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ASB 378 Module 6 Quiz

Score for this quiz: 17 out of 17
Submitted Apr 23 at 4:48am
This attempt took 34 minutes.

 
Question 1
1 / 1 pts
According to Ritzer reading (“Global Environmental Flows”), there are no significant problems associated with ethanol use.

• True
• False

 
Question 2
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According to the video “No Logo: Brands, Globalization and Resistance,” institutions like the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, believe what is good for business and large corporations will be good for all of us eventually. 

• True
• False

  
Question 3
1 / 1 pts
According to the Lechner reading (“Global Justice: Is Another World Possible?”), which of the following is another label of the anti-globalization movement?

• Neoliberal movement
• The globalization movement
• Global justice movement
• None of the above

 
Question 4
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According to Ritzer reading (“Fair Trade”), while Brazilian farmers who meet fair trade standards get higher pay and a better standard of living, some coffee growers in other parts of the world do not gain nearly as much.

• True
• False

 
Question 5
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According to the Lechner reading (“Global Justice: Is Another World Possible?”), the specific impact of the global justice movement on international institutions has become readily apparent. 

• True
• False

 
Question 6
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According to the first lecture of this module (“The Global Justice Movement”), the anti-globalization or the global justice movement, which has fought to address inequalities produced by economic globalization, was no longer active by the 2000s.

• True
• False

 
Question 7
1 / 1 pts
According to the video “Environmental Impacts and Sustainability: Issues in Globalization,” which of the following can reduce the impact of the textile industry on the environment? 

• Using less water and energy
• Using fewer harmful chemicals
• Treating waste
• All of the above

 
Question 8
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According to the video, “ Climate Justice Now! How?,” which of the following is true?

• The speaker’s activism began when she learned about injustices against Australian Aborigines
• The great barrier reef has not deteriorated to the extent that people think
• She did not like Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth”
• A professor told her that the population of the world would eventually stabilize

  
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
According to the video “No Logo: Brands, Globalization and Resistance,” the female clothing factory worker who gave a speech in Brown University’s anti-sweatshop rally was from the Dominican Republic. 

• True
• False

 
Question 10
1 / 1 pts
According to the third lecture of this module (“Global Environmental Justice”), which of the following is true?

• Ethnic minorities and their communities in the United States are disproportionately affected by environmental hazards, risks, and contamination when compared to richer, mainstream communities. 
• Poorer minority communities do not have the means to deal with environmental problems and are not as aware of or concerned about them because they have more pressing issues to worry about.
• There is a tendency to locate environmentally hazardous facilities near or in minority communities partly because these communities lack the will or political/organizational power to protest and resist.
• All of the above

 
Question 11
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According to the video “Environmental Impacts and Sustainability: Issues in Globalization,” almost all the electricity used in the factories in Bangladesh adds to pollution and CO2 emissions.

• True
• False

 
Question 12
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According to Ritzer reading (“Global Environmental Flows”), sustainable development involves economic and environmental changes that meet the needs of the present, especially of the world’s poor, without jeopardizing the needs of the future. 

• True
• False

 
Question 13
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According to the third lecture of this module (“Global Environmental Justice”), global warming requires an international response based on global governance and cooperation, especially if issues related to global environmental justice are to be sufficiently addressed.

• True
• False

 
Question 14
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According to the video “No Logo: Brands, Globalization and Resistance,” which of the following is false?

• The protests outside the trade meetings of world leaders are exclusively about an anti-trade and anti-globalization message.
• The protests showed the beginning of reclaiming the public and the commons.
• The protests are based on activism that rejects the logic of the institutions like the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
• None of the above

 
Question 15
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According to the first lecture of this module (“The Global Justice Movement”), which of the following explains effects of neoliberalism correctly?  

• Local agriculture and farmers become competitive in the international market. 
• Powerful multinational corporations are banned from investing in developing countries.
• Governments reduce spending on social welfare and support programs.
• None of the above

 
Question 16
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According to Ritzer reading (“Fair Trade”), fair trade only concerns the social, economic, and environmental well-being of consumers in the North. 

• True
• False

  
Question 17
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According to Ritzer reading (“Fair Trade”), which of the following is false?

• Fair trade protects producers, especially farmers, from dramatic swings in prices for their products.
• Fair trade educates consumers and encourages them to put pressure on producers to engage in fair trade practices.
• Fair trade engages in environmentally sound practices and sustainable production.
• Fair trade only creates indirect relationships between producers in the South and consumers in the North.