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  • 1) Myanmar, however, got an important note of support from__________, which said it backed the government's moves toward stability.
    CHINA
  • 2) The Global Power City Index (GPCI) evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to their "magnetism". It ranks cities according to their comprehensive power to attract creative people and business enterprises from around the world.
    Both statements are true
  • 3) Although each of the violent religious movements around the world has its own distinctive culture and history, they have the following in common regarding their attitudes towards religion in society:
    1.They reject the compromises with liberal values and secular institutions that most mainstream religion has made.
    2.Radical religious movements refuse to observe the boundaries that secular society has set around religion.
    3.These movements try to create a new form of religiosity that rejects what they regard as weak modern substitutes for the more vibrant and demanding forms of religion that they imagine to be essential to their religion's origins.
    4.They find religion as a vehicle in promoting love and faith
    Except: They find religion as a vehicle in promoting love and faith
  • 4) The late French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has observed, our public life is shaped by symbols as much as by __________.
    INSTITUTIONS
  • 5) Asian Regionalism connect the region's capital markets to enhance the following:
    ~financial stability
    ~reduce the cost of capital
    ~improve opportunities for sharing risks
    ~political stability
    Except: political stability
  • 6) In international communication theory and research, cultural imperialism theory argued that audiences across the globe are heavily affected by media messages emanating from the ____.
    WESTERN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
  • 7) Asia is now so important to the world economy that it must also play a larger role in __________.
    GLOBAL ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP
  • 8) Asia's extraordinary success has brought new challenges—while rapid economic growth remains a priority, citizens demand that it also be __________.
    SUSTAINABLE AND MORE INCLUSIVE
  • 9) The top human rights official for the UN has dropped a damning charge on Myanmar: "ethnic cleansing". He's referring to the bloody crackdown by government forces against militants in the western part of the country.

    Both statements are true
  • 10) Ethnic cleansing is referring to the following:
    ~bloody crackdown by government forces against militants
    ~mass killings
    ~genocide
    ~imprisonment of a minority ethnic group
    Except: imprisonment of a minority ethnic group
  • 11) The center of gravity of the global economy is shifting to Asia. The region's economy is already similar in size to those of Europe and North America, and its influence in the world continues to increase.

    Both statements are true
  • 12) Grounded in an understanding of media as cultural industries, cultural imperialism is firmly rooted in a __________ perspective on international communication.
    POLITICAL-ECONOMY
  • 13) This view privileges an understanding of the interface of globalization and localization as a dynamic process and hybrid product of mixed traditions and cultural forms.
    CULTURAL HYBRIDITY OR HYBRIDIZATION
  • 14) ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi announced the formation of a caliphate stretching from Aleppo in Syria to Diyala in Iraq. He renamed the group the Islamic State.
    Both statements are true
  • 15) The following are the three biggest exports from the US to China
    ~Soybeans, Cars, Aircraft, Tobacco
    Except: Tobacco
  • 16) The following are members of the Global South
    ~Africa, Latin America, Developing Asia, Middle East, New Zealand
    Except: New Zealand
  • 17) "The massive displacement and victimization of people ... shows that Burmese security forces are not protecting civilians." Burmese security forces is referring to what country?
    MYANMAR
  • 18) The following are characteristics of the Asian region
    ~home to over half the world's population
    ~produces three tenths of global output (in terms of purchasing power)
    ~records the world's highest economic growth rates
    ~invest in 96% of global research and development expenditures
    Except: invest in 96% of global research and development expenditures
  • 19) Perhaps the most important contribution of cultural imperialism is the argument that international communication flows, processes, and effects are permeated by __________ .
    POWER
  • 20) This city slips from No. 1 to No. 4 in Economy due to weaker scores in "Market Size" and "Market Attractiveness."
    TOKYO
  • 21) Several countries established discriminatory currency blocs with strict exchange controls against outsiders resulted to the following:
    ~collapse of international trade
    ~collapse of international financial flows
    ~accelerating the downward spiral of economic activity
    ~improvement of employment rate
    Except: improvement of employment rate
  • 22) The top human rights official for the __________ has dropped a damning charge on Myanmar.
    UNITED NATIONS
  • 23) In the Global Power City Index (GPCI) of 2017, by region, European cities score highly in
    LIVABILITY
  • 24) Outlined the historical progression in terms of a society's capacity to produce and consume material goods
    MODERNIZATION THEORY (ROSTOW)
  • 25) Cosmopolitanism is characterized as follow:
    ~invokes pleasant images of travel
    ~everyday life is significantly shaped by commercial culture, retail and shopping
    ~networks and groups rely on geographic proximity
    ~consumption is highly affordable
    Except: consumption is highly affordable
  • 26) "The massive displacement and victimization of people ... shows that Burmese security forces are not protecting civilians." Is a statement said by
    UNITED STATES
  • 27) The following are proofs that the center of gravity of the global economy is shifting to Asia
    ~The region's economy is already similar in size to those of Europe and North America
    ~In many Asian countries, the cycle of poverty has been broken
    ~its influence in the world continues to increase
    ~Growth in international migration
    Except: Growth in international migration
  • 28) The September 11 attack and many other recent acts of religious terrorism are skirmishes in what their perpetrators conceive to be a global war. The choices of targets have often been transnational.
    Both statements are true
  • 29) Trump administration recommended new 25% __________ on $50 billion in Chinese goods
    TARIFFS
  • 30) This city gain high scores in Attractiveness of Dining Options and Number of Visitors from Abroad in Cultural Interaction
    LONDON
  • 31) In the book Jihad vs. McWorld, Jihad refers to tribalism. McWorld refers to capital
    driven West.
    - Both statements are true
  • 32) Ethnic cleansing was a charge made by the __________ against Myanmar.
    UNITED NATIONS
  • 33) How can Asian Regionalism contribute to the efficiency and stability of global financial markets?
    BY MAXIMIZING THE PRODUCTIVE USE OF ASIAN SAVINGS
  • 34) According to __________ , globalization replaced cultural imperialism because it conveys a process with less coherence and direction, which will weaken the cultural unity of all nation
    states, not only those in the developing world.
    - JOHN TOMLINSON
  • 35) This city further extends its lead over the competition by improving its scores for such indicators as GDP Growth Rate and Level of Political, Economic and Business Risk in Economy, and for Attractiveness of Dining Options and Number of Visitors from Abroad in Cultural Interaction.
    LONDON
  • 36) Myanmar got an important note of support from China, which said it backed the government's moves toward "stability". More than 300,000 [400,000] people have signed a petition seeking to have Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize withdrawn.

    Only the first statement is true
  • 37) For regionalism to benefit Asia, the following should be done to enhance financial stability
    CONNECT THE REGION'S CAPITAL MARKETS
  • 38) In the Global Media Debate, the developing nations insisted on the following
    FREE AND BALANCED FLOW OF INFORMATION
  • 39) In the Global Power City Index (GPCI) of 2017, by region, the cities of Asia have strong scores in
    ECONOMY
  • 40) __________ has emerged as a key perspective across the humanities and social sciences, a current undoubtedly affecting the discipline of communication.
    GLOBALIZATION