The Contemporary World

Dummy Test/not given on quizzes. Covering chap 1 and 2

A process.

According to Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins, what must the world hunger crisis always be thought of as, instead of a static, descriptive condition?

Colonialism.

Lappé and Collins concluded that the historical process linking the 'developed' and 'underdeveloped' worlds was primarily:

“Agricultural establishments" to supply the metropolitan country.

English economist John Stuart Mill defined the sole purpose of colonies as:

Focus on single cash crops for export.

Before European intervention, African agriculture was characterized by diversified agriculture. Colonial rule changed this by forcing the local population to:

Taxation on cattle, land, or houses.

What was the "preferred colonial technique" used to compel Africans to grow cash crops for coin payment?

They were an institutionalized way to hold down prices paid to peasants and extract wealth.

In the context of colonial cash crop production, what was the practical effect of the Marketing Boards established in Africa starting in the 1930s?

Their "market value" in international trade.

The introduction of the plantation system meant the "divorce of agriculture from nourishment." On what basis were crops selected under this system?

Guarantee an abundant supply of low-wage agricultural workers for plantations.

Colonial administrations systematically devised tactics to undercut self-provisioning agriculture mainly to:

Peasant farmers were often more efficient and provided unwanted competition to large, foreign-owned estates.

Why did colonial governments sometimes suppress independent peasant production of cash crops?

Parochialism.

The main reason for taking a course on Globalization (or the study of the contemporary world) is to help students avoid:

To create an economic framework that makes it possible to raise profits by minimizing costs of investment.

The popular/activist definition of globalization is often equated with "neoliberal globalization" or "market globalism." What is the core goal of neoliberal policies?

Interdisciplinary.

The study of Globalization requires an approach that is inherently:

A "Challenge to the nation state."

For a political scientist, what is the main theme of globalization?

Homogenization and flattening of all cultures.

According to Manfred Steger, globalization is defined as the "expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world-time and world-space." Which of the following is NOT one of the four key attributes of globalization based on this definition?

Intensification and acceleration of social exchanges and activities.

The increase in live television broadcasts and the shift from "snail mail to Facebook" are examples of which attribute of globalization?

An economic system that is opposed to any government intervention in business affairs.

The concept of Laissez-faire in economics is best described as:

Uneven.

The fact that the various forms of connectivity (economic, political, cultural, etc.) occur in different degrees of interconnection across the world means the process of globalization is: