

Global South

Question 2

• Home of all the members of the Group of Eight: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, Russia, and the U.S.A.
• abode of the four powerful permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

Answer 2

Global North

Question 3

The exploration of Global North and Global South first emerged in ____

Answer 3

1996

Question 4

• At the end of the Cold War era, scholars notice that the most of the wealthy developed countries are primarily located at ________ hemisphere, while poorer developing countries are located at the _________ hemisphere.

Answer 4

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere

Question 5

Hence, practitioners and policy makers use the gap between Global North-South divide to summarize ________ and _______ _______

Answer 5

Political and economic issue

Question 6

Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, Israel, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, All Europe

Answer 6

Global North

Question 7

Asia (except Japan, Russia, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea)
Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, Middle East (except Israel)

Answer 7

Global South

Question 8

• A report that identified The North/South Line.
• Also known as ‘‘The South’’
• Chaired by former German Councilor Willy Brandt
• Findings: Poor world lies South of Latitude 30 degrees North except for New Zealand and Australia.

Answer 8

The Brandt Line (1983)

Question 9

Australia and New Zealand are considered as _____ __ _____ _____

Answer 9

outliers of GLobal North

Question 10

Some rich countries with high GDP are classified as ______ _____

Answer 10

Global South

Question 11

There are rising countries in ______ ______ on educational competency, political conditions, and rise of many wealthy people (the Asian Tigers: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea)

Answer 11

Global South

Question 12

______ ______ continues to dominate systems and institutions of global economic and financial governance resulting to no opportunity to developing countries to contribute.

Answer 12

Global North