TOPICS: 1.THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS2.FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION3.GREAT DECISIONS4.SULTANATE OF OMAN5.INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION TRENDS

Week 2 Quiz

Caribbean Islands

a) Sugar caneb)Rumc)Tourismd)Electronics

1. What is the islands’ most profitable industry?

a) The Europeansb)Intuitive scholarsc) The Arawaksd)The Africans

2. Which group of people has arguably preserved most the Caribbean culture?

a) Antiguab) Jamaicac) Barbadosd) Haiti

3. Which former British colony retains enough British traditions to be called

“Little England”?

a) The Europeansb) Intuitive scholarsc) The Arawaksd)The Africans

4. Which old culture and customs influence much of the religious worship in

the Caribbean?

a) Tainosb) Caribsc) Ciboneysd) Arawaks

5. The earliest inhabitants of the Caribbean islands were which group of

people?

Food Production and Consumption

a) 1970b)1982c) 1990d)2001

6. According to the World Bank the volume of global trade will decline for the

first time since

a) They started out with a strong economic growth

b) They have a low per capita incomec) They have a growing GDPd) They have a weak currency

7. China is likely to emerge from this crisis in a relatively strong position, which of the following is not one of the reasons

behind this?

a) Corn prices are too highb)Countries are planting more cornc) Developing countries are buy more meatd)Diversion of corn for the production

of ethanol in the US during this period

8. Global import growth remains strong from 2011 to 2017, in the reference

scenario; with corn being the exception why is this?

a) Low interest rate in the USb) Depreciation of the $c) US economic growthd) US capital formation

9. The China trade surplus with the US will lead to all of the following except

what?

a) The IMF was using biased statsb)A substantial part of the decline in

value is due to falling pricesc) The recessiond)The IMF values are measured in relative

terms

10. Current information indicates that the decline in the value of merchandise trade in the

first quarter of 2009 is nearly 7 times higher than the IMF projections, what is the reason for

this big discrepancy?

Great Decisions

a) Natural resourcesb) Populationc) Political stabilityd) History

11. Political scientist Kenneth Waltz suggested a set of five different measures to assess a state’s power, which of the following

is not one of these five?

a) 20 % clipb) 3 % clipc) 10 % clipd) 5 % clip

12. For over a decade, China’s economy has grown annually at a

a) U.S.Ab) Indiac) South Koread) Japan

13. Which country disavowed both nuclear weapons and offensive military power under

its Peace Constitution?

Sultanate of Oman

a) Nejranb)Qanac) Marabatd)Medina

14. The continual stream of caravans made what city the most important global trade

center of its time?

a)Qanab)Medinac) Meccad)Nejran

15. Which city was the center of the Oceanic frankincense trade?

a) The use of the camel as a pack animal

b)Early adoption of moneyc) Early adoption of a written languaged)Rapid advances in ship building

16. Which of the following was not one of the innovations that came out of the

frankincense trade?

a) 11b)15c)17d)19

17. The trip from Shabwah to the Mediterranean was described by Pliny as

taking how many stages

a) 6 monthsb)1 yearc)5 yearsd)10 years

19. After continuing tapping for what period of time are the trees rested?

International Migration Trends

a) Latin Americab)Europec)Asiad)Caribbean

20. The proportion of women and girls among all international migrants was nearly 50 per cent in 2005, up from 49 per cent in 1990. In which of

the following areas were females underrepresented among migrant populations?

a) 100 millionb) 145 millionc) 226 milliond) 300 million

21. In 2004, official migrant remittances, worldwide, amounted to how much?

a) 1/4 b)1/3 c) 1/2d)3/4

22. In 2005 what fraction of developed countries had integration policies?

a) Travel agency workersb)Travelersc) High skilled workersd)Young citizens

23. Working holiday maker program is a program to facilitate the admission of:

Revision

a) Leslie Taylorb) Mark Taylorc) Simon Taylord) None of the above

24. Who was Jamaica’s largest planter and wealthiest landowner?

a) 1809b)1909c)1807d)1707

25. When was the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed?

a) Abolition of slaves b)National laborc)Keeping slavesd)None of the above

26. The West India Committee was a pressure group that supported

a) Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethical or racial or religious group

b) Persons commiting genocide should be punished

c) The present convention shall remain in effect for a period of 10 years then for successive periods of five years

27. Which of these is not one of the articles of the Genocide Convention?

a) Attempt to commit genocideb) Killing a presidentc) Conspiracy to commit crimes

against a specific racial groupd) Complicity in genocide

28. Which of these acts is not punishable under the genocide convention?

a) Resolution 242 in the year 1948b) Resolution 96 in the year 1946c) Resolution 151 in the year 1950d) Resolution 70 in the year 1967

29. Which Resolution and in which year made by the UN recognized that Genocide is a crime

under International Law?

a)The Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean

b)The Red Sea and the Arabian Seac) The Mediterranean Sea and the Sea

of Marmarad)The Indian Ocean and the Arabian

Gulf

30. The Strait of Hormuz connects which two bodies of water

a)Incenseb)Leadc) Oild)Coal

31. What was the city of Ubar known for?

a)A navigational toolb)A man who lived during the

classical age in the city of Ubarc) A star that the traders followed for

navigational purposesd)None of the above

32. What was the Kamal

a) The greatb)The honoredc)Sailing aroundd)Expeditions

33. What is the meaning of the name Periplus

a) The Frenchb)The Portuguesec) The Italiansd)None of the above

34. Who sacked the city of Muscat