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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Mining in indigenous communities is an example
B Women are affected differently than men by the presence of conflict commodities in their territory
C They are commodities which serve to end conflict
D Blood diamonds are an example
E refer to the association between state dependence upon particular commodities and the ease with which rebels could plunder the resource in order to fund their war against the state.
F They are regulated by the United Nations
Question #2
A Blue
B White
C Green
D Red
Question #3
A When children who are malnourished suddenly have access to food and begin growing rapidly.
B What happens when the WTO in conjunction with the World Bank and IMF have access to a country’s economy and stimulate production by independent farmers, small businesses and women’s collectives in the fair trade arena.
C Rapid, always expanding corporate economic growth fueled by discoveries of new and cheaper labor sources, new resources and markets. Founded on active deregulation of corporate activity to create unregulated free trade, eliminating national-level laws which prioritize human and environmental protection over corporate gains.
D What happens when poor countries discover natural resources such as cobalt, gold, or coal, which causes their economies to grow rapidly, outgrowing existing infrastructure and regulations
Question #4
A To stimulate fair trade, agro ecological sustainable farming, to protect seed variety and food sovereignty for populations throughout the developing world. To make these kinds of production and trade viable economically transnationally.
B To prevent the extinction of cultures and their languages which are in danger of dying out due to globalization, genocide and ongoing oppression by national governments.
C To promote human and natural rights over all else, protect vulnerable groups and minorities from exploitation by governments and international corporations.
D To deregulate corporate activity, privatize as many services and companies as possible, to prioritize private business profits over environmental, labor standards or rights, remove any protections to create free trade and investment, especially in the developing world.
E To promote peace and eliminate conflict in areas with conflict commodities, armed rebel groups, and high levels of local conflict.
Question #5
A The proliferation of local armed groups
B Sexism and racism
C The consumption of electronic devices such as smartphones, computers, tablets, etc.
D Government corruption in the DRC
Question #6
A $30
B $5
C $2
D $10
Question #7
A Rick and Morty
B The Flintstones
C American Dad
D The Simpsons
E Archer
Question #8
A How are poor people specifically affected by climate change?
B How is “a good life” defined, what is considered the “norm” when the relationships between humans, nature, and resources are discussed?
C How do infrared rays intersect with the ozone?
D Which social categories are present/absent in research, what identities are considered important vs. unimportant?
E How is nature represented, how is it depicted in relationship to humans, what type of environmental knowledge is recognized and valued?
F When we look at the climate intersectionally what differences do we see?
Question #9
A Protecting the rights of servants
B Saving people from drowning
C Anti-slavery and women’s rights
D Eugenics and racism
E Peace
F Animal rights
Question #10
A national origin, religion, language, and race
B group-level collective cultural patterns including language, norms, beliefs, myths, values, and worldviews, as well as symbolic emblems, artifacts
C physical characteristics—from foods, flags, folk songs, folk gestures and movements, and folk dances to skin colors and facial features
D ethnic identity, or an individual’s psychological identification with, or attachment to, an ethnic group
E all of the above
Question #11
A rubber trees – DRC – petroleum – Kuwait – India – 5 dollars
B methane – Nigeria – petroleum – Ecuador – Bangladesh – 3 dollars
C rubber from trees – Brazil – water – South Korea – Taiwan – 10 dollars
D petroleum – Saudi Arabia – coal – Taiwan – Indonesia – 23 cents
Question #12
A Because the manufacturing plants are overseas it is more practical to tan the hides near where they will be turned into leather goods.
B Other countries have longer traditions with tanning and have perfected the techniques.
C Labor and environmental standards are lower in other countries so it’s easier to tan the hides quickly, contaminating the environment and workers.
Question #13
A 5% and 40%
B 10% and 25%
C 18% and 5%
D 10% and 3%
Question #14
A Poststructrual Theory and Social Constructionism
B Race and Ethnicity
C Power and Rule of Law
D Security and Terrorism
E Gender and Sexuality
F Class and Inequality
Question #15
A It considers how “knowledge” is formed, taking into account culture, context, worldviews and belief systems
B It can take into account Western and non-Western perspectives and knowledge; it doesn’t set up a dichotomy between them.
C It encourages people to address practical, real-world global problems with all available intellectual resources.
D All of the above
Question #16
A Multidisciplinary scholarship
B Transdisciplinary scholarship
C Interdisciplinary scholarship
Question #17
A Transdisciplinary scholarship
B Interdisciplinary scholarship
C Multidisciplinary scholarship
Question #18
A Critical and Multicultural
B Transnational
C Interdisciplinary
D Intelligent
E Contemporary and Historical
F Global