Question 1
Discuss two ways in which wars are diverse.
Question 2
Describe the stigma that female workers residing in free trade zones in Sri Lanka face.
Question 3
Describe the trend in international phone calls in the past 15 years or so.
Question 4
Discuss the origins of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Question 5
What are three reasons why slavery has increased in the past few decades?
Question 6
What is “temporal depth” according to Steven Grosby in Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction? Provide an example of temporal depth in the US.
Question 7
Explain what is meant by the Pakistani who said “many feel that we still under the control of the West, but by proxy” in the film Islam and America: Through the Eyes of Imran Khan.
Question 8
Discuss how children often become soldiers in current times.
Question 9
Authors Robert Hinde and Joseph Rotblat argue that the mere possession of weapons can cause wars. Describe this argument.
Question 10
Discuss what the Kurdish saying, “No friends but the mountains” means.
Question 11
What generally occurred in the fourth phase of decolonization, according to Fabian Klose?
Question 12
For centuries, Europeans minimized Muslim achievements in science, math, architecture, and engineering. Explain the primary reason this situation occurred.
Question 13
Discuss why governments and ordinary people in developing countries are frequently suspicious of globalization.
Question 14
Discuss what often happened to land and farming when colonization occurred.
Question 15
Discuss the similarities of the rhetoric surrounding the Christian Crusades in the Middle Ages and Muslim fundamentalists in recent times.
Question 16
Discuss what the “classical human rights movement” has achieved according to Stephen Hopgood in “The End of Human Rights.”
Question 17
Some people say that economic globalization has improved the well-being of people around the globe. Other people say that globalization has only really helped the owners and shareholders of businesses who benefit from increased profits. Assess these arguments.
