Understanding World Societies:
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> CHAPTER 33 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

LIBERALISM AND GLOBALIZATION
  • What particular challenges do multinational corporations pose to developing nations?
  • How would you explain the tendency of governments around the world to remove barriers to the circulation of goods and capital and at the same time that they erect new barriers to cross-border migration?
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
  • What are the most important obstacles to the formulation and implementation of a coordinated global response to climate change?
  • Why do women and children remain the most vulnerable populations on the planet?
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • In your opinion, will recent advances in communication technology lead to more or less political and individual freedom? Why?
  • What challenges and opportunities have been created by recent advances in science and technology?
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD
  • In what ways does the current era of globalization differ from earlier period of accelerating global contacts?
  • A hundred years from now, will the nation-state still be the basic unit of social and political organization? Why or why not?
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