A. 771 million to 7.1 billion
B. 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion
C. 771 million to 8.2 billion
D. 1.65 million to 8.2 billion
Globalization
How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production ?
A. developing countries
B. peripheral countries
C. globalizing countries
D. newly industrializing countries
Wallerstein’s world-systems theory is inspired by…………..?
A. Marxism
B. interaction ism
C. Functionalism
D. Post structuralism
Which of the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by sceptics ?
A. regionalization is occurring not globalization
B. economic globalization is occurring not political globalization
C. trading blocs are effective not a global economy
D. national governments are most significant not international institutions
The thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist ?
A. Ulrich Beck
B. Kenichi Ohmae
C. Roland Robertson
D. Judith Butler
Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form ?
A. agrarian society
B. ancient society
C. industrial society
D. pastoral society
Which of these classification terms when in use would never have been used to describe for example Ghana in Africa ?
A. developing
B. global South
C. majority world
D. second World
Which one of these is NOT one of the newly industrializing countries ?
A. Brazil
B. South Korea
C. Taiwan
D. Hungary
Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order …………..?
A. Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal
B. Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal
C. Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden
D. Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden
What proportion of the world’s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ?
A. 15%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%