Show what you know by answering true or false to the following. Answer ''false'' if neither applies or if you're not sure. Your score will be calculated on the next page.
Your first question is below.
Economic globalization is good for everyone, rich and poor alike.
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Multinational and Western corporations essentially exploit poor nations, rather than contribute to building their economies.
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Trade tariffs and restrictions should be widely implemented to protect local industry, even at the cost of international competitiveness.
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All countries should have the right to pursue the research and developement of nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare.
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Countries have the right to wage wars in order to settle historical, territorial and social grievances.
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False
Bodies such as the UN, NATO, the United States etc, should intervene militarily in local conflicts (which don't directly involve them), in order to bring an end to those conflicts.
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All conflicts and grievances can be settled by negotiations, treaties and the good will of all those involved.
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International sanctions are a legitimate and effective means to pressure nations into compliance with the international community.
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The newly founded American-led international coalition against international terrorism will be effective in defeating terrorism (or reducing it considerably), and is probably the best way to do so.
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The IMF (International Monetary Fund), World Bank, and similar organizations should require compliance with drastic economic restructuring guidelines as a condition for receiving aid and loans.
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Democracy is the best of all existing forms of government.
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Poor nations are justified in breaking patent rights of AIDS drugs manufacturing in order to supply affordable drugs to their populations.
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The United Nations (UN) has the authority, credibility, and ability to fulfill its mandate as the world governing body.
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Rich countries have a moral obligation to financialy aid developing and poor countries.
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Rich nations should cancel all debt owed to them by the poorest third world countries.
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The global community should enforce environmental limits on the cutting of forests and mining polution (these restriction effect mostly poor countries).
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The global community should enforce environmental limits on large-scale fishing and industrial pollution (these restrictions effect mainly rich countries).
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Global environmental treaties on greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depletion (such as the Kyoto accord) should apply to all countries.
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The Internet will bring the world closer together and help promote international understanding.
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The international media (CNN, International Herald Tribune, etc), is essentially objective, fair, insightful, and provides a good report of world events.
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Countries have a moral responsibility to accept refugees and asylum seekers fleeing hazerdous parts of the world.
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Globalization and international involvement is a threat to local practices, traditions, and cultures.
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False
Islam is a threat to global stability and peace.
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Any ethnic or national group should have the right to independence or autonomy, with international recognition and support (provided they do it peacefully).
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False
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