6 - The World of Regions

Question 1

The processes of ___ and ___ reemerged during the 1980s and heightened after the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.

Answer 1

globalization and regionalization

Question 2

The processes of globalization and regionalization reemerged during the ___ and heightened after the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.

Answer 2

1980s

Question 3

It started during the ___ war when Western policymakers began talking about the world as three distinct political and economic blocks.

Answer 3

Cold War

Question 4

Refers to the capitalist, industrialized countries, within the Western European and United States’ sphere of influence.

Answer 4

FIRST WORLD

Question 5

Refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.

Answer 5

SECOND WORLD

Question 6

Are all the other countries, today often used to roughly describe the developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Answer 6

THIRD WORLD

Question 7

In the 1980s, the ___ was developed as a way of showing how the world was geographically split into relatively richer and poorer nations.

Answer 7

Brandt Line

Question 8

The North, with ___ of the world population, controls ___ of the income earned anywhere in the world.

Answer 8

one-quarter

four-fifths

Question 9

The South, with ___ of the world’s population, has access to ___ of the world’s income.

Answer 9

three-quarters

one-fifth

Question 10

• Less population
• High wealth
• High standards of living
• High industrial development
• Industrial society

Answer 10

THE NORTH

Question 11

• Large population
• Low Wealth
• Low standards of living
• Low industrial development
• Agricultural Society

Answer 11

THE SOUTH

Question 12

• More developed regions
• Richer
• 95% has enough food, shelter and functioning education system
• Controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the
  world

Answer 12

THE NORTH

Question 13

• Poverty
• War
• Tyranny
• Lack of well-developed domestic market economies
• Lacks to evolve
• Lacks appropriate technology
• No political stabilit

Answer 13

THE SOUTH

Question 14

(LEDCs)

Answer 14

LEAST ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

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.

Answer 15

LEDCs or LDCs

Question 16

There are currently ___ countries on the list of LDCs which is reviewed every three years by the Committee for Development.

Answer 16

47

Question 17

There are currently 47 countries on the list of LDCs which is reviewed every ___ years by the Committee for Development.

Answer 17

three

Question 18

There are currently 47 countries on the list of LDCs which is reviewed every three years by the ___

Answer 18

Committee for Development.

Question 19

The LEDCs’ Gross National Income is between ___

Answer 19

$1,230 and $2,460.

Question 20

• These countries are not really poor but are not rich either. They are developing quickly, but not as quickly as NICs are.

Answer 20

MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (MICS)

Question 21

• Examples of these countries are Albania, Bulgaria, and Poland.

Answer 21

MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (MICS)

Question 22

• are those countries whose national economy has transitioned from being primarily based on agriculture to being primarily based on goods-producing industries, such as manufacturing, construction, and mining.*

Answer 22

NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES (NICs)

Question 23

• In most , greater industrialization has led to increased trade, greater economic growth, participation in regional trading blocs, and attraction of foreign investment, especially from developed countries.

Answer 23

NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES (NICs)

Question 24

• They are largely located in the Northern Hemisphere. They have the financial resources to provide a high level of education, healthcare, and housing.

Answer 24

MOST ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Question 25

• Poor climate
• Limited water supply
• Few natural resources

Answer 25

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

Question 26

• Poor trade links
• Lots of debt
• Too many primary products

Answer 26

ECONOMIC FACTORS

Question 27

• Spread of illnesses and diseases
• Poor education

Answer 27

SOCIAL FACTORS

Question 28

• Unstable government
• Corruption

Answer 28

POLITICAL FACTORS

Question 29

NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE THREE ISSUES…

Answer 29

1. Distribution of Income around the World.
2. Economic Competition World Wide.
3. Standard of Living.

Question 30

• Liberalization of the market occurs, most South countries lost
  to the competition from the North.
• Encourage migration of people from South to North to have a more good income.

Answer 30

1. Distribution of Income around the World.

Question 31

• Factors:
• Appropriate infrastructure
• Stable macroeconomic framework
• Well-functioning public and private institutions

Answer 31

2. Economic Competition World Wide.

Question 32

• Factors:
• Lack of trade and aid
• Single crop farming
• Abundance of debt
• Neo-Colonialism

Answer 32

3. Standard of Living.

Question 33

The United Nations has developed a program dedicated to narrowing the divide through its ___.

Answer 33

Millennium Development Goals