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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A are primarily from Guanajuato and began arriving there after World War I
B practice circular migration between Guanajuato and Moline
C receive all of their funding from private organizations
D still works as an HTA today
Question #2
A it is utilized by countries of the global North to exploit other countries
B is socially constructed
C refers to size of a phenomenon
D is a social construct without material implications
Question #3
A The economic slowdown in Madrid did not effect housing construction in Ecuador
B Ecuadorian men started migrating in large numbers to Madrid in the 1970s
C Ecuadorian migration to Spain began mostly with men
D Many Ecuadorians who could not afford to purchase a home in Spain, bought homes in Ecuador through catalogs in Madrid
Question #4
A Remittances from this group is the second leading contributor to Ecuador’s GNP
B Generally, it is the least educated Ecuadorians who migrated to Spain
C Ecuadorian women preceded men due to high demand for domestic work
D Ecuadorians abroad can have influence on the Ecuadorian government
Question #5
A they are designed solely to help citizens living abroad (i.e. not in Latin America)
B they can help finance stadiums and roads/highways in societies of origin
C they are important to transnational practices
D they work on multiple scales
Question #6
A remittances tend to decrease the sense of belonging from those living abroad
B In countries that experience large exoduses (e.g. Bolivia), remittances are very important to gross national product
C remittances cause workers to drop their national identities and favor an identity associated with their new country
D remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean are not yet as significant as they are in other world regions
Question #7
A What are the class and racial dynamics underlying immigration?
B Who is more likely to immigrate and why?
C How do local practices play into the process of immigration?
D How do labor dynamics influence immigration?
E Is immigration exclusively the outcome of global structures of inequality OR individual decision-making?
Question #8
A argues that the definitions of “globalization” and “nation” come from a long history of inequalities.
B does not question the concept of “the nation”; takes the concept of “nation” for granted.
C doesn’t explore inequality
D is based solely on the work of intellectuals from the global North
Question #9
A emerged in ideological opposition to dependency theory
B proposed that capitalism produces development in all areas of the globe
C posed that all areas are linked by unequal exchange
D did not discuss the perspective of the global periphery enough
Question #10
A is clearly separated from processes of colonialism
B typically does not entail power relations
C is about the global and not the local
D is integral to people’s daily lives
