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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mae decides to work in the United States because she wants to provide a better life for her family. The new economics theory of migration is applicable in this scenario. [T/F] | True |
| [T/F] In Stage 3 of the demographic transition, birth rates gradually move to a stopping point, usually as a result of improved economic conditions, an increase in women’s status, and access to contraception. | False |
| [T/F] Semi-periphery countries cannot supply cheap labor and raw materials. But they can produce high-value products like core countries. | False |
| [T/F] The reason why birth, death, and migration are the main components of demography is because these are the primary agents of population change. | True |
| [T/F] Dale leaves the Philippines and immigrates into Australia for good. This adds to the immigration rate in the Philippines and adds to the emigration rate in Australia. | False |
| [T/F] As countries move from Stage 1 to Stage 5 of the demographic transition, their birth rate and death rate will steadily increase. | False |
| [T/F] In Stage 4 of the demographic transition, birth and death rates are both low, stabilizing the population. | True |
| [T/F] Resources are limited in physical quantity and use. | True |
| [T/F] International non-governmental organizations are composed of nations or governments as their members. They are one of the actors of the global economy. | True |
| [T/F] Paul Samuelson’s “for whom to produce” question is about having the right tools and knowhow that would lead to specialization. | False |
| [T/F] Natural change is a change in population that is the result of either birth or migration. | False |
| [T/F] Refugees are individual persons who apply for refuge in a foreign country due to fear of religious or political persecution in his or her country of origin. | False |
| [T/F] Angelica decides for herself that she wants to work in the United States because she will earn more money there due to the higher labor rates. The neoclassical theory of migration is applicable in this scenario. | True |
| [T/F] In principle, you can say you specialize in something once you've become ineffective and inefficient in doing that thing. | False* |
| [T/F] One of the disadvantages of international trade states: leads to the exploitation of a country’s comparative advantage, which means that trade encourages a country to specialize in producing only those goods and services which it can produce-- | False |
| [T/F] Country C produces high profit consumption goods. Country C could either be a core country or a periphery country | False |
| [T/F] Emigration is the act of entering a territory with the intent of settling there. | False |
| [T/F] Birth, death, and migration are the only metrics involved in demography. No other metrics exist. | False |
| [T/F] Aside from birth, death, and migration, you can also describe a population based on its distribution by religious affiliation. | True |
| [T/F] In Stage 3 of the demographic transition, birth rates gradually move to a stopping point, usually as a result of improved economic conditions, an increase in women’s status, and access to contraception. | False |
| [T/F] As countries move from Stage 1 to Stage 5 of the demographic transition, their population will steadily increase. | True |
| [T/F] It is not possible for a potential migrant to be influenced by push and pull factors simultaneously in his/her decision to migrate. Only one is applicable. | False |
| [T/F] The economic problem is the main reason why nations stopped trading. | False |
| [T/F] A pen can be used for writing, it can be used for drawing, and it can be used for poking holes. But it cannot be used for transportation, it cannot be used for taking pictures, and a lot of other things. | True |
| [T/F] If the price of iPhones sold in the US is 15% cheaper than when it is sold here in the Philippines, it is possible that the price difference comes from tariffs. | True |
| [T/F] The Modern World System Theory shows the economic relationship between core countries, semi-periphery countries, and periphery countries. | True |
| [T/F] Country A is an industrialized country. There is a high chance that Country A is a periphery country. | False |
| [T/F] Birth, death, and age distribution are the main components of demography. | True |
| [T/F] Forced migration is a type of migration where the person migrating is doing so against his/her will. | True |
| [T/F] Limited in use means a resource has a finite number. | False |
| [T/F] The Philippines is a semi-periphery country. | True |
| [T/F] The reason why birth, death, and migration are the main components of demography is because these are the primary agents of economic growth. | True |
| [T/F] Birth, death, and age distribution are the main components of demography. | False |
| [T/F] Aside from birth, death, and migration, you can also describe a population based on its distribution by gender. | True |
| [T/F] If all countries are pursuing industrialization, the demographic transition theory predicts that the global population will be very high by the time countries get to the final stage. | True |
| [T/F] When developments in science and technology were slow, the global human population was very high. | True |
| [T/F] In the migration systems and networks theory of migration, there are groups that push/encourage people to migrate be it legal or illegal. | False |
| [T/F] The Global Educational Concepts (GEC) is a program handled by the US Department of State where they invite teachers from other countries to teach in the US. They encourage foreign teachers to participate in their teacher exchange program. | True |
| [T/F] Economic choice is what a person sacrifices when they choose one option over another. | False |
| [T/F] Resources are unlimited in physical quantity and use. | False |
| [T/F] A husband and wife both know how to drive a motorcycle but they only have one. The COVID quarantine policy does not allow passengers in motorcycles. Since the husband and wife only have one motorcycle, one of them has to resort to public. | True |
| [T/F] In the Modern World System Theory, the relationship between the three types of countries is facilitated by the global economy through cultural globalization. | False |
| [T/F] The advantaged party in the Modern World System are the core countries because what they are selling have greater economic value than what they pay for in acquiring raw materials or paying for cheap labor. | True |
| [T/F] Country E’s top export are smartphones. Country E could either be a core or a semi-periphery country. | True |
| [T/F] Sterilization is the deliberate use of artificial methods to prevent pregnancy from sexual intercourse. | False |
| [T/F] The distribution of populations can be defined at multiple levels (local, regional, national, global) and with different types of boundaries (political, economic, geographic). | True |
| [T/F] A diaspora happens because of push factors. | True |
| [T/F] The mobility transition theory of migration suggests that people are encouraged by receiving countries to migrate so they could do the jobs that citizens of the receiving country are not willing to do. | |
| [T/F] Seeking asylum (especially political) is NOT an internationally recognized legal right. | False |
| [T/F] Opportunity cost is what a person sacrifices when they choose one option over another. | True |
| [T/F] Surplus can be gained through specialization because production becomes more efficient and effective when you specialize in it. | True |
| [T/F] In the trade war between the US and China during the Trump administration, both countries were imposing higher tariffs on each other’s products. | True |
| [T/F] Free trade benefits countries that have businesses capable of competing at the international level. | True |
| [T/F] For several years, Company M has a monopoly on tires production in the city where it is operating. But for the first time, foreign tire production companies gained a permit to operate within Company M’s city. | False |
| [T/F] The Philippines is a periphery country, | False |
| [T/F] Contraception is the act of modifying a person’s anatomy so that he or she would be incapable of conception. | False |
| [T/F] When developments in science and technology were slow, the global human population was very high. | False |
| [T/F] Refugees and asylum seekers migrate because of pull factors. | False |
| [T/F] Managing the economic problem involves a series of opportunity costs that must lead to the least damaging economic choice. | False |
| [T/F] Businesses are one of the actors of the global economy. | True |
| [T/F] Migrants are one of the actors of the global economy because of their remittances. | True |
| [T/F] If the country you live in adds taxes to the selling price of several imported products, your country is probably practicing protectionism. | True |
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