POLS 1503 Unit 2 - Self Quiz PDF

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For developing countries, what organization is currently the most significant public option of financial investment concerning projects in the private sector? Select one: a. The International Development Association b. The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes c. The International Finance Corporation

d. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: The International Finance Corporation

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Which country is the International Monetary Foundation’s major shareholder? Select one: a. The United Kingdom b. The United States

c. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia d. None of the above

Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: The United States

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There are three central activities for the IMF and they include: Select one: a. surveillance, financial assistance, and technical assistance.

b. political assistance, economic support, and logistical assistance. c. strategy, social assistance, and business support d. Both A and C Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: surveillance, financial assistance, and technical assistance.

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__________child mortality is just one of the______ Millennium Development Goals. Select one: a. Monitoring, 10 b. Promoting, 8

c. Reducing, 8

d. Understanding, 10 Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Reducing, 8

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Reaching universal primary education is not a concern of the Millennium Development Goals. Select one: True False

Feedback The correct answer is 'False'.

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The Bretton Woods Conference mapped out seven goals for the International Monetary Foundation through a document called the Articles of Achievement. Select one: True

False

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The World Bank looks into issues like: Select one: a. Building roads and dams b. Long-term development c. Education d. All of the above

Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: All of the above

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Several forces have driven global integration which include: Select one: a. creative innovations, political elections, and strengthened economies

b. global innovations, political demonstrations, and weakened economies c. technological innovations, political changes, and economic policies

d. None of the above Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: technological innovations, political changes, and economic policies

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Various violent confrontations have taken place during certain time periods, when globalization was growing and then flourishing. What war, which took place in the early 1970s, helped trigger oil prices to increase? Select one: a. The Balkan War b. The Vietnam War c. The Yom Kippur War

d. The Greek Civil War Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: The Yom Kippur War

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Many events have happened, that have impacted globalization on some level. One of those events was the decolonization of Africa that started in the late 1950s. From 1958-1962, 14 countries on the African continent became independent. Select one: True False

Feedback The correct answer is 'False'.

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International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have been put in place to help manage the global financial system. IFIs have also helped fund and give advice to countries in need, especially concerning their economic structure and policies. Select one: True

False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.

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When the International Monetary Foundation was founded, the organization additionally operated the international exchange system based on _________ that the IMF’s member countries took a pledge to. Select one: a. silver reserves b. copper c. gold reserves

d. diamonds Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: gold reserves

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Less than 20 million people left Europe to new settlements in North and South America. Select one: True False

Feedback The correct answer is 'False'.

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The structure of governance for the World Bank is very similar to the International Monetary Foundation. Select one: True

False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.

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The IMF has various lending programs available, of which are called facilities. One of those facilities is named: The Poverty Reduction and GrowTH Facility. Select one: True False

Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.

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What is one major complaint that is mentioned about both the International Monetary Foundation and the World Bank? Select one: a. These organizations cause high infant mortality rates in underdeveloped and developing countries. b. These organizations cause high debt rates in developing countries.

c. These organizations cause high unemployment in developing countries. d. These organizations disrupt the education process in developing countries. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: These organizations cause high debt rates in developing countries.

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Global integration in _____,______, and _______has created a more adequate distribution of economic resources. Select one: a. product, capital and labor markets

b. services, goods, and stock markets c. automobile, capital, and index markets d. Both B and C Feedback

Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: product, capital and labor markets

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In what year did the World Bank create the International Development Association? Select one: a. 1966 b. 1960

c. 1961 d. 1970 Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: 1960

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During the 1950-73 period _____and_______were considered to be the most progressive of traders. Select one: a. Australia and Thailand b. Western European countries and Japan

c. Eastern European countries and China

d. Both A and B Feedback Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: Western European countries and Japan

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What are two key components that are essential for future development, beyond the Millennium Development Goals, that are crucial for expansion, according to the report on these specified goals? Select one: a. Social and Cultural Cohesion b. Funding and Innovation

c. Both A and B d. None of the above Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Funding and Innovation

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Since the middle of the 19th century, at minimum, two periods of globalization have taken place. Select one: True False

Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.

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The structure of governance for the World Bank is very similar to the International Monetary Foundation. Select one: True

False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.

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A key lesson from history has shown us that globalization______ Select one:

a. has always been a smooth procedure. b. has never been an accepted concept. c. has sometimes been a smooth procedure. d. has not been a smooth process.

Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: has not been a smooth process.

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One of the Millennium Development Goals concerns world partnership and development. A report on the goals found that in the year 2015, _________of the global population is in the range of a _______ signal. Select one: a. 99%, radio b. 95%, cellphone

c. 89%, Wi-Fi d. 97%, satellite Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: 95%, cellphone

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During the 1950-73 period _____and_______were considered to be the most progressive of traders. Select one: a. Australia and Thailand b. Western European countries and Japan

c. Eastern European countries and China d. Both A and B Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Western European countries and Japan...