Quiz 1

A  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.

B  Mining in indigenous communities is an example

C  They are commodities which serve to end conflict

D  They are regulated by the United Nations

E  Blood diamonds are an example

F  Women are affected differently than men by the presence of conflict commodities in their territory

A  White

B  Blue

C  Green

D  Red

A  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.

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  When children who are malnourished suddenly have access to food and begin growing rapidly.

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.

A  To promote human and natural rights over all else, protect vulnerable groups and minorities from exploitation by governments and international corporations.

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 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.

D  To promote peace and eliminate conflict in areas with conflict commodities, armed rebel groups, and high levels of local conflict.

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.

A  The proliferation of local armed groups

B  Government corruption in the DRC

C  Sexism and racism

D  The consumption of electronic devices such as smartphones, computers, tablets, etc.

A  $2

B  $5

C  $10

D  $30

A  The Simpsons

B  The Flintstones

C  Archer

D  American Dad

E  Rick and Morty

A  Which social categories are present/absent in research, what identities are considered important vs. unimportant?

B  How do infrared rays intersect with the ozone?

C  How are poor people specifically affected by climate change?

D  How is nature represented, how is it depicted in relationship to humans, what type of environmental knowledge is recognized and valued?

E  When we look at the climate intersectionally what differences do we see?

F  How is “a good life” defined, what is considered the “norm” when the relationships between humans, nature, and resources are discussed?

A  Anti-slavery and women’s rights

B  Peace

C  Animal rights

D  Saving people from drowning

E  Eugenics and racism

F  Protecting the rights of servants

A  group-level collective cultural patterns including language, norms, beliefs, myths, values, and worldviews, as well as symbolic emblems, artifacts

B  physical characteristics—from foods, flags, folk songs, folk gestures and movements, and folk dances to skin colors and facial features

C  ethnic identity, or an individual’s psychological identification with, or attachment to, an ethnic group

D  national origin, religion, language, and race

E  all of the above

A  rubber trees – DRC – petroleum – Kuwait – India – 5 dollars

B  petroleum – Saudi Arabia – coal – Taiwan – Indonesia – 23 cents

C  methane – Nigeria – petroleum – Ecuador – Bangladesh – 3 dollars

D  rubber from trees – Brazil – water – South Korea – Taiwan – 10 dollars

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  Labor and environmental standards are lower in other countries so it’s easier to tan the hides quickly, contaminating the environment and workers.

C  Other countries have longer traditions with tanning and have perfected the techniques.

A  18% and 5%

B  10% and 25%

C  10% and 3%

D  5% and 40%

A  Class and Inequality

B  Gender and Sexuality

C  Security and Terrorism

D  Race and Ethnicity

E  Power and Rule of Law

F  Poststructrual Theory and Social Constructionism

A  It encourages people to address practical, real-world global problems with all available intellectual resources.

B  It considers how “knowledge” is formed, taking into account culture, context, worldviews and belief systems

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

A  Transdisciplinary scholarship

B  Multidisciplinary scholarship

C  Interdisciplinary scholarship

A  Multidisciplinary scholarship

B  Transdisciplinary scholarship

C  Interdisciplinary scholarship

A  Global

B  Transnational

C  Contemporary and Historical

D  Critical and Multicultural

E  Intelligent

F  Interdisciplinary