intro to globalization
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What is the major influence of technology on global trade according to the text?

  • Limiting capital flow
  • Reducing migration
  • Stifling trade growth
  • Enormous flow of capital and technology stimulating trade (correct)
  • Which period saw innovations in transportation, communication, and significant population explosion according to the text?

  • The Modern Period (correct)
  • The Post-Modern Period
  • The Pre-Modern Period
  • The Contemporary Period
  • Who are identified as major players in the global economic order in the text?

  • Huge international corporations and International Economic Institutions (correct)
  • Huge international corporations, small local businesses, and individuals
  • International Economic Institutions and small local businesses
  • Local small-scale businesses
  • How did the European Enlightenment project contribute to globalization according to the text?

    <p>It strengthened globalization through achieving universal morality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What impact did the capitalist world system have on globalization according to the text?

    <p>Led to material accumulation and strengthened globalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor accelerated the process of industrialization according to the text?

    <p>Population explosion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Manfred Steger define as the main components of globalization?

    <p>Expansion of social networks and intensification of social relations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does globalization impact social relations according to the text?

    <p>It involves interactions between people, groups, or organizations leading to an exchange of feelings and ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic of globalization involves the creation of social networks that transcend various boundaries?

    <p>Creation of social networks crossing traditional boundaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is globalization reflected in terms of activities and connections?

    <p>Globalization is reflected by the opening of local fast food chains in other countries, existence of electronics globally, and products manufactured in different countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of globalization involves the intensification and acceleration of social exchanges?

    <p>The worldwide web relaying distant information in real time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which way does globalization transcend geographical boundaries according to the text?

    <p>By cutting across traditional boundaries such as political, economic, cultural, and geographical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of media empires in the cultural dimension of globalization?

    <p>Generating and directing the extensive flow of culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process often results in the interaction between global and local characteristics in areas like food, music, and fashion?

    <p>Hybridization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are examples of intergovernmental organizations that have an increasing impact on the global stage?

    <p>IMF and World Bank</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In contemporary globalization, what is the principle that refers to the independence and authority of a state over its territory?

    <p>State sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does advertisement contribute to cultural flow according to the text?

    <p>By featuring various celebrities in television</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most defining element of any civilization according to the text?

    <p>Religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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