Cambodian Mekong University FoAHFL, The Mekong School of English Academic Year: 2014-2015
ASEAN Politics and Economy Subject Code: HU118
TERMINOLOGY
Direction: Define all the following terms in English. **Note: The meaning must fit to the context of the course HU118. [**15 – 20 terms will be selected to put on the final paper**]
1. Archipelago 2. Starvation 3. Precipitation 4. Ecosystem 5. Descendant 6. Colonialism 7. Surrender 8. Congress 9. Independence 10. Battlefield 11. Agreement 12. Legal Personality 13. Norm 14. Conflict 15. Coercion
16. Sovereignty 17. Mechanism 18. Charter 19. Communism 20. Subversion 21. People-oriented 22. Socialism 23. Dictatorship 24. Monarchy 25. Democracy 26. State-centric 27. Gender Disparity 28. Unemployment 29. Integration 30. Prosperity
31. Poverty 32. Social Status 33. Capacity Building 34. Productive Employment 35. Discrimination 36. Urbanization 37. Working Poverty 38. Vulnerable Employment 39. Training 40. Workshop 41. Seminar 42. Conference 43. Illiteracy 44. Literacy 45. Compensation 46. Partnership 47. Labour Productivity 48. Technical Education 49. Vocational Training 50. Purchasing Power
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS Direction: Answer all the following questions. **Note: The answer MUST be in English. [**8 or 9 questions will be chosen to put on the final paper**] 1. What does “Colonialism” mean? What are the effects (both positive & negative effects) of colonization? 2. What is “Cold War”? How does it influence the political changes of the countries in Southeast Asia? Page 1
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Cambodian Mekong University FoAHFL, The Mekong School of English Academic Year: 2014-2015
ASEAN Politics and Economy Subject Code: HU118
3. Illustrate the abbreviation of “ASEAN”. What are the main purposes of ASEAN? Demonstrate your answer with more details. 4. What are the objectives and principles of ASEAN? Elicit your answer with supporting details. 5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of ASEAN? What should be done to make ASEAN become more effective? 6. What are the three blue prints of ASEAN? Briefly explain the characteristics of each one with some details. 7. Explain in depth about the key characteristics of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)? 8. Figure out how the commitments in labour standard would contribute to the AEC. Elicit your answer with facts and evidences. 9. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is thought to be one of the potential factors promoting the economic within the ASEAN region. Regarding this rationale, illustrate some ways to promote it for the ASEAN region. 10. What should be done to promote the effective connecting across borders of ASEAN? Elicit your answer with some details. 11. What are the goals for enhancing the ASEAN Connectivity? What would ASEAN benefit from this? 12. How would the ASEAN countries benefit from a broad range of initiatives? Demonstrate your answer with some facts and evidences. 13. Address what makes the number of employments decline in agriculture and increase in industries and services. Demonstrate your answer with details. 14. What is “Social Floor”? Figure out why it is important for people in the ASEAN Member States. 15. What are the benefits would the ASEAN people/workers get from being having skills? Briefly explain your answer. 16. What are the challenges to training and skills development? Elicit your answer with details.
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Cambodian Mekong University FoAHFL, The Mekong School of English Academic Year: 2014-2015
ASEAN Politics and Economy Subject Code: HU118
17. What should be done or promoted in order to eliminate the skill-gaps and mismatches within ASEAN Member States, especially Cambodia? Demonstrate your answer with facts and evidences. 18. Address the reasons/factors/causes why young people as well as many students are out of work. Support your answers with specific information. 19. What drives to wages inequality? Demonstrate your answer with specific details. 20. Why Singapore is admired by workers and employers? Elicit your answer with facts and evidences. 21. Figure out the way the wage-setting-institution links the rises in productivity with the increase in wages in the case of Cambodia. Elicit your answer with details. 22. To ensure better protection for migrant workers will requires reforms in three areas. What are they? Elicit your answer with details. 23. How can the migrant workers be protected? Briefly explain your answer with details. 24. To ensure that the AEC leads to greater prosperity for all women and men, what actions should ASEAN Members States prioritize? Summarize all the main points. 25. Will the ASEAN Blueprints help to raise FDI? Explain your answer with facts and evidences.
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[email protected] Blogspot: www.nithmanzana.blogspot.com