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Globalization

Question 1 of 25

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Our geopolitical landscape is constantly changing due to various "root causes" of terrorism including:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Innovative communication technologies

  • environmental stress such as draughts and loss of farmland

  • long-standing geo-political conflicts that remain unsovled

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Question 2 of 25

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Geopolitics - Examining the , environmental, and of power and influence within and among countries.

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Question 3 of 25

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One of the root causes of terrorism is:

Select one of the following:

  • the rising number of unemployed young people in urban areas such as the Middle East

  • the increase in the world population

  • certain countries not doing thorough boarder patrol

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Question 4 of 25

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The UN still attempts to define what constitutes 'terrorism'.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 5 of 25

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A state can be defined as:

Select one of the following:

  • a territory with many physical boundaries

  • a physical entity, that comes to mind when one thinks of a state

  • a political entity, institutional structure or organization that is referred to as a country

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Question 6 of 25

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There are 196 states in the world

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 25

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Nation: A large group of people who are aware of, and share, one or more cultural features such as , , historical experience, ', customs, values, and .They are not limited by geography, but rather an" imagine political community".

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Question 8 of 25

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In order to achieve a sense of unity, nation-states use their government powers to try to create a common culture.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 9 of 25

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The process of making the world one big marketplace - a process known as:

Select one of the following:

  • trickle-down economies

  • globalization

  • trickle-up economies

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Question 10 of 25

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Globalization may force states to:

Select one or more of the following:

  • alter their political and economic policies while placing additional pressure on oppoisiton

  • reduce their political and economic policies while alleviating additional pressure on opposition

  • decrease political and economic funds while placing additional pressure on the economy

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Question 11 of 25

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Trade blocs are trade routes formed within powerful countries in a specific geographic region

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 12 of 25

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Internationalization is defined as:

Select one of the following:

  • bringing territory under the control of several different nations

  • bringing in new economic opportunities for a nation, from foreign powers

  • an international agreement among many different countries

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Question 13 of 25

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The decreasing gap between "have" and "have nots" states is not a source of geopolitical instability.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 14 of 25

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Disparity among the world's states has increased the , with the majority of the "have" states in the hemisphere and the majority of the "have not" states in the hemisphere.

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Question 15 of 25

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The wealth-poverty polarization is further compounded by the relatively , expanding debts, economic , and political instability in many developing countries.

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Question 16 of 25

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Migration to northern states has increased and in the flurry of activity, has resulted:

Select one of the following:

  • smuggling rings, increased boarder, and backlash against immigrants by residents of host countries

  • violation of human rights, human trafficking, and illegal paperwork

  • violation of multiple treaties signed between nations, poverty, and imprisonment

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

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Global power shift
A new world order is being created, one that has no established parameters. This situation has led to the panic and fear of a a number of economic and political regional power centres (Japan in Asia, Germany in Europe).

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 18 of 25

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Ethnopolitical movements include:

Select one or more of the following:

  • political mobilization of minority groups is organized among ethnic lines

  • groups aligning themselves with political parties or interest groups that promote their ethnicity

  • ethno-nationalist interest groups where ethnicty and nationalism are combined

  • none of the above

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Question 19 of 25

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When rapid surpasses and contributes to resource depletion, long term development becomes difficult to achieve, and instability can result.

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Question 20 of 25

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Exceeding the world's environmental carrying capacity will affect only developing countries, due to their lack of help from the super power nations.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 21 of 25

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Armed conflict has been steadily increasing since the 1970's, but recent trends indicate a slight down-turn.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 22 of 25

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Large states that are underpopulated or unevenly populated, such as Australia or Canada, may experience:

Select one of the following:

  • internal political divison

  • a corrupt government process

  • they will not experience anything

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Question 23 of 25

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Complete the sentence with the correct countries:
Economic pressures may also contribute in part to the breakup of states such as
( name of country),where resentment grew between (name of country) and the more economically developed (name of country).

Select one of the following:

  • North Korea, South Korea and Japan

  • Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Czech Republic

  • Bosnia, Serbia, Yugoslvia

  • Canada, United States of America, North America

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Question 24 of 25

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Conflict may arise over control of strategic resources like oil, minerals, food, and freshwater

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 25 of 25

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Select all that apply:
The Centre for Systematic Peace has recently observed the following global conflict trends:

Select one or more of the following:

  • There are growing concerns that long-standing disputes or rivalries may escalate the conflict into serious fighting.

  • There is a growing tend in separatism, as distinct ethnic groups continue to fight for independence from a central power that will not accept separatism and may use force to stop it.

  • has observed little to no global conflict trends

  • rebel groups have increased control over lucrative resources such as diamonds, oil and drugs, which are used to pay for weapons

  • regional warfare tends to continue, or even escalate, without resolution.

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