Capitalism and Culture: A New Phase of Global Interaction, Since 1945

Chapter 23 Summative Quiz

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1. Which of the following factors contributed to economic globalization during the twentieth century?

Increased labor migration during the Great Depression

Technological advances that lowered transportation costs dramatically

The elimination of tariffs in the two decades following World War I

The rejection by Western powers of the Bretton Woods system

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2. What effect did the Bretton Woods system have on globalization after World War II?

It established rules for commercial and financial dealings among major capitalist countries.

It placed political controls on the economic activity of countries within the communist bloc.

It created processes that made the globalized economy subject to public accountability.

It restricted the global movement of capital, increased tariffs, and subsidized state-run enterprises.

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3. Which of the following represents a pattern of global migration since the 1960s?

The movement of people from developing countries to the industrialized world

The movement of people from the Global North to the Global South

The movement of people from Latin America and the Caribbean to Europe

The movement of people from Europe and North America to Asia and Africa

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4. Beginning in the 1960s, which of the following were identified as key issues in Western feminism by women of color?

Gaining the right to vote

Promoting cultural imperialism

Challenging patriarchal domination

Ending racism and poverty

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5. Which of the following reflects a response of African feminists to Western feminism in the 1970s and beyond?

They used Western feminism as a weapon to combat colonialism.

They incorporated the Western feminist emphasis on individualism.

They shared Western feminists’ goal of ending female circumcision.

They criticized Western feminism as a form of cultural imperialism.

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6. Which of the following is considered a success of the international women’s movement?

Unity and consensus among those working within global feminism

Universal protection of women’s reproductive rights

Global extension of equal inheritance rights for women

International recognition that women’s rights are human rights

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7. Which of the following characterizes the response of religious fundamentalism to global modernity?

A selective rejection of certain aspects of modernity

A wholesale rejection of all aspects of modernity

A wholesale embrace of all aspects of modernity

A unified movement to destroy all aspects of modernity

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8. Which of the following has been a goal of Islamic fundamentalist groups in the Muslim world since the 1970s?

To create a distinctly Islamic modernity not dependent on Western ideas

To seek an advantage in an American-led economic globalization

To introduce innovations in Islamic religious practice

To achieve political independence using non-violent protest tactics

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9. What do the Gulen movement in Turkey and the Amman Message issued in Jordan in 2005 share in common?

Both emphasized a literal and dogmatic interpretation of the Quran.

Both affirmed violent jihad as a legitimate part of Islamic life.

Both defined those who disagreed with them as “non-Muslims.”

Both sought to encourage cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.

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10. Describing the current era since the Industrial Revolution as the Anthropocene Era calls attention to the

psychological trauma caused by wars.

lasting impact of human activity on the planet.

temporary solutions during times of scarcity.

social inequalities generated by economic development.

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11. Which of the following has contributed to the environmental changes of the twentieth century?

The explosive increase in the world population

The resurgence of fundamentalism as a response to modernity

The expansion of the service industry in the industrial West

The emergence of alternative models of globalization

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12. Which of the following was a more central issue in environmental movements in developing countries than those in the industrial West?

Controlling air pollution

Securing food supplies

Protecting wilderness areas

Stopping global warming