GLOBAL DIVIDE

Question 1

It is a socio-economic and political categorization of
countries.
The Cold-War-era generalization places countries in two
distinct groups; The North and the South.
Back in 1980s, the world was geographically split into
relatively richer and poorer nations.

Answer 1

Global Divide

Question 2

According to_____the Global North contains all
countries north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere
and the Global South holds all of the countries south of the
Equator in the Southem Hemisphere.

Answer 2

Karpilo (2018),

Question 3

stated that “The North and South
divide in the practice and application of international laws have been previously perceived to be evident in international
environmental law.”

Answer 3

Kwarteng and Botch way (2018)

Question 4

advocate for a collective action to protect the environment

Answer 4

Global developed Northern countries

Question 5

argue for social and economic justice in practice.

Answer 5

Global developing Southern countries

Question 6

It is a divisionary line which simply separates the rich countries in the North from the poor countries in the South. It encircles the world at latitude of 30°N. It crosses North and Central America, North of Africa and India, and then it goes down towards the South, placing Australia and New Zealand above the line.

Answer 6

Brandt Line

Question 7

• developed countries or industrial democracies and included
  mainly capitalist free-market countries found in Western
  Europe and their old colonies.

Answer 7

First World Country

Question 8

First World Countries

Answer 8

United States,
Canada,
Australia,
New Zealand,
Japan.

Question 9

• comprised industrial but not democratic, centrally planned,
  socialist or communist bloc countries.

Answer 9

Second World Country

Question 10

Second World Countries

Answer 10

China,
Cambodia,
Laos,
North Korea,
Vietnam

Question 11

comprised countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America which
did not fit into the two groups above.

Answer 11

Third World Country

Question 12

Third World Countries

Answer 12

Philippines,
Nepal,
Sri Lanka,
Pakistan,
Zimbabwe.

Question 13

a global capitalist system separates countries into the core (the North), semiperiphery, and periphery (the South) based primarily on their economic participation (Wallerstein 1974).

Answer 13

Wallerstein’s world
systems theory

Question 14

highly industrialized countries that has high per capita incomes, low
birth rates and death rates, low population growth rates, and high levels of industrialization and urbanization.

Examples include the USA, Canada, Japan, and many countries in Europe

Answer 14

More Developed Countries (MDCs) or More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs)

Question 15

are low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development. They
are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets.

Ex. Africa, Asia (excluding Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania (excluding Australia
and New Zealand).

Answer 15

Less Developed Countries (LDCs) or
Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs)

Question 16

• The United Nations term
  “Landlocked Developing Countries
  “ describes countries with serious constraints on the overall socio-economic development. Due to lack of territorial access to the sea and therefore remoteness and isolation from world markets causing high transit and transportation costs.

Ex. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Paraguay, Rwanda, Turkmenistan

Answer 16

Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)

Question 17

First World and Second World countries
Richer and More Developed Region
Developed parts of Asia, Australia and new
Zealand

Answer 17

Global North

Question 18

Home to all G8 (France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada and Russia) and the five permanent members of UN Security Council. As well as to Western Europe and the Outermost Regions of
the European Union

Answer 18

Global North

Question 19

95% has enough food and shelter
Economy: industries and major businesses, commerce and finance Textiles, lumber, clothing, machinery, leather, and wooden goods Railroad Construction

Answer 19

Global North

Question 20

Third World countries
Poor and Less Developed Region
Developing Asia, Africa, Latin America, including the Middle East
5% has enough food and shelter
Source for a Raw Materials of the
North Economy: Dependent entirely on Cotton Production and Agriculture

Answer 20

Global South

Question 21

Major Differences of NORTH and SOUTH
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SL
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Answer 21

Population

Wealth

Standard of Living

Industrial Development

Agriculture

Question 22

is a region in the Western Hemisphere, south of the United
States.

Answer 22

Latin Ameica

Question 23

is the only nation in South America to do this on its own, and while it lacks a high enough migration rate to have an impact via the experiences of its citizens, it does so economically, either independently or through the recently formed BRICS.

Answer 23

Brazil

Question 24

are also so powerful outside of the western world that
they rarely, if ever, have an impact on anything.

Answer 24

National Identities

Question 25

are also so powerful outside of the western world that
they rarely, if ever, have an impact on anything.

Answer 25

National Identities