Questions World Economy quiz-1

Questions World Economy

quiz-1

1. 
   Define the term globalization and list reasons why it has occurred
   
2. 
   Economic impacts of globalization
   
3. 
   The current stage of development of the World Economy
   
4. 
   Positive and negative aspects of globalization
   
5. 
   International specialization of the countries in the terms of globalization.
   
6. 
   The reasons and factors of uneven economic development
   
7. 
   Mercantilist theory
   
8. 
   What are the major arguments in favor of protectionism?
   
9. 
   Theory of absolute advantage
   
10. 
    Theory of comparative advantage
    
11. 
    Stages of development of the world economy
    
12. 
    W.W. Rostow and the Stages of Economic Growth
    
13. 
    Theory of the Post-Industrial Society (Daniel Bell)
    
14. 
    Toffler's theory “Wave theory”
    
15. 
    Huntington's theory of the “Clash of Civilizations”
    
16. 
    Fukuyama's theory “The End of History and the Last Man” 
    
17. 
    Core-Periphery Model
    
18. 
    Immanuel Wallerstein's «World System Theory»
    
19. 
    The criterions for the classification of countries
    
20. 
    United Nations Classification of Economics
    
21. 
    Preconditions of economic integration
    
22. 
    Levels of Regional Economic integrations
    
23. 
    Economic effects of economic integration
    
24. 
    Free trade area and Customs union
    
25. 
    Principles of Scale Economies (theory Paul Kruqman)
    

Quiz-2

1. 
   Common characteristics of MNCs
   
2. 
   FDI characteristics
   
3. 
   Comparative advantage of TNC
   
4. 
   Positive and Negative Effects from inward FDI
   
5. 
   Factors affecting on the development of international trade
   
6. 
   Current trends of development in international trade
   
7. 
   North American Free Trade Agreement: What benefits for participant countries
   
8. 
   Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory
   
9. 
    Competitive advantage (theory of M. Porter)
   
10. 
    Product Life Cycle Theory (R. Vernon)
    
11. 
    Basic reasons of international movement of capital
    
12. 
    Factors affecting on the development of international trade
    
13. 
    Types of barriers in the international trade
    
14. 
    Tariffs and nontariff barriers in the international trade
    
15. 
    Basic principles of the WTO
    
16. 
     International Financial Institutions and its role in the world economy
    
17. 
     Characteristic basis group countries in the international trade
    
18. 
    The Uruguay Round and The Marrakesh Agreement
    
19. 
    The problems of Doha Round
    
20. 
    Location and Projected Reserves of Key Minerals
    
21. 
    Major flows of oil on the world market.
    
22. 
    The role of energy resources in the world economy
    
23. 
    OPEC and its activity in the world oil market
    
24. 
    Coal is one of the main fuel resources and the problem of its use
    
25. 
    Prospects for the use of alternative energy
    

Quiz 3

1. 
   The Financial Crisis of 2007–2009 (chapter 8 at page 230)
   
2. 
   The nature and causes of overpopulation of the planet
   
3. 
   The density of the population and factors influencing on population distribution
   
4. 
   Malthusian Theory and Neo-Malthusian point view in population growth
   
5. 
   Reasons for Rapid Population Growth
   
6. 
   Some problems associated with or exacerbated by human overpopulation (chapter 3)
   
7. 
   Problem of urbanization and ideology of urban sustainability (chapter 10)
   
8. 
   Basic indexes for determine level of economic development of countries (chapter 14 at page 368-378)
   
9. 
   What is the human development index and how it is calculated?
   
10. 
    Factors affecting the food situation in the world
    
11. 
    The causes of backwardness in developing countries
    
12. 
    What does it mean food security ad how different countries resolve this problem?
    
13. 
    What does FAO to effectively resolve the global food problem?
    
14. 
    Information resources and their role in global economic development
    
15. 
    The role of the Internet in the world economy (chapter 9 page 261-…..)
    
16. 
    Characteristic problems of less developed countries (chapter 14 at page 354)
    
17. 
    The Recent Trends of International Migration
    
18. 
    The impact of International Migration on Economies of Sending and Receiving Countries
    
19. 
    The Impact of International Migration on the Economies of Receiving Countries
    
20. 
    The criteria by which countries belong to the NIC
    
21. 
    The essence of the policy of export-oriented NICs (chapter 14 at page 398-….)
    
22. 
    The essence of the policy of import substitution NICs (chapter 14)
    
23. 
    Factors of successful development of the NIC (chapter 14)
    
24. 
    Causes of poverty of developing countries (chapter 4)
    
25. 
    What has motivated countries to move along the path towards regional integration?