University of Oregon Wk 10 The 1950s US Food Policy Questions

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Quiz Week 10: GEOG 342 (Winter 2023; 22110) Geog of Globalization
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Due Mar 19 at 11:59pm
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Question 1
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Contract farming is a form of vertical integration that incorporates many
developing world farmers into the supply chains of giant multinational
retailers
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True
False
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Question 2
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Some of the most important players in the so-called ìobal land grabs/f
late Third Globalization are
the IMF and the World Bank
sovereign nations seeking to õtsource4heir food production
the New Agricultural Countries
investment companies and pension funds
Incorrect
Question 3
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Multinational food corporations are developing cheap, processed foods to
sell to people in developing countries because
globalization and population growth mean that farmland is now in short
supply
New Agricultural Countries are trying to export more fresh fruits and
vegetables
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consumer markets in the developed world are saturated and don have as
much room for profitable expansion
developing countries are seeking greater diet polarization like that found in
developed countries
Question 4
1 / 1 pts
In Third Globalization, large amounts of corporate R&D to develop seeds
is targeted at supplying better seeds to help support small family farms in
developing countries.
True
False
Incorrect
Question 5
0 / 1 pts
The WTO prefers countries to adopt which kind of agricultural support
policies?
Income supports
No answer text provided.
No answer text provided.
Price supports
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Question 6
0 / 1 pts
©rtual water2efers to the highly sophisticated international trading
system in water futures driven by financialization and pension funds
True
False
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Question 7
0 / 1 pts
In the context of the Third Globalization, diet polarization refers to
the difference in acceptance of obesity reduction programs in the
developed and developing countries
the growing difference between vegetarians and non-vegetarians
the growing differences in diets between economic classes
the difference in crops grown inside and outside the Inter-tropical
Convergence Zone
Question 8
1 / 1 pts
The WTOàìobal Value Chains Participation Rate#an be seen as one
way to measure the New International Division of Labor
True
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Question 9
0 / 1 pts
The 1950s US food policy was characterized by
importing most staple grains from Third World countries with cheap
agricultural labor
an open trade regime in which cheap exports from Third World countries
undercut domestic farmers
much of the worldàfood supply delivered to consumers by a system of
giant MNCs
a price-stabilization system, which purchased surplus production and
delivered it to Third World countries as food aid
Incorrect
Question 10
0 / 1 pts
Which of the following does not characterize the projects typically funded
by the MCC?
arket-based solutions to food security´ransportation infrastructure to facilitate access to international markets
expanded access to modern medical care
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land titling projects
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