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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A typically does not entail power relations
B is integral to people’s daily lives
C is clearly separated from processes of colonialism
D is about the global and not the local
Question #2
A created hometown associations (HTAs) but they have little to no contact with other HTAs in the US
B practice circular migration between Guanajuato and Moline
C receive all of their funding from private organizations
D are primarily from Guanajuato and began arriving there after World War I
Question #3
A refers to size of a phenomenon
B is socially constructed
C is a social construct without material implications
D it is utilized by countries of the global North to exploit other countries
Question #4
A Ecuadorian men started migrating in large numbers to Madrid in the 1970s
B Ecuadorian women living abroad challenge the social reproduction of their homes in Ecuador
C Many Ecuadorians who could not afford to purchase a home in Spain, bought homes in Ecuador through catalogs in Madrid
D The economic slowdown in Madrid did not effect housing construction in Ecuador
Question #5
A Remittances from this group is the second leading contributor to Ecuador’s GNP
B Ecuadorian women preceded men due to high demand for domestic work
C Ecuadorians abroad can have influence on the Ecuadorian government
D Generally, it is the least educated Ecuadorians who migrated to Spain
Question #6
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 work on multiple scales
D they are important to transnational practices
Question #7
A In countries that experience large exoduses (e.g. Bolivia), remittances are very important to gross national product
B remittances are an important reason why countries try to keep citizens living abroad involved in national politics
C remittances tend to decrease the sense of belonging from those living abroad
D remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean are not yet as significant as they are in other world regions
Question #8
A What are the class and racial dynamics underlying immigration?
B Is immigration exclusively the outcome of global structures of inequality OR individual decision-making?
C How do labor dynamics influence immigration?
D How do local practices play into the process of immigration?
E Who is more likely to immigrate and why?
Question #9
A is based solely on the work of intellectuals from the global North
B challenges historically modernist notions of both “nation” and “globalization”
C takes the concept of “nation” for granted.
D is conceptually identical to globalization
Question #10
A was based on the perspective of those living in the global periphery
B emerged in ideological opposition to dependency theory
C promoted socialist change
D focused exclusively on internal, i.e. not global, exploitation
