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1. Religion The reason of the war between Armenia and

Azerbaijan

2. Rohimyans The stateless people in Myanmar

3. End Poverty The rank 1 among the Sustainable Develop-

ment Goals

4. COP 27 The world's largest corporate sustainability

initiative, aims to accelerate private sector
action to prevent the worst impacts of the
climate crisis

5. It is composed of the coun- Which of the following statement is true

tries acquiring weapons for about North Atlantic Treaty Organization
mass destruction

6. It is a complex process of Which of the following statements would

economic, political, and cul- BEST describe globalization?
tural interactions

7. Because the United States What could be the MOST POSSIBLE rea-
has protectionist policies son why the ITO (International Trade Organi-
zation) was not ratified while GATT (General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) was?

8. Australia Which of the following country is not part of

United Nation Security Council?

9. Sovereignty The power of the state to impose rules

and create a diplomatic relationship to other
countries

10. USA The country who has the highest share

in World Bank and International Monetary
Fund

11. Trusteeship Council The organ of United Nation designed to help

newly independent country

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12. The opening of the different What is the most significant effect of the
countries for world trade formation of the General Agreement on Tariff
and Trade

13. OPEC (Organization of Petro- The organization which regulates the petro-
leum Exporting Countries) leum trading in the world

14. South Korea The following countries are part of Global

South except?

15. World War II The following is part of the problem encoun-

tered after the Breton Wood conference ex-
cept from?

16. Jen Stoltenberg The General Secretary of NATO

17. To protect the region against Which of the following is not an objective of
military aggression ASEAN?

18. World Bank The Global Financial Institution which aims

to eradicate poverty Information

19. It is formerly known as the In- Which is NOT TRUE about the World Bank?
ternational Monetary Fund

20. Potsdam The treaty which ended the Second World

War

21. China Which of the following country is not part of

the QUAD?

22. Italy All of the following are members of Allied

Powers during the Second World War except
from

23. Skeptics They believe that globalization had only neg-

ative impact to the different countries

24. Globalization The intensification of the interconnection of

the countries in the world.
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25. US Dollar The international currency resulted from the

Breton Wood conference

26. The system was established Which of the following statements would
after the Second World War to BEST describe the Bretton Woods system?
facilitate the reconstruction
and development of states

27. Hague The headquarters of the International Court

of Justice

28. The leader of Indonesia sup- Which of the following acts violated the basic
ported the candidacy of the principle of non-intervention of ASEAN?
incumbent president of the
Philippines

29. Brunei The following are the founding members of

ASEAN except

30. BIMP-EAGA ASEAN Growth Area which aim shift eco-

nomic activities from resource extraction to
higher levels of processing and value-added
production, focusing on industries that adopt
clean and green technologies.

31. High GNP The following are the characteristics of the

countries under the Global South except

32. British The country which withdraw its membership

from European Union

33. Political Ideology The basis of dichotomy in the world during

the cold war

34. Karl Marx The father of Communism

35. Geneva The headquarters of World Trade Organiza-

tion

36. International Court of Justice

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The Philippines has a territorial dispute
against China, What organ of UN will offer
recommendation to end the conflict

37. Francis Fukuyama The author of the book entitled the End of
History

38. International Court of Justice The organ of United Nations which settle the
territorial dispute between different coun-
tries

39. 15 The number of judges in the International

Court of Justice

40. Perestroika The policy of Mikhail Gorbachev which re-

sulted to the disintegration of USSR

41. 2 years The term of office of the Non-permanent

member of United Nations

42. The developing countries be- Which of the following is the impact of Glob-
came consumer of the prod- alization to the third World Countries
ucts of the west

43. All of the above Which of the following would BEST describe
the weakness of the Washington Consen-
sus?

44. October 24, 1945 The date of the signing of the United Nation
Declaration

45. Peace Which of the following is not part of the iden-

tified critical areas of importance according
to United Nations?

46. EU Which of the following is not a trading orga-

nization

47. High population All of the following are the characteristics of

the countries under the Global North except
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48. Crimea The Ukrainian port which became part of the

Russian Territory in 2014

49. WTO (World Trade Organiza- The International Organization which found-
tion) ed to facilitate the world trade

50. Globalization has trans- Which of the following statements would re-
formed the lives of people fer to a transformationalist perspective on
globalization?

51. India-Pakistan War Which of the following war resulted from the
difference in religion

52. Avoid the coming of the The following are the functions of Interna-
World War Three tional Monetary fund except

53. 38th parallel The basis of the division of Korea

54. Nigeria The country with lowest Human Develop-

ment Index in the world as reported by
UNDF in 2019

55. It is an economic ideology Which of these statements would BEST re-

that promotes the privatiza- fer to neoliberalism?
tion of inefficient government
controlled and owned corpo-
rations

56. Hyper-Globalist The perspective which believe that global-

ization had a positive impact to the world
economy

57. Floating Currency A regime where the currency price of a na-

tion is set by the forex market based on sup-
ply and demand relative to other currencies

58. Ursula von der Leyen The incumbent European Commission pres-
ident

59. Culture
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What is the source of conflict in the modern
world according to Samuel S. Huntington?

60. It promoted the self-deter- Which among these statements would NOT
mination of states when it describe the Washington Consensus?
comes to development

61. Francis Fukuyama The author of the book entitled " The End of
History"

62. East Timor The newest member of Association of South

East Asian Nation

63. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty The multilateral military agreement of the
Organization) countries in North America and Europe

64. ASEAN (Association of Which of the following multilateral organiza-

Southeast Asian Nations) tion is different among the group?

65. Torn Country The Philippines experienced the four waves

of colonization. Because of this the Filipino
suffered for the lost of identity. Which of the
following term best describe the conditions
of the Philippines?

66. Mikhail Gorvachev The leader of USSR during its disintegration

during the 1990's

67. Versailles The treaty which ended the First World War

68. It refers to the process of Which among these statements would

trade and capital mobilization BEST refer to the economic aspect of glob-
alization?

69. China The following are the members of G8 except

70. Willy Brandt He developed a way of showing the how the

world was geographically split into relatively
richer and poorer nations

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71. Weapon State The countries in Asia who acquired
weapons for mass destruction without the
knowledge of the European countries

72. Globalization is not purely Which of the following is NOT TRUE for the
economic hyperglobalist perspective?

73. Treaty of Versailles The treaty which ended the First World War

74. Norway The country with highest Human Develop-

ment Index in the world as reported by
UNDF in 2019

75. Creation of Association of Which of the following is not an effect of the

South East Asian Nation Breton Wood Conference?

76. Treaty of Potsdam The treaty which ended the Second World
War

77. Settlement of differences or The following are the basic principles of

disputes thru war ASEAN except from one

78. 17 The total number of Sustainable Develop-

ment Goal

79. UNCLOS (United Nations The international law used by the Philip-
Convention on the Law of the pines to claim the rights of the country in
Sea) exclusive economic zone

80. Carlos P. Romulo The first Asian who become the chairman
of the nonpermanent members of United
Nation Security Council

81. Because it has increased its Why is globalization considered to be an

intensity as compared to its "intensification" of interactions in the world?
historical precedents

82. It refers to the international Which among these statements would

wars and conflicts BEST refer to the political aspect of global-
ization?
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83. IMF offers short term loan Why International Monetary Fund consid-
ered as the Lender-Last Resort?

84. The IMF is considered the Among these statements, which of the fol-
lender of last resort lowing would BEST explain the aim of the
IMF?

85. Korean War Which of the following war resulted from the
Cold War?

86. Antonio Guterres The current UN general secretary

87. Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria The Director of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation

88. World Trade Organization The international institution which regulates

the world trading

89. USA became the sole pow- Which of the following show the concept of
er after the disintegration of unipolarity
USSR

90. It refers to the migration of Which of the following is TRUE for social or
people from one place to an- cultural globalization?
other

91. USSR During the Cold War, which country chal-

lenged the supremacy of US?

92. Globalization is a Western Which of the following would BEST refer to

project the skeptic perspective on globalization?

93. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwaela The current secretary general of World

Trade Organization and the first African sec
gen of WTO

94. Vladimir Putin Which of the following leader of Russia who

ordered the launch of Special Military Oper-
ation against Ukraine?

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95. The Future we want The United Nations Conference on Sustain-
able Development in Rio de Janeiro was
entitled as

96. Security Council The highest decision making body of United

Nations

97. 2030 The United Nation aims to attained the Sus-

tainable Development Goal in the year

98. Secretariat The organ of United Nation who organized

along departmental lines, with each depart-
ment or office having a distinct area of action
and responsibility

99. Breton Wood Conference The conference which convened to offer so-
lution on economic problems after the Sec-
ond World War

100. Quality of Education The Human Development Index (HDI) is a

summary measure of average achievement
in key dimensions of human development.
Which of the following is included in this
aspect?

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