Deck 15: Understanding the Key Concepts of International Studies and Globalization

Question 1

______ are at the heart of international studies.

A) Deep and constant global connections
B) Global politics and history
C) International trade and its relation to global cultures
D) Globalization and culture

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______ is the study of global interactions, the tensions those interactions produce, and the forces and actors that play a role in them.

A) International studies
B) International relations
C) International affairs
D) International politics

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The multidimensional and transnational ways in which people, things, information, and ideas interact and are interconnected across space and time are known as ______.

A) global interactions
B) global tension
C) global politics
D) globalization

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The resentments, frustrations, and conflicts that arise from global interactions are known as ______.

A) global interactions
B) global tension
C) global politics
D) globalization

Question 5

International studies pays close attention to ______ context and to ______ meanings with the understanding that ______ processes and ______ occur in particular places.

A) global; global; local; localization
B) local; local; global; globalization
C) global; local; global; localization
D) local; global; local; globalization

Question 6

Which combination below includes the four global forces discussed in the textbook?

A) global economic markets, shifting centers of power in the world, global government, information and collaboration technology
B) consistent centers of power in the world, global industrial markets, global governance, information and communications technology
C) shifting centers of power in the world, global economic markets, global governance, information and communications technology
D) shifting centers of power in the world, domestic economic markets, global governance, information and communications technology

Question 7

That trade, finance, and production drive interactions between societies, producing both positive and negative tensions, defines ______.

A) global economic markets
B) information and communications technology
C) shifting centers of power in the world
D) global governance

Question 8

The idea that there are winners and losers from trade and that people are affected differentially by events--such as changes in taxation and tariffs--is best defined as ______.

A) differential effects
B) diverging effects
C) distributional effects
D) distinct effects

Question 9

Foreign direct investments or the trading of stocks and bonds is an example of how people and places are linked through cross-border flows of finance, known as ______.

A) global markets
B) financial markets
C) global trade
D) financial globalization

Question 10

Which of the following definitions best describes foreign direct investment?

A) ownership and management of a productive asset in the country, such as owning a domestic factory or farm
B) ownership and management of a productive asset in another country, such as owning a factory or farm
C) management of a productive asset in another country, such as owning a factory or farm
D) ownership of a productive asset in a country, such as owning a factory or farm

Question 11

When a government seizes a privately owned company, sometimes by force and often with little or no compensation, it is referred to as ______.

A) incorporation
B) expropriation
C) domestication
D) capitalization

Question 12

______ dictates that countries competitively lower their labor and environmental standards in order to attract foreign investment.

A) Market buy up
B) Market price out
C) Race to the bottom
D) Race to the top

Question 13

Which of the following is the result of improvements to information and communications technology?

A) The price to access and disseminate information has been reduced dramatically, thus enabling people to communicate much more easily with one another.
B) The price to access and disseminate information has been reduced dramatically, thus preventing people from communicating easily with one another.
C) The price to access and disseminate information has been increased dramatically, thus enabling people to communicate much more easily with one another.
D) The price to access and disseminate information has been increased dramatically, thus prohibiting people from communicating easily with one another.

Question 14

The issue framed as "American decline" relates to which global force?

A) global economic markets
B) information and communications technology
C) shifting centers of power in the world
D) global governance

Question 15

Over the past century, the world has shifted from a ______ to a ______ to a ______ environment.

A) unipolar; bipolar; multipolar
B) bipolar; unipolar; multipolar
C) multipolar; unipolar; bipolar
D) multipolar; bipolar; unipolar

Question 16

The numeronym N-11, introduced by Goldman Sachs, refers to which of the following?

A) developing countries with increasingly urbanized populations, macroeconomic stability, and the human capital and technology that are expected to become a major part of the world economy in the next 50 years
B) developed countries with urbanized populations, macroeconomic stability, and the human capital and technology that are expected to become a major part of the world economy in the next 50 years
C) developing countries with stable urbanized populations, macroeconomic stability, and the human capital and technology that are not expected to become a major part of the world economy in the next 50 years
D) developing countries with increasingly urbanized populations, macroeconomic stability, and the human capital and technology that are not expected to become a major part of the world economy in the next 50 years

Question 17

"The formal and informal institutions, systems, or relationships that manage affairs that cut across national boundaries" refers to which of the following terms?

A) global economic markets
B) information and communications technology
C) shifting centers of power in the world
D) global governance

Question 18

International studies considers our world and the interactions that structure it as uniformly positive.

Question 19

Many of the global challenges we face are actually interactions, such as climate change or civil war, that resulted from tensions.

Question 20

Global economic markets, information and communications technology, stable centers of power in the world, and global governance make up the four global forces.

Question 21

In recent years, there has been a remarkable contraction of access to information and communications technology, as well as an expansion of cross-border information flows.

Question 22

In line with centralized information systems, such as radio and television, the spread of information and communications technology in the contemporary world is decentralized.

Question 23

Compare and contrast the study of globalization with the study of international studies.

Question 24

What is an outside-in and inside-out framework? Using examples, describe each and how they are related to international studies.

Question 25

Explain the four global forces and their relationship between each other, to international studies, and how it relates to you.