According to Immanuel Wallerstein’s theory of global capitalism, which nations are at the "core" of the world economy |
high-income nations |
One criticism of dependency theory is that it |
treats global wealth as a zero-sum so that one country benefits only at the expense of another |
Japan, Canada, and the nations of Western Europe are all classified as |
high-income countries |
With regard to the role of rich nations, dependency theory |
claims rich nations are to blame for global poverty |
The global region in which the greatest reduction in poverty has taken place is |
Asia |
While modernization theory focuses on _____, dependency theory focuses on _____. |
production of wealth; distribution of wealth |
In the world’s lowest-income nations, two in ten children born die by the age of |
five |
A social theorist who contributed to the development of dependency theory by tracing the growth of the capitalist world economy is |
Immanuel Wallerstein |
If you were applying modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might expect rich nations to aid the economic development of poor nations by |
increasing industrial production |
In poor nations, poverty is_____ than in the United States |
more widespread and severe |
In past centuries, European nations colonized countries in |
only Africa |
Dependency theory differs from modernization theory by |
explaining global inequality in terms of the exploitation of poor countries by rich countries. |
If you wanted to visit the world’s low-income nations, where would you travel? |
Africa and Asia |
Which theoretical approach claims that rich nations of the world are "overdeveloped" while poor nations are "underdeveloped"? |
dependency theory |
The people of the high-income countries, who represent 23 percent of the world’s population, enjoy about how much of the world’s income? |
64 percent |
André Gunder Frank states that poor nations |
were "underdeveloped," or made poor, by rich nations |
What is Wallerstein’s term for the middle-income countries of the world? |
semiperiphery |
The concept of "colonialism" refers to the process by which |
some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of others |
A majority of the world’s people live in |
middle-income nations |
Wallerstein pointed to several factors that cause dependency among low-income nations. Which of the following is a factor that Wallerstein did NOT claim to be a cause of dependency? |
lack of integration into the world economy |
Absolute poverty is |
life threatening |
According to Walt Rostow, nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of_____ |
traditional; high mass consumption |
About how many people in the world die each year due to starvation |
9 million |
High-income nations |
make use of factories, big machinery, and advanced technology. |
The death of 52 garment workers in a Bangladeshi sweatshop shows that |
the lives of the world’s poor are far worse than many people in the United States realize. |
In 2012, how many independent nations were there in the world? |
195 |
Over the course of the last century, the extent of global economic inequality has |
increased. |
According to modernization theory, the greatest barrier to economic development is |
traditional culture |
The poorest 20 percent of the global population receives about what percentage of all global income |
2 percent |
Which world region contains the largest percentage of the world’s street children? |
Latin America |
Of the almost 1 billion people in the world who are living at or close to absolute poverty, what percentage are women |
70 percent |
What concept refers to a global economy in which multinational corporations exploit people in low-income nations |
neocolonialism |
The social theorist identified with modernization theory is |
Max Weber. |
From a global perspective, economic productivity is lowest in precisely the regions where |
population increase is highest. |
In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are |
greater than in rich nations |
The concept of "neocolonialism" refers to the process by which |
multinational corporations dominate the economy of a poor country. |
______ is not a high-income nation |
South Africa |
If you were to apply modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might point that low-income nations |
have cultural resistance to innovation. |
For the world as a whole, about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease? |
close to 1 billion |
Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another |
chattel slavery |
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