Quiz 3

Question 1

According to this chapter, ‘NGO’ is an umbrella term applied to a broad range of organizations that differ in size, scope, motives, and functions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

According to this chapter, NGOs are never initiated by states.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

How do TNGOs differ from transnational social movements (TSMOs)?

Answer 3

TNGOs have a formal structure, while TSMOs are informal coalitions.

Question 4

According to this chapter, TNGOs have become more business-like in which of the following ways?

Answer 4

They are increasingly professionalized and commercialized.

Question 5

According to this chapter, all of the following arguments support the contention that TNGOs contribute to more democracy at the international level, except…

Answer 5

TNGOs are democratically structured and their representatives are publicly elected

Question 6

Recent years have seen a resurgence of major powers’ promotion of regional frameworks to pursue spheres of interest or influence.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The emergence of the European Union developed from what was initially a purely West European creation born of the desire for reconciliation between

Answer 7

France and Germany

Question 8

What treaty embodied the critical turning point for the European Union by establishing monetary union?

Answer 8

Maastricht Treaty, 1992

Question 9

The term ‘global commons’ refers to areas and resources that are not under sovereign jurisdiction.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The Kyoto Protocol was established in 1992 at the Rio Conference on the Environment.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

The classic statement on ‘sustainable development’ was provided in 1987 by the ____

Answer 11

Brundtland Commission Report

Question 12

The model used to explain why over-exploitation of shared environmental resources may occur even when it is against collective, long-term interests is known as

Answer 12

The “tragedy of the commons”

Question 13

The Montreal Protocol (1987) was established to deal with the depletion of ____

Answer 13

The ozone layer

Question 14

What major event marked the rise of global health security as a concept and concern for states and international organizations?

Answer 14

The Cold War

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT one of the three elements contributing to the concept of global health security?``

Answer 15

Advances in space exploration

Question 16

What are the negative externalities in the context of economics?

Answer 16

Benefits associated with an action that are not realized by the individual taking that action

Question 17

Philanthropic organizations working on global health have been criticized for their lack of accountability and because their funding decisions can skew global health priorities based on the preferences of an elite minority.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Horizontal issues receive the most funding and political attention in global health.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Health became a global issue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for each of the following reasons, except…

Answer 19

There was a concerted global effort to combat malaria, which led to cooperation on other infectious diseases.

Question 20

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), refugee status is declaratory, meaning that any person who qualifies as a refugee is by that very fact a refugee, regardless of the formal recognition of the host country.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Even though states have no obligation to grant asylum or admit refugees, they do have the
obligation not to forcibly return asylum seekers to the countries where they are facing
persecution; this is known as the right to non-refoulement

Answer 21

True

Question 22

According to the UN’s 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, refugees are people who are outside their countries of origin and cannot return ‘owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted’ for each of the following reasons, except…

Answer 22

unwillingness to participate in criminal activity

Question 23

Which of the following is not a category of forced migration as classified by the cause of displacement?

Answer 23

Groups or people of concern

Question 24

Voluntary migration is usually based on economic calculations, although some argue that the line between voluntary and forced migration is blurring.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

How is voluntary migration described in the lecture (or in the PowerPoint)?

Answer 25

Economic migration

Question 26

The income gap continued to increase in both wealthy and poor countries, most notably in sub-Saharan Africa, and for women and girls worldwide.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

The orthodox approach to hunger states that there is enough food, but that the problem is distribution and entitlement.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Globalization can contribute to both increased food production and increased hunger.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Who famously argued that the population growth naturally exceeds the growth in the food supply?

Answer 29

Thomas Malthus

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a key aspect of neoliberalism

Answer 30

The belief that an unregulated free-market system best advances individual rights and freedom of choice

Question 31

What term refers to an international economic order that is based on the pursuit of free trade, but which allows state intervention in the market to support national security and national and global security?

Answer 31

Embedded liberalism

Question 32

Which concept describes the idea that efforts to achieve development should not negatively impact future generations?

Answer 32

Sustainable development

Question 33

Liberal globalists argue that everyone benefits from the wealth created by globalization. While populist nationalists argue that only the global elite profit.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

IMF and World Bank conditionalities require states to meet certain policy objectives laid out by these institutions as a prerequisite for receiving loans.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

What was established in 1995 as a replacement for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade?

Answer 35

WTO - World Trade Organization

Question 36

The IMF has consistently opposed austerity policies for ideological reasons since the global financial crisis.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

As originally conceived in the Bretton Woods agreements, the formal role of the World Bank is to…

Answer 37

regulate trade so that developing states can participate in the global economy

Question 38

The Iranian ‘Islamic Revolution’ of 1979 was a watershed event in transnational terrorism because it marked a turning point after which a number of groups began to target citizens and other symbols of the West.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Why is terrorism the weakest form of irregular warfare with which to alter the political landscape?

Answer 39

Unlike insurgents and revolutionaries, terrorists lack broad support for their objectives