MCT on GLOBALIZATION (all questions are based on the posts on globalization on this blog)

1) Nearly half the clothes worn in the USA today:

A are made in China.

B are made in the USA.

C are inspired by the Ralph Lauren-designed Olympic uniforms or by the Dayang clothes worn by Bush, Buffet and other billionaires.

D are today designed in China and made in the USA.

2) Christians in China:

A have increased greatly in number (there are more churchgoers in China than in the whole of Latin America).

B all but disappeared during the Cultural Revolution.

C have increased because of the Communist Party of China’s promotion of atheism in schools.

D are decreasing in numbers because of disputes between officially approved churches and house churches.

3) Indigenous peoples:

A are being adversely affected by globalization (tourism, bioprospecting, loss of land, forced displacement).

B are being compensated for loss of land, etc., by the IMF, World Bank and WTO.

C are turning to the parallel economy (Fairtrade, etc.).

D are being manipulated by the International Forum on Globalization.

4) Detroit is:

A in Washington State.

B in total ruins.

C gaining population.

D Motown.

5) Who, in September 2012, said the USA “is back”?

A Obama.

B Bin Laden.

C China.

D Romney.

6) “Soft power” means:

A becoming a world culture, thus avoiding cultural clash.

B making reasoned use of drones.

C Starbucks, Mc Donald’s, Disney, etc.

D encouraging democratic initiatives at grass roots level.

7) How has globalization affected ordinary Chinese?

A they are able to buy lots of extra goods (though they lack space in their homes).

B in rural areas, not so much their way of thinking but their incomes.

C many people have been evicted from their homes and left only with their personal belongings.

D it has made some of them less poor.

8) The WTO:

A was initiated in 2001 at Doha Rounds.

B is in a major backlash following the BRICKS dreadlock.

C is where the G7 decide what trade restrictions should be amended or imposed on the BRICKS.

D is where the oligopoly is being challenged more and more by the BRICKS.

9) IKEA:

A airbrushes out women from its catalogues in order to sell more furniture to male clients

B are outspoken champions of women’s rights

C is a typical liberal company, like Starbucks

D is the world’s largest furniture company retailer (and also founded by a Nazi sympathizer)

10) Globalization, according to a journalist at the Globalist Web site:

A does not help 50% of the world’s poorest

B will work, but only through effective governance

C depends on aid effectiveness for the poorest

D needs more deregulation

ANSWERS: 1A 2C 3A 4D 5A 6C 7D 8D 9D 10B