Study questions for the final quiz (Part1)
to be held on 3 April, 2006, in the Lecture Hall.
You need to bring in a dark (HB) pencil to mark the scantrons. Please make
sure you display your student ID on the desk and correctly identify your student
# in the scantrons.
This is not an open book test. You are not allowed to bring any notes to the exam
hall. The questions may not be worded exactly as below as I may revise them for
better clarity.
A random selection of 40 questions of the following will appear in the test. It is a
multiple choice test. You will have to answer all questions, as there will be no choice
of questions.
1. From the class lecture #1 on Youth, which of the following indicate(s) the
priorities of the Third World youth as distinct from the Canadian youth?
2. In the class lecture #1 on youth we learned that the Canadian youth have strong
views on socio-political issues and that they disagree on the following:
3. From the graphs presented in class lecture #2 on women (also, see Article 43 in
DW) , there is no cultural divide between Western and Muslim societies in their
approval of the following political and social value:
4. Conclusions about the Muslim world reported in “The True Clash of
Civilizations” include that:
5. As identified in “The True Clash of Civilizations,” of the following countries, the
one in which the highest percentage of people disagreed with the statement, Men
make better political leaders than Women, was:
6. “Inclusive security,” as defined in “Women Waging Peace,” is all of the following
except:
7. As noted in “Women Waging Peace,” the idea of women as peacemakers is:
8. Women have been especially prominent peacemakers, as argued in “Women
Waging Peace,” in all of the following countries, except:
9. According to our class lectures on women, the causes of poverty are all of the
following except:
10. According to our class lectures on women, the causes of higher mortality rate
among the females in the Developing Countries, are all of the following except:
11. According to our class lecture #3 on globalization and women, Proletarianization
is the other side of:
12. According to our class lecture #3 on globalization and women, which one of the
following is not true:
13. According to the lecture on Quintero-Ramirez, which of the following identifies
the critical difference between Mexico and Canada?
14. According to Quintero-Ramirez, “The North American Free Trade Agreement
and Women,” various forces have contributed to the growth of the maquiladora
industry in Mexico, except?
15. According to Quintero-Ramirez, “The North American Free Trade Agreement
and Women,” the dependent status of the immigrant women is due to one of the
following:
16. Amory Starr and Jason Adams in “Anti-globalization: The Global Fight for Local
Autonomy,” that following view(s) of the apologists for the costly side effects of
the globalization process, is/are wrong:
17. According to Starr & Adams “Anti-Globalization: The Global Fight for Local
Autonomy,” People’s globalization (Richard Falk) is a process that includes all of
the following except
18. According to Starr & Adams “Anti-Globalization: The Global Fight for Local
Autonomy,” local producers and retailers find their established local markets
invaded by global conglomerates that have all of the following features, except:
19. According to Starr & Adams “Anti-Globalization: The Global Fight for Local
Autonomy,” what do the autonomous movements’ responses to globalization
express?
20. According to the class lectures on Cormier & Targ in “Globalization and the
North American Worker,” how does globalization lead to workers’ poverty &
global income inequality?
21. Cormier & Targ in “Globalization and the North American Worker,” argue that
at the macro-level consequences of globalization, are all of the following, except:
22. Cormier & Targ in “Globalization and the North American Worker,” the situation
in Canada is described as:
23. Cormier & Targ in “Globalization and the North American Worker,” a major
component of international capital flows, which is separate from either USFDI or
ForFDI, are:
24. According to the class lectures, which of the following is Ciccantell’s argument as
distinct from those of Cormier & Targ or Quintero Ramirez?
25. According to Paul Ciccantell, “ NAFTA and the Reconstruction of U.S.
Hegemony,” (on page 25 at the bottom of the page in our course kit) why are
Canada’s economic interests not ensured although: many Canadian raw
materials firms have bought competitors in the U.S. and in Mexico to increase
their competitiveness?
26. Paul Ciccantell, “ NAFTA and the reconstruction of U.S. Hegemony,” notes that
the effects of continental integration highlights several key trends which are all of
the following, except:
27. Paul Ciccantell, “ NAFTA and the reconstruction of U.S. Hegemony,” points out
that U.S. price advantages in oil and natural gas gained through imports from
Canada and Mexico, contributed to all the of the following, except:
28. Paul Ciccantell, “ NAFTA and the reconstruction of U.S. Hegemony,” in his
sectoral analysis of the effects of continental integration, highlights all of the
following key trends, except:
29. Fred Magdoff, “A Precarious Existence: The Fate of Billions?” argues that in the
U.S. hunger can be measured by all of the following, except:
30. Fred Magdoff, “A Precarious Existence: The Fate of Billions?” explains that the
standard prescription and conditionality of the funding from the World Bank and
various aid giving organizations require all of the following, except: :
31. Fred Magdoff, “A Precarious Existence: The Fate of Billions?” summarized his
argument(s) as all of the following, except:
32. According to the report on ‘Child and Family Canada: children and poverty’
which of the following is not true:
33. In ‘The Progress of Canada’s Children: 2002 Highlights.” The Canadian Council
of Social Development presents the portrait of aboriginal children. Which one of
the following statement on percentage children and youth of the respective
populations noted in the article, is not correct?
34. In ‘The Progress of Canada’s Children: 2002 Highlights.” The Canadian Council
of Social Development presents the portrait of Canadian children, regarding
learning and university education of children, which of the following is not true?
35. In ‘The Progress of Canada’s Children: 2002 Highlights.” The Canadian Council
of Social Development presents the level of confidence by Canadian male and
female children in their abilities to find a job as:
36. According to “Circles of Disadvantage: Aboriginal Poverty and
Underdevelopment in Canada” (Kendall, Joan) the cause(s) of joblessness and
poverty among aboriginal is/ are:
37. In “Circles of Disadvantage: Aboriginal Poverty and Underdevelopment in
Canada” (Kendall, Joan) it is pointed out that higher infant mortality rates and
lower life expectancy among Aboriginals are related to all, except:
38. According to the article on ‘Bank of Canada,’ what does the Bank of Canada do?
39. According to the article on ‘Bank of Canada,’ why do we need a central bank?
40. According to the article on ‘Bank of Canada,’ what is fiscal policy?
41. According to the article on ‘Bank of Canada, how does the Bank of Canada
implement monetary policy?
42. According to, “Falling behind: Canadians might see themselves as compassionate
souls, but some say Canada’s aid to developing countries is nothing to cheer
about.(Canada),” Canada’s foreign aid to LDCs, and a 2002 survey of Canadian
opinion on foreign aid identify the percentages about tied aid as the following :
43. In the class lecture on Foreign aid, it is argued that, of the level of foreign aid
given to poor countries by industrialized countries, global average ratio of foreign
aid / defense spending for each year is:
44. Why is the measure, the ratio of defense spending to foreign aid, important as
indicated in the class lecture on Foreign aid?
45. In “Falling behind: Canadians might see themselves as compassionate souls, but
some say Canada’s aid to developing countries is nothing to cheer
about.(Canada),” the following is noted about foreign aid to LDCs:
46. In “Challenging Neoliberal Myths: A Critical Look at the Mexican Experience,”
Martin Hart-Landsberg argues that Mexico’s increasing dependence on foreign
funds led to the Mexican government doing all of the following, except:
47. In “Challenging Neoliberal Myths: A Critical Look at the Mexican Experience,”
according to Martin Hart-Landsberg, which of the following ended Mexico’s
fifty-year experience of state-directed industrialization:
48. In “Challenging Neoliberal Myths: A Critical Look at the Mexican Experience,”
Martin Hart-Landsberg rejects the arguments that the growth of the auto sector
represents the leading edge of Mexico’s transformation into a high-value-added
producer of internationally competitive products for the following reason(s):
49. According to the video ‘Beyond McWorld’ what is/are made irrelevant by the
global corporations:
50. In ‘Beyond McWorld’, what action is suggested for resisting the ‘Hobbesian’
world, while replacing it with a new global citizenship?