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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Blood diamonds are an example
B Women are affected differently than men by the presence of conflict commodities in their territory
C They are regulated by the United Nations
D 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.
E Mining in indigenous communities is an example
F They are commodities which serve to end conflict
Question #2
A White
B Blue
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 poor countries discover natural resources such as cobalt, gold, or coal, which causes their economies to grow rapidly, outgrowing existing infrastructure and regulations
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 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.
Question #4
A 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.
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 peace and eliminate conflict in areas with conflict commodities, armed rebel groups, and high levels of local conflict.
D To promote human and natural rights over all else, protect vulnerable groups and minorities from exploitation by governments and international corporations.
E 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.
Question #5
A The proliferation of local armed groups
B The consumption of electronic devices such as smartphones, computers, tablets, etc.
C Government corruption in the DRC
D Sexism and racism
Question #6
A $5
B $2
C $10
D $30
Question #7
A The Simpsons
B Rick and Morty
C The Flintstones
D American Dad
E Archer
Question #8
A When we look at the climate intersectionally what differences do we see?
B How is “a good life” defined, what is considered the “norm” when the relationships between humans, nature, and resources are discussed?
C How are poor people specifically affected by climate change?
D How do infrared rays intersect with the ozone?
E How is nature represented, how is it depicted in relationship to humans, what type of environmental knowledge is recognized and valued?
F Which social categories are present/absent in research, what identities are considered important vs. unimportant?
Question #9
A Peace
B Protecting the rights of servants
C Anti-slavery and women’s rights
D Animal rights
E Saving people from drowning
F Eugenics and racism
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 petroleum – Saudi Arabia – coal – Taiwan – Indonesia – 23 cents
B methane – Nigeria – petroleum – Ecuador – Bangladesh – 3 dollars
C rubber trees – DRC – petroleum – Kuwait – India – 5 dollars
D rubber from trees – Brazil – water – South Korea – Taiwan – 10 dollars
Question #12
A Labor and environmental standards are lower in other countries so it’s easier to tan the hides quickly, contaminating the environment and workers.
B Because the manufacturing plants are overseas it is more practical to tan the hides near where they will be turned into leather goods.
C Other countries have longer traditions with tanning and have perfected the techniques.
Question #13
A 10% and 25%
B 5% and 40%
C 18% and 5%
D 10% and 3%
Question #14
A Gender and Sexuality
B Power and Rule of Law
C Class and Inequality
D Security and Terrorism
E Poststructrual Theory and Social Constructionism
F Race and Ethnicity
Question #15
A It considers how “knowledge” is formed, taking into account culture, context, worldviews and belief systems
B It encourages people to address practical, real-world global problems with all available intellectual resources.
C It can take into account Western and non-Western perspectives and knowledge; it doesn’t set up a dichotomy between them.
D All of the above
Question #16
A Interdisciplinary scholarship
B Transdisciplinary scholarship
C Multidisciplinary scholarship
Question #17
A Interdisciplinary scholarship
B Multidisciplinary scholarship
C Transdisciplinary scholarship
Question #18
A Intelligent
B Global
C Interdisciplinary
D Contemporary and Historical
E Transnational
F Critical and Multicultural