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Quiz for Contesting Globalization

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Quiz for Contesting Globalization

Question 30.1

1. Which of these criticisms of the WTO is explicitly countered in the organization's "What We Stand For" Web page (see Document 30.1)?

The belief that the WTO is too easily influenced by public opinion

The belief that the WTO is too secretive about its policies and activities

The belief that the WTO is anti-American

The belief that the WTO works against the interests of developing countries

Correct. The answer is d. The WTO Web page makes a point of noting that three-quarters of its members are developing nations, and claims that the WTO is sensitive to the special needs of such countries.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The WTO Web page makes a point of noting that three-quarters of its members are developing nations, and claims that the WTO is sensitive to the special needs of such countries.

Question 30.2

2. Which of these best summarizes the WTO's goals, as described on its Web pages "What We Stand For" and "What We Do" (see Document 30.1)?

To ensure that economic factors take priority over all other concerns in international decision making

To promote capitalism, individualism, and personal liberty

To protect the rights and privileges of international businesses

To maximize global trade and to eliminate unfair or discriminatory trade practices

Correct. The answer is d. The organization is focused on trade practices, acknowledging, however, that trade practices are often linked to political, social, and environmental factors and concerns.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The organization is focused on trade practices, acknowledging, however, that trade practices are often linked to political, social, and environmental factors and concerns.

Question 30.3

3. Which of the following best encapsulates the perspective of Occupy Wall Street (see Document 30.2)?

Only by maximizing personal freedom around the world can we hope to achieve lasting peace.

The global economy is organized to benefit a tiny minority, at the expense of the rest of the world's population.

Environmental issues should be central to all international policy decisions, because without a healthy environment nothing else is possible.

Racism, sexism, and homophobia are all rooted in the myopic commitment to free-market capitalism.

Correct. The answer is b. As movement organizers put it on their Web site, Occupy Wall Street "aims to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future."

Incorrect. The answer is b. As movement organizers put it on their Web site, Occupy Wall Street "aims to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future."

Question 30.4

4. Which of these is one of the "myths" about NAFTA that the organization's supporters sought to counter on the NAFTANOW Web site (see Document 30.3)?

NAFTA works for the benefit of Mexico, but not the United States or Canada.

NAFTA is antibusiness.

NAFTA has led to job losses.

NAFTA has hurt the service sector.

Correct. The answer is c. The Web site notes that total employment in North America has increased by 40 million jobs since 1993. The site does not, however, break down that total by member country or place that number in the context of job growth over previous comparable time periods.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The Web site notes that total employment in North America has increased by 40 million jobs since 1993. The site does not, however, break down that total by member country or place that number in the context of job growth over previous comparable time periods.

Question 30.5

5. With which of these statements would both Greenpeace and the Global Greens be most likely to agree (see Document 30.4)?

Socialist economic and political systems are, by their nature, less harmful to the environment than alternative systems.

The health and happiness of future generations depend, above all else, on the protection of the global environment.

All human activity is harmful to the environment.

There is no inherent conflict between increased profits and power for corporations and environmental protection.

Correct. The answer is b. Both organizations place global environmental issues at the center of the larger political agenda.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Both organizations place global environmental issues at the center of the larger political agenda.

Question 30.6

6. According to the Global Greens charter, which of these do the Global Greens see as most responsible for the world's environmental problems and social and economic inequities (see Document 30.4)?

Efforts to impose centralized planning on the global economic system

The moral and spiritual decay of Western civilization

Out-of-control population growth

Governments and large corporations in the developed world

Correct. The answer is d. The Global Greens trace many of the world's most pressing problems to the current and historical behavior of wealthy countries.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The Global Greens trace many of the world's most pressing problems to the current and past behavior of wealthy countries.