The Contemporary World

It is the prevailing factor that influence the European nations-states to compete with their economical level through navigation and finding raw materials.

It is the proneness of the governments and peoples of two or more states to establish voluntary associations and to pool together resources in order to create common functional and institutional arrangements and a process occurring in a given geographical region by which different types of actors come to share certain fundamental values and norms:

It is the proneness of the governments and peoples of two or more states to establish voluntary associations and to pool together resources in order to create common functional and institutional arrangements and a process occurring in a given geographical region by which different types of actors come to share certain fundamental values and norms.

It is the statistical  study  of  human  populations.  It  includes  the study  of  the  size,  structure,  and  distributions  of  different  populations  and changes  in  them  in  response  to  birth,  migration,  aging,  and  death.

It is the statistical study of human populations:

It is the statistical study of human populations. It includes the study of the size, structure, and distributions of different populations and changes in them in response to birth, migration, aging and death

KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Utah in 1952. By 1963, Sanders was fielding franchise requests without having to put in the legwork, and had more than 600 restaurants across the US and Canada selling Kentucky Fried Chicken. Years later, Kentucky Fried Chicken would establish its own restaurants around the world, and the rest is history. The success of KFC as a business is what attribute of global corporations?

Korean Pop music or more famously known as K-pop has become a truly global phenomenon because of its distinctive blend of addictive melodies, slick choreography and production values, and an endless parade of attractive South Korean performers who spend years in grueling studio systems learning to sing and dance in synchronized perfection. Aside from the music, K-pop has also influenced the global audience in terms of fashion, movies, dramas, and cuisine. K-pop has been building for two decades, but K-pop in particular has become increasingly visible to global audiences in the past five to 10 years. South Korean artists have hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least eight times since the Wonder Girls first cracked it in 2009 with their crossover hit "Nobody" - released in four different languages, including English - and the export of K-pop has ballooned South Korea's music industry to an impressive $5 billion industry. K-pop is what aspect of globalization?

Long before Airbnb persuaded strangers to sleep in one another's homes and became a $25 billion company, it was just an idea to make extra bucks and make rent. It started with an email. Joe Gebbia sent his roommate, Brian Chesky, an idea: What if they made a designer's bed and breakfast, complete with a sleeping mat and breakfast? It was a way to "make a few bucks." Almost nine years later that idea is worth $25 billion. They created a simple site, airbedandbreakfast.com, and bought three air mattresses. The duo had met at college at the Rhode Island School of Design, so they thought acting as tour guides to designers would be a fun way to make money. By 2011, four years after the first air mattress guests, Airbnb was already in 89 countries and had hit 1 million nights booked on the platform. It also finally won the break-out mobile app award at SXSW - despite having tried to launch there three years earlier (Carson, 2016). What attribute of global corporations contributed to the success of Airbnb?

Many American companies are now transferring technology development, customer service, financial and administrative jobs to international markets. India is the leading recipient of the outsourcing of information technology functions like software development and maintenance, and also BPOs. The latter includes back-office functions like accounting, human resources, call centers and data analysis (DiCarlo, 2003). The practice of farming out jobs from a home base to other countries, largely in an effort to cut costs is called:

McDonald's marketing has different strategy in different regions. Even in Asia, the advertising content for each country is different. For example, in Japan, most Japanese have high preferences on animations and the animation in Japan is the fastest growing industry as well. So McDonald's tends to use more animation elements for marketing and advertising. It aims to attract more target customers, including kids, teenagers, and even young adults. Many well-known cartoons were used in McDonald's advertisement marketing that enhances the attractiveness and popularity of products. In Malaysia, the Halal logo are indicated in all kinds of Halal food advertising. It also emphasizes on good values with draw attentions of local customs. The customs in different areas presents diversity. McDonald's also considered the local eating habits to practice the different marketing strategies. For example, many Chinese people choose Chinese food for breakfast, McDonald's launched a Chinese-style breakfast based on the eating habits (Li, 2016). What attribute of global corporations does McDonald's practice?

Membership in this religious organization is by childbirth wherein new generations are born into it and are formally inducted through baptism:

mong the different conceptions about globalization, which pertains to the global spread and integration of ideas, values, norms, behaviors, and ways of life of a certain country to another.

Nike and Apple's "Nike+" is a co-branding collaboration which started as as a way to bring music from Apple to Nike customers' workouts using the power of technology: Nike+iPod created fitness trackers and sneakers and clothing that tracked activity while connecting people to their tunes. It's a genius co-branding move that helps both parties provide a better experience to customers - and with the popularity of fitness tracking technology, Nike+ is ahead of the curve by making it easy for athletes to track while they play. What attribute of global corporations do Nike and Apple employ?

One of the aims of a Research paper is for students to know proper citation.

One of the benefits of globalization is the eradication of global inequality

One of the downsides of globalization is the inverted relationship of population growth and the availability of resources.

One of the traditional challenges of a country is an invasion of other countries, which is also called:

People who enter a country, usually in search of employment, without the necessary documents and permits

People who enter a country, usually in search of employment, without the necessary documents and permits:

People with qualifications as managers, executives, professionals, technicians or similar, who move within the internal labor markets of trans-national corporations and international organizations, or who seek employment through international labor markets for scarce skills:

Philip Morris International is an American cigarette and tobacco company which sells its products in 180 countries outside the United States. In the Forbes Global 2000 List, it grabbed the top spot with foreign revenue unsurprisingly accounting for 100 percent of total revenue, considering that it sells its products exclusively overseas. What attribute of global corporations does Philip Morris International employ?

Rapid expansion of global communications can be traced back to the mechanical advancements of technologies during the 18th/19th centuries, which began with the invention of the _______ in 1837:

Resistance to globalization is multiple, complex, contradictory and ambiguous

Since joining the world body in 1956, this country has all along positioned cooperation with the United Nations as a major pillar of its diplomacy. It has cooperated in UN activities in a wide range of areas, making the second largest financial contributions among the member States next only to the United States:

Social media has become a ubiquitous part of daily life, but this growth and evolution has been in the works since the late 70s. From primitive days of newsgroups, listservs and the introduction of early chat rooms, social media has changed the way we communicate, gather and share information, and given rise to a connected global society (Morrison, 2015). This evolution of social media is what aspect of globalization?

Students must make a research paper and the topic should be related to Industrialization

The 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour indicate that one-fifth of all African children are involved in child labour, a proportion more than twice as high as in any other region. Nine per cent of African children are in hazardous work, again highest of all the world's regions. Africa has the largest number of child labourers; 72.1 million African children are estimated to be in child labour and 31.5 million in hazardous work (International Labour Organization, 2017). The statement means that:

The acceptable format for the Research is IMRAD

The acceptable format for the Research is IMRadD

The annual changes in population resulting from births, deaths and net migration during the year:

The Contemporary World is a study of

The Contemporary World is a study of:

The decision, the conflict, and the resolution of that conflict are done through the ______ of the government established and codified in that particular state, whether or not through elections:

The development of our world today by using the earth's resources and the preservation of such sources for the future is called

The European Union grew out of a desire for peace in a war-torn and divided continent. Five years after World War II ended, France and Germany came up with a plan to ensure their two countries would never go to war against each other again. The result was a deal signed by six nations to pool their coal and steel resources in 1950. Seven years later a treaty signed in Rome created the European Economic Community (EEC) - the foundations of today's European Union. The UK was one of three new members to join in the first wave of expansion in 1973. Today the EU has 28 member states with a total population of more than 500 million (bbc.com). The founding of the European Union is influenced by what aspect of globalization?

The five largest religions in the world are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and:

The five Multilateral Development Banks are composed of the following, except:

The following are the roles of International Financial Institutions in the world. EXEPT:

The following statements are correct about globalization except for the following:

The level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards

The level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards:

The level of riches, comfort, material merchandise, cash and necessities accessible to a specific financial class in a specific region is called

The level of riches, comfort, material merchandise, cash and necessities accessible to a specific financial class in a specific region is called:

The Millennium Development Goals were the eight international development goals created by the United Nations for the year 2015 to address the different problems in the world. Which of the following ranked first in the eight development goals?

The most populous country in the world today is:

The phenomenon wherein fertility declines and life expectancy rises, the proportion of the population above a certain age rises as well:

The relationship between globalization and sustainability is multi-dimensional ---it involves economic, political and socials aspects

The religion which was promulgated by the Prophet Muhammed in Arabia in the 7th century CE.

The rise of global cities has been linked with the expansion of the role of TNCs in global production patterns. TNC stands for:

The SAARC comprises of eight Member States: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC stands for:

The solutions to the problems of globalization is dependent on its citizens

The term ______ is often used as shorthand for poor or developing nations.

The term _______ comes from the word medium which is defined as channel, means, or method:

The term Buddha is a Sanskrit word which means:

The term international financial institution typically refers to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The last five banks are considered MDBs. What does MDBs stand for?

The term used to describe the role of media in promoting transparency in public life and public scrutiny of those with power through exposing corruption, maladministration and corporate wrong-doing:

The term used to describe the role of media in promoting transparency in public life and public scrutiny of those with power through exposing corruption, maladministration and corporate wrongdoing:

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is a comprehensive, internationally binding agreement on the rights of children, a human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. When was the treaty adopted by the United Nations?

The United Nations came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security. The UN does this by working to prevent conflict; helping parties in conflict make peace; peacekeeping; and creating the conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish. What aspect of globalization deals with the establishment of UN in order to maintain international peace and security?

The United Nations came into being in 1945, following the devastation of the Second World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security. The United Nations is responsible for maintaining ceasefires and stabilizing situations on the ground, providing crucial support for political efforts to resolve conflict by peaceful means. Those missions consisted of unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops with primarily monitoring, reporting and confidence-building roles. Which unit of the United Nations is responsible for these efforts?

The United Nations defines _____ as a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information.

The work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development is called:

These are factors in the destination country that attract the individual or group to leave their home because of the opportunities presented in the new location were not available to them previously:

These are migrants who migrate for a limited period of time in order to take up employment and send money home:

These institutions provide financial support and professional advice for economic and social development activities in developing countries and promote international economic cooperation and stability:

These organizations were established to link together geographically and ideologically related states:

These regions are also called formal regions some trait is shared with relative uniformity across the space.

These regions are also called formal regions wherein some trait is shared with relative uniformity across the space.

These regions are also called perceptual regions which are often based around a common cultural characteristic:

This can be defined "as a moral and ethical disposition that can guide the understanding of individuals or groups of local and global contexts, and remind them of their relative responsibilities within various communities."

This form of media is also known as new media, consisting of contents that are organized and distributed on digital platforms:

This includes private economy, educational institutions, churches, hospitals, fraternal organizations, and other non-profit organizations:

This involves systematic government intervention in foreign trade through tariffs and non- tariffs barriers in order to encourage domestic producers and deter their foreign competitors.

This is aims at a more moral and equitable global economic system whereby price is not set by the market rather it is transparently negotiated by both producers and consumers