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FINAL EXAMINATION IN GE 5 -THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

1. Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The following statements are correct abut sustainable development EXCEPT one:

a. Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
b. The solution was found in increased productivity of agriculture to guarantee food production and
consumption.
c. Sustainability is the foundation for today's leading global framework for international cooperation -
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
d. Sustainability has now been a major problem only by the developing countries but not in the
developed countries.

2. It represents the fifth largest stock market in the world.

a. New York Social Exchange c. Tokyo Stock Exchange

b. Shanghai Stock Exchange d. Hong Kong Stock Exchange

3. The following statement are feminist perspective to the issue of reproductive rights EXCEPT:
a. Government ignores other equally important causes like unequal distribution wealth, lack of public
safety nets, education and gender equality programs.
b. Government has a very little evidence that point out to overpopulation as the culprit behind poverty
and ecological devastation.

c. Women should receive family planning counselling on abortion, nature of human sexuality and main
element of responsible parenthood.
d. Any form of population control does not empower women.

4. It is a phenomenon of driving out the poor residents in favour of newer wealthier residents?

a. Splinternet c. Gentrification
b. Cyberbalkanization d. Global Village

5. The following statements are the disadvantages of global migration EXCEPT:

a. A Global migration invites the qualified personnel and remove young workers
b. The tertiary graduate leaves their home country for the high value of salary.

c. The home country had lost professionals as they emigrated to the other countries.

6. A city that declared by World Health organization as one of the most polluted cities in the world.

a. Riyadh c. Tokyo
b. Manila d. Gaborone

7. A dangerous form of pollution specially to go hand in hand with urbanization caused mainly due to
chimneys, factory stacks, vehicles and other smoke releases to air making it toxic.

a. Air pollution c. Soil pollution

b. Noise pollution d. Water pollution

8. It is natural process that warms the Earth's surface when the Sun's energy reaches the Earth's
atmosphere and some of it is reflected back to space and rest is absorbed and re-radiated by
greenhouse gases, it is a_.
a. Climate change c. Global warming
b. Pollution d. Greenhouse effect
9. It is the number of people per thousand who die in a particular area during a particular period of time
a. Birth rate c. Infant mortality
b. Death rate d. Life expectancy

10. Which of the following statements of environment problems is TRUE?

a. Changes in global pattern c. Depletion of the ozone layer
b. Overpopulation d. All of then given option

11. It refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the
physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical.

a. Urbanization c. Migration
b. Population d. Overpopulation

12. It is specialized agency if the United Nations that leads international efforts developing countries in
transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practice, ensuring good nutrition
and food security for all.
a. Southeast Asian Treaty Organization c. Food and Agriculture Organization
b. World Health Organization d. United Nations

13. A city that declared by World Health Organization as one of the 7. most polluted cities in the world.
a. Riyadh c. Tokyo
b. Manila d. Gaborone

14. The following statements are the advantages of global migration EXCEPT one:
a. The migrant workers have sent back a high percent value of remittances to their home countries.
b. Migrants remittance make significant contributions to the development of small-and-medium-term
industries that generate jobs.
c. Remittances likewise change the economic and social standing of the other migrants.
d. Migrant workers will continuously work outside their home country to double the purchasing power
of their family.

15. A friend offered a job and a place to live in the city.

a. Push factors c. Push & Pull factors

b. Pull factors d. none of the given option

16. I was forced to leave my own land!

a. Push factors c. Push & Pull factors
b. Pull factors d. none of the given option

17. I was moved into the city for the night-life.

a. Push factors
b. Pull factors
c. Push & pull factors
d. none of the given option

18. My sons are ill. There are no doctors in our village but there are hospitals in the city.
a. Push factors c. Push & pull factors
b. Pull factors d. None of the given options

19. Our village was washed away by floods.

a. Push factors

b. Pull factors

c. Push & pull factors

d. None of the given options

20. It is the total number of live births per 1,000 population in a year or period.

a. Infant mortality c. Birth rate

b. Death rate d. Life expectancy
21. It refers to people moving from one area to another within one country?
a. International Migration c. National Migration
b. Internal Migration d. Local Migration
22. The following are the added criteria of Economic Intelligence Unit to measure the economic
competitiveness of a city EXCEPT one:
a. Size of the market and middle-class c. Purchasing power of citizens
b. Potential for growth d. Number of populations
23. Which following statement describes Global cities as the sites and medium of globalization is not
TRUE?
a. Global cities are the material presentation of the phenomenon.
b. Through global cities we see the best of globalization.
c. Global cities create a fusion of ideas and culture.
d. Global cities caused conflict from one belief to another.

24. He was the founding Director of Global Studies and the Globalization and Social Change Initiative
that describes media as a conveying something, such as a channel of communication.
a. Marshall McLuhan c. Jack Lule
b. Dennis Flyn d. Elihu Katz

25. The following are the disadvantages of social media EXCEPT one?

a. People pace themselves in when they are online.

b. It invites users to listen or read opinions and challenges their viewpoints that make more partisan and
closed-minded.
c. Social media has been used by people in power who are aware that social media a herd mentality.
d. Social media enabled users to be consumers and producers of information simultaneously.

26. It is an association of different Protestant congregations that has criticized economic globalization
because of its negative effects.
a. World Council of Churches c. World Council of Movements
b. World Believers Organization d. World Churches Organization
27. The following are listed as the leading global demographic issues facing the world today EXCEPT one:
a. Uneven population growth worldwide
b. Demographic Pressures on the Environment
c. Urbanization
d. Spread of Diseases
28. They are people popular known as overseas contract workers who migrate for a limited period in
order to work and send remittances to their families left at home.
a. Temporary labor migrants c. Refuges
b. Highly skilled and business migrants d. Asylum-seekers
29. They are people who move across borders in search of protection?
a. Temporary labor migrants c. Refuges

b. Highly skilled and business migrants d. Asylum-seekers

30. It represents the highest concentration of the capital in the world.
a. New York Social Exchange c. Tokyo Stock Exchange
b. Financial Times Stock Exchange d. Philippine Stock Exchange
31. It is created for high-yielding varieties of rice and other cereals along with development of new
methods of cultivation.
a. Green Revolution c. Industrial Revolution

b. Population Revolution d. Global Revolution

32. A country were poor migrants are forced out and ethnic enclaves known as banlieue?
a. France c. New York
b. Japan d. Singapore
33. It is the study of both qualitative and quantitative aspects of human population.

a. Geography c. Demography

b. Anthropology d. Sociology

34. It refers to prediction of the number of years for which a person will live. It is determined based on
the statistical average, considering many factors, including year and place of birth, race, education level,
income, and medical history.
a. Infant mortality c. Birth rate
b. Death rate d. Life expectancy

35. It refers to the group of migrants who are unwilling to return because of a fear of persecution on
account of race, religion, membership in particular social group, or political opinion.
a. Internal Migrants c. Refuges
b. Illegal Migrants d. Petitioned

36. Which of the following statements of a globalist is NOT true?

a. Globalist aside human-made laws
b. Globalist sees his/her work contributing to the nation and global economic system.
c. Globalist is concerned with spreading with holy ideas globally.
d. Globalist give values the ends and means to open up further the economies of the world.

37. It is an urban center that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as hub within a
globalized economic system.
a. Global City c. World
b. Rural d. Urban

38. It is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.
a. Southeast Asian Treaty Organization c. Food and Agriculture Organization
b. World Heath Organization d. United Nations
39. The condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired
quality of life, or a population crash.
a. Urbanization c. Migration
b. Population d. Overpopulation
40. It is the number of people in a geographic area. It can be used for subgroups of people or animals.
a. Megacities c. Migration
b. Population d. Overpopulation

41. It is simply the number of infant deaths in a single year out of every 1,000 live births of a particular
year?
a. Infant mortality c. Birth rate
b. Death rate d. Life expectancy

42. He theorized that populations will continue to grow until growth is stopped or reversed by disease,
famine or calamity.

a. Karl Marx c. Adam Smith

b. Thomas Malthus d. David Ricardo

43. Which of the following statement of greenhouse effect is true?

a. Heat radiates from Earth towards space.
b. Some of this heat is trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, keeping the Earth warm enough
to sustain life.
c. Human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land clearing are increasing the amount
of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
c. all of the given
44. It refers to people moving from one country to another.
a. International Migration c. National Migration
b. Internal Migration d. Local Migration

45. Which of the following statement of religion is NOT true?

a. Religion is concerned with sacred other than material wealth.
b. Religion is concerned with spreading holy ideas globally.
c. Religion assumes that there is "the possibility" of communication between humans and transcendent.
d. Religion is largely focus on the realms of markets.

46. This element demands having adequate supply of quality food on a steady and reliable basis.
a. Availability of food c. food utilization, safety and sanitation
b. Access to food d. Environmental stability

47. Nutrition education increases the awareness of the people with regards to the proper selection of
food items to be included in the daily meal plan.
a. Availability of food c. food utilization, safety and sanitation
b. Access to food d. Environmental stability

48. Family units with enough financial stability and resources stay clear of the threat to poverty
guaranteeing their access to available food in the market.
a. Availability of food c. Food utilization, safety and sanitation
b. Access to food d. Environmental stability

49. Pressures are rising all over the world as finite resources become smaller by the hour posing
problems to the production of food.
a. Availability of food c. Food utilization, safety and sanitation
b. Access to food d. Environmental stability

50. Which of the following statements of Global citizenship is not TRUE?

a. Global citizenship works on the premise that when united, we can make difference and rid the world
of discrimination, social justice, food insecurity and environmental degradation.
b. Global citizenship creates conflicts to individuals because of cultural differences.
c. A global citizen is a person who recognizes being part of an unfolding global community and that
individual conduct and behavior act as the building blocks of a community 's culture.
d. A global citizen is an individual who is aware of and firmly understands the interdependent system of
societies and their relative position in that arena.