Midterm

Question 1

T/F
According to the World Happiness Report, the happiest peoples in the world are also the most religious.

Answer 1

F (not so religious)

Question 2

T/F
The world’s happiest places have little or no tolerance to LGBT rights

Answer 2

F (tolerate)

Question 3

Wherever society is tolerant of other people’s beliefs, women are mostly educated

Answer 3

T

Question 4

T/F
Respect for law and order is a distinguishing feature of dictatorial governments

Answer 4

F (democratic)

Question 5

T/F
Countries which are traditionally non-religious are most likely corrupt

Answer 5

F (not corrupt)

Question 6

T/F
Transportation is very important in the sense that people who travel are more tolerant of others’ beliefs

Answer 6

T

Question 7

T/F
In countries where voter turn-out is low, democracy is also weak

Answer 7

F

Question 8

T/F
The presence of red tape is proof that corruption is present in a country’s system

Answer 8

T

Question 9

T/F
Liberal societies are more protective of the environment

Answer 9

T

Question 10

T/F
One of the principal features of a free society is a free media which is not threatened powerful people

Answer 10

T

Question 11

T/F
In countries where abortion and euthanasia are legal, crime rates are also high

Answer 11

F (low)

Question 12

T/F
Homelessness is a problem in the world’s happiest countries

Answer 12

F

Question 13

T/F
People in liberal societies have active participation in community engagement such as volunteer work in hospitals and shelters

Answer 13

T

Question 14

T/F
Education is a top priority in liberal and industrialized societies

Answer 14

T

Question 15

T/F
Killings such as the ones happening in the Philippines are necessary to instill discipline in the population and hasten progress.

Answer 15

F

Question 16

T/F
Societies with strong and dictatorial leaders equate to a disciplined people

Answer 16

F

Question 17

T/F
Undermining the judiciary and Congress is a necessary way of promiting unity in any given country.

Answer 17

F

Question 18

T/F
In any society, non-religious people are prone to commit crimes

Answer 18

F

Question 19

T/F
Revolts and coup d’etat are distinctions of liberal-democratoc societies

Answer 19

F

Question 20

T/F
Studies have proven that literacy is a requisite to a healthy economy

Answer 20

T

Question 21

The Global North includes these regions.

Answer 21

Europe and north America

Question 22

The higher a country rates on this, the higher its economic growth is

Answer 22

Literacy rate

Question 23

This Albanian-majority former Serbian Province seceded to become the newest European state.

Answer 23

Kosovo

Question 24

A state with a corrupt political system is most likely to experience this.

Answer 24

Economic stagnation

Question 25

South-west Africa, a former South African territory became an independent state known as this

Answer 25

Namibia

Question 26

The Global South includes these places

Answer 26

North Korea and China

Question 27

The world’s most populous states can be found in this region

Answer 27

Tropical region

Question 28

The richest states in the world can be found in these regions

Answer 28

Temperate region

Question 29

Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, only this country is part of the Global South

Answer 29

China

Question 30

The Second World refers to these countries

Answer 30

Industrialized communist states

Question 31

The First World includes these places.

Answer 31

Us and Canada

Question 32

Only this Middle Eastern state is part of the Global North

Answer 32

Israel

Question 33

The region south of the United States is known as this

Answer 33

Latin America

Question 34

The most corrupt countries in the world are mostly found in these continents

Answer 34

Africa and Asia

Question 35

Majority of the world’s happiest countries are in this region.

Answer 35

Western Europe

Question 36

The Happiest Countries’ Index is based on this

Answer 36

Quality of life

Question 37

This state with an observer status in the UN is one of the most influential being the seat of the world’s largest religion

Answer 37

Vatican city

Question 38

Once ruled by the Dalai Lama, this former state lost its independence after it was invaded and annexed by China

Answer 38

Tibet

Question 39

Mainland China came under communist rule in 1949 after the communist forces led by this man won in a civil war

Answer 39

Mao Zedong

Question 40

According to studies, the degree of conservatism in a given country is strongly-tied tothis

Answer 40

Religiosity of the people

Question 41

According to studies, this has a positive effect on the literacy rate of a state; which means, the higher a state rates on this, the more literate its people are

Answer 41

Liberalism

Question 42

Aside from English, this is the language with the most number of speakers in Canada

Answer 42

French

Question 43

Among the ten most-corrupt countries in the world, only this cannot be found in Asia or Africa

Answer 43

Venezuela

Question 44

These states have low population growth rates

Answer 44

Industrialized state

Question 45

This is used to announce the election of a new pope by the College of Cardinals.

Answer 45

White smoke

Question 46

This city completely surrounds the territory of Vatican City

Answer 46

Rome

Question 47

Ukraine, Belarus and 13 other states were established when this state collapsed in 1991.

Answer 47

Soviet Union

Question 48

East and West Germany became united following the collapse of this structure which symbolized the “imprisonment” of people under Communism

Answer 48

Iron curtain

Question 49

This largest state in the world is also the ninth most populous

Answer 49

Russia

Question 50

One of the ten largest states in the world, this English-speaking state is also a continent.

Answer 50

Australia

Question 51

This state is the world’s most populous with a population exceeding over 1.4 billion people.

Answer 51

India

Question 52

This country, having formally declared independence in July 2011 is the world’s newest state

Answer 52

South sudan

Question 53

This state is the world’s biggest economic power and is said to have the strongest armed forces.

Answer 53

USA

Question 54

This East Asian country, the world’s third biggest economy has one of the oldest populations in the world.

Answer 54

Japan

Question 55

This state is dubbed as the world’s largest democracy with 1.4 billion people and voters exceeding 700 million

Answer 55

India

Question 56

This country used to be a UN member until it was kicked out of the organization in 1971 upon the admission of the People’s Republic of China

Answer 56

Taiwan

Question 57

The government of this flattest country in the world held a cabinet meeting under the sea to dramatize the effects of global warming to its people

Answer 57

Maldives

Question 58

With 85% of its 263 million people being Sunni Muslims, this state earned the distinction of being the world’s biggest Muslim nation

Answer 58

Indonesia

Question 59

This world’s smallest state with an area of .2 sq. m.is the seat of the Holy See, the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome

Answer 59

Vatican city

Question 60

This most-populous state in the world is home around 2000 ethnic groups who speak more than 1500 languages

Answer 60

India

Question 61

Once known as Pleasant Island, life in this 3 smallest state in the world is everything but pleasant after its government lost most of its revenue derived from phosphate mining to bad investment and mismanagement

Answer 61

Nauru

Question 62

This second most populous state in the world is the second biggest economic power after the USA.

Answer 62

China

Question 63

This largest and most populous state in South America which is also the world’s most populous Catholic country speaks Portuguese being a former colony of Portugal

Answer 63

Brazil

Question 64

This .7 square miles micro-state along the French Riviera is the second smallest state in the world.

Answer 64

Monaco

Question 65

This second largest state in the world shares the longest unguarded border in the world with the US

Answer 65

Canada

Question 66

This state’s capital city was named after the Virgin Mary whom its discoverer credited for bringing good winds which brought him safe and fast to South America.

Answer 66

Argentina

Question 67

Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Montenegro were once part of this state before it disintegrated in the 1990s

Answer 67

Yugoslavia

Question 68

This small state in northern Italy is said to be Europe’s oldest state having been founded in the 4 century

Answer 68

San Marino

Question 69

This is the only Third World country among the 12 Happiest nations in the world

Answer 69

Costa Rica

Question 70

This European country split into two republics in the 1990s after what was dubbed as "the Velvet Revolution."

Answer 70

Czechoslovakia