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Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 12th Edition
Chapter 14 Testbank: Globalization and the Geography of Networks
1. ______________ links us with other people and places, and the flow of information technology is part of that linkage.
a. Political process
b. Globalization
c. Supranational organizations
d. Social protest
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Describe how identities are changing in a globalized world.
2. In our diverse world, it is important to remember that ______________________.
a. genders are equal around the globe
b. stereotypes exist because they are true
c. each place is unique
d. none of the above
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Describe how identities are changing in a globalized world.
3. The original backbone of economic globalization was
a. cultural convergence of media.
b. resource scarcities.
c. population growth.
d. trade.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
4. Global shipping lanes are the most abundant _________________________
a. in the southern hemisphere
b. between the Indian and Atlantic Ocean
c. between Europe and Southwest Asia
d. in the northern hemisphere
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
5. An example of time-space compression includes:
a. the Industrial Revolution
b. information technology networks
c. horizontal integration
d. community-supported agriculture
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
6. The world’s Global Giants in terms of connectedness and influence of world cities includes:
a. Buenos Aires
b. Mumbai
c. London
d. Chicago
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
7. According to Manuel Castells, a set of interconnected nodes without a center is a(n)
a. transport system.
b. circulation manifold.
c. network.
d. communication nexus.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
8. Corbridge and Kumar’s study of participatory development in India found that its greatest success was among
a. the poorest farmers of a region.
b. landless peasants.
c. better off farmers and particular local groups.
d. urban politicians and business men.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
9. Media corporations which integrate ownership in a variety of points along the production and consumption chain are examples of
a. vertical integration.
b. television networks.
c. longitudinal cooperation.
d. monopolies.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
10. Media’s power as information gatekeepers has been undercut by
a. local television stations and newspapers.
b. microblogs on the Internet.
c. decline in newspaper subscription.
d. growth in functional illiteracy.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
11. The most important nodes in global financial networks are:
a) transportation innovations
b) agricultural hearths
c) world cities
d) manufacturing centers
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
12. Examples of the global media’s vertical integration include:
a) local television networks
b) Google and Sony
c) microblogs
d) Al Jazeera
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Analysis
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
True/False
13. Globalization is the inevitable outcome of modern spatial processes.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
14. The World Bank, IMF and WTO are seen as carrying out the Washington Consensus.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
15. According to Castells, networks lead to increased regional inequities.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
16. Globalization is a process created by people including CEOs, university administrators, bloggers, and electrical engineers.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Knowledge
Learning Objective: Identify networks and explain their role in globalization.
17. Study of participatory development showed higher levels of success among the poorest farmers in rural India because they had the most to gain.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
18. According to Ken Foote, memorials create a sense of common purpose.
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Comprehension
Learning Objective: Describe how identities are changing in globalized world.
Essay
19. Some cultures exhibit a strong resistance to the influences of globalization, even though the effort may not be successful. What are some of the reasons why this is so? Think of reasons why your own culture might resist outside influence.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Describe how identities are changing in globalized world.
20. Define “horizontal integration.” Try to find out how many retail chain outlets in your local mall are owned by the same parent corporation.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
21. How do globalization and the development of networks integrate some places and marginalize others? Give examples of both outcomes.
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
22. Where do you get your news? Do you depend upon media networks or do you seek alternative sources? How has the rise of the Internet and social media influenced centralized media?
Difficulty: Medium
Blooms: Application
Learning Objective: Explain how social, information, and economic networks operate in a globalized world.
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