QUIZ ITEMS

Question 1

He was the president of the Bolivia who founded the Bolivian leftist movement

Answer 1

EVO MORALES

Question 2

An Argentinian-born revolutionary who suggested a revolution as a solution to the “Southern” Problem

Answer 2

ERNESTO GUEVARA

Question 3

In South America, he was hailed by many as “El Libertador” or The Liberator

Answer 3

SIMON BOLIVAR

Question 4

He established the first communist state in the Western hemisphere

Answer 4

FIDEL CASTRO

Question 5

The president of the Venezuela who focused his efforts on state-run oil industries

Answer 5

HUGO CHAVEZ

Question 6

These are firms that rely on the import of intermediate products for their production process

Answer 6

IMPORT-DEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS

Question 7

There are specific types of firms that carry out no production of their own but purchase goods from foreign suppliers

Answer 7

IMPORT-DEPENDENT RETAILERS

Question 8

This is also known as export substitution/ export-;ed industrialization or export-led growth

Answer 8

EXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIALIZATION

Question 9

This refers to the set of processes that lead states to work together at a regional scale

Answer 9

REGIONALIZATION

Question 10

This is the region that is composed of the MEDCs

Answer 10

GLOBAL NORTH

Question 11

All countries in the Southern Hemisphere belong to the Global South

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

All countries in the Northern Hemisphere does not belong to the Global North

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

Quality of life, better standards of living, and superior economic performances are factors that make a country regarded as MEDC

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Inadequate agricultural production is a positive indicator for developing countries

Answer 14

FALSE

Question 15

The responses of Latin America to the “Southern” problem are generally socialist and left-leaning responses

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

The Global North-Global South designation is a geographical arrangement

Answer 16

FALSE

Question 17

Underdeveloped countries becoming dependent to

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

Governmental subsidies are considered as harmful to an export-led growth

Answer 18

FALSE

Question 19

Countries that are regarded as LEDCs belong to the Global South

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

Countries need “hard currency” to import commodities that are manufactured cheaply on other countries

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

These are global corporations that are engaged in media production and distribution

Answer 21

GLOBAL MEDIA

Question 22

A term coined by Benedict Anderson that described a community by like-minded individuals

Answer 22

IMAGINED COMMUNITY

Question 23

Writing on caves, papers and other surfaces are part of this specific type of media

Answer 23

SCRIPT

Question 24

This is regarded as the oldest and most enduring type of media

Answer 24

ORAL COMMUNICATION

Question 25

The information revolution began through this type of media

Answer 25

PRINTING PRESS

Question 26

They believe that the globalization is just but another version of Americanization

Answer 26

PESSIMISTIC HYPERGLOBALIZERS

Question 27

This refers to the sameness of cultural products, values and attributes between and among cultures

Answer 27

CULTURAL HOMOGENIZATION

Question 28

This refers to the process by which one’s cultures ideas are disseminated through various means

Answer 28

CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION

Question 29

The internet is a specific type of this media

Answer 29

DIGITAL MEDIA

Question 30

“Diacritics” is composed of these parts

Answer 30

MEDIA AND MIGRATION

Question 31

This refers to the gap in technological skills between people

Answer 31

DIGITAL DIVIDE

Question 32

He argued about media’s role of manufacturing consent and content

Answer 32

NOAM CHOMSKY

Question 33

This refers to an international community formed by the constant interaction between citizens of various countries

Answer 33

GLOBAL VILLAGE

Question 34

The discovery and development of the papyrus began in this period of media evolution

Answer 34

SCRIPT

Question 35

This refers to the person’s ability to read and write

Answer 35

LITERACY

Question 36

In the process of cross-fertilization in media, the dominant cultures exert more influence that the local culture

Answer 36

TRUE

Question 37

A global village transcends geographical borders

Answer 37

TRUE

Question 38

A digital divide exists only between people who are separated by virtue of their age

Answer 38

FALSE

Question 39

According to Jack Lule, globalization cannot occur without media

Answer 39

TRUE

Question 40

Language was a contributory to the emergence and growth of civilizations because of the ability of the people to collaborate

Answer 40

TRUE

Question 41

The standardization of knowledge was initially made possible through electronic media

Answer 41

FALSE

Question 42

Media is always the bearer of truth

Answer 42

FALSE

Question 43

Mainstream news outfits and the Hollywood has similar impacts on the spread of global culture

Answer 43

TRUE

Question 44

The information revolution promoted the socio-cultural process of global integration

Answer 44

TRUE

Question 45

The promotion of Anglo-American values through media brought solely imperialistic impacts on developing countries

Answer 45

FALSE

Question 46

Under the media globalization, local cultures were not able to produce knowledge and norms for global consumption

Answer 46

FALSE

Question 47

Local elites are regarded as more exposed to global media cultures than the other people in a society

Answer 47

TRUE

Question 48

It is through mainstream media that Western cultures are propagated

Answer 48

TRUE

Question 49

Language is an imperfect media of communication

Answer 49

TRUE

Question 50

It is through the evolution of media technology that the globe is now regarded as an imagined community

Answer 50

TRUE