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1st year 1st semester Midterms > The Contemporary World > Flashcards

The Contemporary World Flashcards

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GLOBALIZATION 1.0 was an Age of mercantilism and colonialism. (True or False)

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True

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2
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Saskia Sassen first coined the phrase global city. (True or False)

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True

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London ranked the highest in terms of general criteria according to 2018 Global Cities Index but not in 2022. (True or False)

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True

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According to Friedman (2005), change is not inevitable because of the flattening of the world. (True or False)

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False

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Demography is a field in statistics that is concerned with births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which later illustrates the changing structure of human populations. (True or False)

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True

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Globalization has not something to do with the population demand of a state. (True or False)

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False

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Global demography is about the trends and practices in world politics. It does not study of the issues and developments of the global population. (True or False)

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False

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The role of a global civil society in global demography is its salient influence on institutional decision-making, not affecting the populations at large. (True or False)

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False

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9
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Global-local religion is a global religion with a local mix. (True or False)

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True

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India is the home of more than 1.42 billion people based on the 2022 population projection of the United Nations. In fact, it is becoming one of the super economic giants of the world After the Second World War. (True or False)

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False

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Regionalism refers to the regional concentration of economic flows. It also pertains to intergovernmental collaborations between two or more states. (True or False)

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True

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In the Economic Community, there is an avenue for cooperation among the ministers responsible for culture and arts, sports, disaster management, education, environment, health, information, labor, rural development and poverty eradication, women, youth, and civil service matters. (True or False)

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False

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13
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Globalization is uneven as well as migration. (True or False)

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True

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The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW’s) are the ones who best experience and see the socio-economic and political differences due to global divides. (True or False)

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True

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Global North can be experienced in the boundaries of global south but global south cannot be found in global north boundaries. (True or False)

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False

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16
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Global south and third world are the same but it is outdated to call poor countries in Southeast Asian as third world. (True or False)

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True

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Emigration continues to be a new trend among people regardless of their race, nationality, or ethnicity. (True or False)

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False

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18
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The aftermath of the Cold War ended the bipolarity of the world’s hegemonic powers.(True or False)

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True

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Globalization has nothing to do with the population demand of a state. (True or False)

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False

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Third World has been referred to “DEVELOPING” COUNTRIES after the Cold War. (True or False)

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True

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21
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Metaphor of interstate inequality.

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Global South

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22
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An agreement that divides the discovered lands outside Europe in 1494.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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23
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Rich countries.

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Global North

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24
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Plays a substantial role in global economy.

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Multinational corporations (MNCs)

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25
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Own currency in Santi Suk village in Thailand.

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Bia

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26
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Timor-Leste is the youngest state in Africa and Asia. (True or False)

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False

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27
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Singapore as one of the growing centers of cultural diversity is called cosmopolitan city. (True or False)

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True

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28
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Most of Asian countries are developing so they don’t receive the world’s attention, instead the world is now focused on European Union with mature state of regionalism. (True or False)

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False

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29
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The Headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) is located in Manila because of the high debt of the country and not on its growth as a developing country despite of inflation. (True or False)

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False

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30
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Globalization and regionalization are the same referring to integration but differs in geographical location and not in scope. (True or False)

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False

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31
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When a city only exhibits strength in innovation, and strong performance in business activity and human capital, it is a global city. (True or False)

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False

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32
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The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are major economic drivers of the country through their remittances. (True or False)

33
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State control.

34
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Significant regional activity like concentration of economic flows.

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Regionalism

35
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A cultural feature that blurs the lines between culture and place and thus transcends territorial boundaries.

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Deterritorialization

36
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Responsible for the Marawe City Seige.

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ISIS-Maute group alliance

37
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A city with hub for production, finance, and telecommunications.

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Global city

38
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Intercontinental State.

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Russia, Turkey, France

39
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Sameness of cultures.

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Cultural convergence

40
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Cultural differences.

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Cultural differentialism

41
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Mixing of cultures.

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Cultural hybridity

42
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ASEAN stands for?

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

43
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Give only 5 among the members of G8.

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Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, Russia, USA

44
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What are the 3 hierarchy based on labor in World’s System Theory

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Core, Semi-periphery, Periphery

45
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Give the ASEAN 5.

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Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

46
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Give at least 2 global cities.

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New York, London, Tokyo, Copenhagen

47
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Give 5 countries with high population in the world.

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China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan

48
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Give the 3 categories of migration.

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Voluntary economic migration, forced displacement, refugee crisis

49
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Give the 2 types of migration.

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Internal migration, International migration

50
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Singapore is one of the emergency centers of different cultures and have turned itself into a great cosmopolitan city-state. (True or False)

51
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Countries who have high capital.

52
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Have capital but also socorro materials from other countries .

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Semi-periphery

53
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Very dependent on core countries when it comes to capital but have raw materials.

54
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European Union is in its mature state of regionalism and the world is focused on Asia. (True or False)

55
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Pays full respectful sovereignty and independence of its members through consensus and consultation.

56
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New concept among continental communities. New to cooperation and collaboration goals.

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Asian regionalism

57
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Gives importance to human rights, drugs, foreign relations, defense, law, and transnational crimes.

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Political security community

58
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Monitoring economic ministers , finance ministers , bank governor’s , free trade area , investment area , agriculture and forestry .

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Economic community

59
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Cooperation among the ministers responsible for culturing arts , disaster management education , environment , health , information , labor .

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Socio-cultural community

60
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Unified style of human knowledge , beliefs , and behavior from which people learn and the ability to communicate knowledge to next generations.

61
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Most important tool for exploring the world .

62
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Allows humans to communicate and share information.

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Oral communication

63
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Allowed humans communicate over a larger space for a much longer duration.

64
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Continuous production , reproduction , and circulation of print materials.

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Printing press

65
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Use of electricity.

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Electronic media

66
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Relies on digital codes. Created , modified , and stored in any digital electronic device.

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Digital media

67
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Carrier of culture. Tool for interaction of people with different cultures.

68
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Personal or organized system of religious beliefs and practices.

69
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Identity of a certain nation.

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Nationalism

70
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A type of political violence that anchored on the belief that a supreme being granted violence in the act of glorifying one’s faith has become a central issue faced by the global community.

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Religion extremism

71
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Global religion with local mix.

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Glocal-local religion

72
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They believe that radical measures are necessary to achieve the will of God.

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Extremists

73
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Believe that men ought to return to the very passages of the sacred books to legitimize their actions.

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Fundamentalist

74
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They tie their traditions with their nation or homeland.

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Nationalists

75
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Claimed that conflicts are about identity, economics, privilege, and power.

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Juergensmeyer

76
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A form of power arises from the attractiveness of a country’s culture, political ideas, and policies.

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Soft power

77
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Trends and practices in world politics.

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Global demography

78
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Group of people or organization that appear or function in a global perspective.

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Global civil society

1st year 1st semester Midterms (6 decks)

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