Midterm Exam Study Guide

NOTE: All quizzes, make up essays, essay assignments, Google doc chart entries, etc., must be turned in by the day of the midterm exam.

Here's what's on the exam: 

1. True/False questions from past quizzes

• To review quiz results through the My Grades Area:

  • Look for the Test for which you want to review the results. Click on the grade/score you've received for that test to go to the View Attempt Page.

  • Click the grade in the Calculated Grade column to view your exam attempt.

  • The exam and its results should display.

2. Multiple choice definitions - words will be in one column, definitions in another.  You'll match them online.

• Deregulation (in relation to corporations)

• Privatization (in relation to public entities)

• Free trade

• Austerity

• IMF

• State Led Development

• World Bank

• Sustainable Development Goals

• GDP

• GDP per capita

• Competitive Advantage

4. Short essay questions (150 words each; 3 separate points for each question) --

• • What are criticisms of global neoliberalism in economic, political and cultural terms? (Give an example of a problematic situation from a different country in each area. -- economic, political, cultural)

  • Is global neoliberalism democratic or anti-democratic? (Give a short definition of democracy in answering this question.)

    1. • How does the philosophy behind neoliberalism in the US depart from post-World War II economic philosophies, 1950-1980.

       • Discuss two examples of resistance to neoliberalism throughout the world? (Comment on who, what, when, where, why and how).