ALDERSGATE COLLEGE, INC.

Solano, Nueva Vizcaya

College of Arts, Sciences and
Education

FINAL EXAMINATION IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Name: ANSWER KEY Date: ______________

Course and Year: ____________________________

I. TRUE OR FALSE
Directions: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct otherwise write the word FALSE if the
statement is wrong. Write your answer in the space provided before the number.

TRUE 1. The term “Third World” labeled to those countries that did not align with democratic or
communist countries.
TRUE 2. Poorer countries are mostly located in tropical region and in the Northern Hemisphere.
FALSE 3. One of the characteristics of North according to Brandt Line, North has ¾ of the world’s
people.
TRUE 4. Multilateralism refers to an alliance of multiple counties pursuing a common goal.
TRUE 5. Haiti is considered as Third World Country.
FALSE 6. Jamaica doesn’t have a mixed economic freedom.
TRUE 7. Channel of Influencers is one of the big impact in Argentina’s economy.
TRUE 8. Peru’s main activity is mining of silver and copper.
TRUE 9. Thomas Maltus is a British economist known for his theory “Malthusian theory”.
FALSE 10. Robert W. Notestein was the first person coined the term Demographic Transition.
TRUE 11. Poverty is the main reason for a less developing countries.
TRUE 12. The biggest business of the North was in railroad construction.
FALSE 13. War is not a reason for development gap.
FALSE 14. Oxfam reported that the richest 70 people in the world owned the same amount of
wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population.
TRUE 15. The Un has developed a program dedicated to warming the divide theory its
Millennium Development Goals.
TRUE 16. Netherlands is like Philippines whose main role are the prosperity and security of the
country.
FALSE 17. Pacifism means is any violence that is justifiable under any circumstances and it is
acceptable.
FALSE 18. Bahamas is one of the developed country.
TRUE 19. In Global South, economy was based on cotton production which depended on slave
labor.
TRUE 20. Almost all the European countries are considered a developed country.

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II. IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Give the term that is being asked in every statement below. Write your answer on the
space provided before each number.

DEMOGRAPHY 21. It examines the size, structure, and movement of populations over space and
time.
PUSH FACTOR 22. Factor that help migrants decide to leave their home.
POLITICAL REASONS 23. This reason why migrants move to other country because of the
unattractiveness of agricultural activities.
LATE TRANSITION 24. In this stage, birth rate starts to decline.
SINGAPORE 25. This country has the highest median age in Southeast Asia.
POPULATION AGING 26. It is the 21st century’s dominant demographic phenomenon.
OFW 27. A person of Filipino origin who lives outside the Philippines.
70% 28. According to FAO, how many percent do we still need to supply all the needs
of the global population?
7.8/6.9 BILLION 29. What is today’s population?
JAPAN 30. What country is on top for the life expectancy rate?

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the best correct answer in every questions below. Write the CAPITAL LETTERS
of your answer on the space provided before each number.

A&B 31. What are the types of migration? Select 2.

A. Internal Migration C. Legal Migration
B. International Migration D. Illegal Migration
A 32. They are the people who permanently move to another country.
A. Immigrants C. Workers
B. Migrants D. Refugees
D 33. They are the people who stay in another country for fixed period.
A. Migrants C. Refugees
B. Immigrants D. Workers
C 34. They are the people who are unable or unwilling to return.
A. Illegal immigrants C. Refugees
B. Workers D. Immigrants

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C 35. It is a push factor that forces people to emigrate from a country.
A. Environmental Factor C. Cultural Factor
B. Socio-Political Factor D. Economic Factor
A 36. It is a sudden or progressive changes in the environment that adversely affect the people’s
lives or living conditions.
A. Environmental Factor C. Socio-Political Factor
B. Economic Factor D. Cultural Factor
A 37. If a person moves from Canada to Mexico, this is considered what type of migration?
A. International C. Migrant Stream
B. Intranational  D. Rural to Urban Migration
B 38. Which continent is seeing a huge wave of migrants? 
A. North America C. Asia
B. Europe D. Australia
A 39. Famine, disease and war are considered what?
A. Push Factors C. Economic factor
B. Pull Factors D. Social factor
C 40.  A migrant who moves back to a place of origin?
A. Seasonal migration C. return migration
B. step migration D. Impelled migration
D 41. What percentage of the world’s population lives in urban areas?
A. 26% C. 45%
B. 33% D. 53%
D 42. Which five countries are predicted to be the most populous in 2050?
A. US, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria
B. India, Nigeria, China, US, Russia
C. India, China, Nigeria, US, Indonesia
D. China, India, US, Indonesia, Brazil
D 43. Which major world region has the highest population density?
A. Oceania C. Africa
B. Latin America & the Caribbean D. Asia

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B 44.  What is the expected years for the life expectancy for women?
A. 70 years C. 80 years
B. 75.6 years D. 70.8 years
A 45. The word pegged means?
A. a way of controlling a country's currency rate by tying it to another country's currency
B. to do something
C. to force to control country’s currency
D. all of the above
C 46. State that exists when all citizens have a stable and unhampered access to sufficient and
nutritious food.
A. Sustainability C. Food Security
B. Consistency D. Degrowth
B 47. It puts emphasis on one’s responsibilities to the international community.
A. Global Demography C. Global Migration
B. Global Citizenship D. Globalization
A 48. It is a long term capacities of a system to exist, not its short-term resistance to change.
A. Sustainability C. Consistency
B. Stability D. Degrowth
A 49. Global Citizenship Education implies a set of values and attitudes to...
A. improve the world C. engage with diverse groups
B. work independently D. be interconnected with people and issues of the world
D  50. 21st century education is not just about technology, but also include:
A. cultural awareness
B. problem solving
C. productivity
D. all of the above
D 51. According to OECD, a student has global competence if he/she...
A. is able to analyze problems and situations of global, local and cultural importance
B. is able to speak more than one language fluently
C. is able to understand and appreciate different perspectives of the world

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 D. A and C are correct
D 52. Sustainable Development Goals are?
A. are a mandatory curriculum which includes 17 objectives
B. are objectives shared by nations for peace and prosperity
C. were adopted by United Nations in September 2015
D. B and C are correct
A 53. What are the four main parts of global citizenship?
A. civic responsibilities, languages, food, and global economy
B. cultural awareness, environment, pollution, and global economy
C. civic responsibilities, cultural awareness, global economy, and environment
D. environment, cultural awareness, religion, and games
D 54. Which is not a purpose of the Sustainable Development Goals?
A. to promote peace
B. to promote prosperity
C. to promote equality
D. to promote challenge
D 55. North-South divide can be seen in ___________.
A. economy
B. poverty
C. development
D. all of the above
D 56. The Global South is a term that has been emerging in transnational and postcolonial
studies to refer to what may also be called the ________________.
A. Less developed countries
B. Developed Regions
C. Third World Countries
D. A & C
A 57. All countries below are considered in global south except:
A. Japan C. Indonesia
B. Malaysia D. Argentina

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C 58.  All countries below are considered in Global North except:
A. Norway C. India
B. France D. Switzerland
C 59. Which of the following are not global south regions?
A. Latin America C. Australia
B. Asia D. Africa
A 60. Globalization has not been a one-way street. It is also considered that the region is
generative of many aspects of the globalization process.
A. True C. A and B
B. False D. None of the above

IV. ESSAY
Directions: Write your best and honest answer on the following questions.
(61-75). If you’re going to be an OFW, what country will you choose and why? Please indicate or explain
your reasons. (15 points)
ANSWERS MAY VARY
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(76-90). What do you think is your main role as a global citizen? (15 points)
ANSWERS MAY VARY
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Prepared by:
Junelyn G. Villar
College Instructor

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