Chapter 10

Question 1

Global stratification

Answer 1

Patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole

Question 2

High income countries

Answer 2

Nations with the highest overall standards of living

Question 3

Middle income countries

Answer 3

Nations with a standard of living about average for the world as a whole

Question 4

Low income countries

Answer 4

Nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor

Question 5

About one half of the worlds wealth is owned by _____ percent of the worlds adult population

Answer 5

1%

Question 6

The richest 20% of the global population earns about ___ percent of all global income

Answer 6

67%

Question 7

In terms of the economy most low I NC one countries are largely

Answer 7

Agarian

Question 8

The concept ___ refers to patterns of social inequality that characterizes the world as a whole

Answer 8

Global stratification

Question 9

_____ is the worlds most polpulous nation that has recently joined the ranks of high income countries

Answer 9

The people’s republic of china

Question 10

Colonialism

Answer 10

The process by which some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nations

Question 11

Neocolonialism

Answer 11

A new form of global power relations ships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations

Question 12

Multinational corporation

Answer 12

Is a large business that operates in many countries

Question 13

What type of slqvery involves moving women, men, and children from place to place for the purpose of engaging in forced labor

Answer 13

Human trafficking

Question 14

What is likely result for a country experiencing rapidly increasing population and limited economic development

Answer 14

More widespread pocerty

Question 15

Poor area she is jealous of kids at school. Wishes she had a car. From a global perspective she is experiencing a sense of ____ poverty

Answer 15

Relative

Question 16

For every $18 a person living in a high income nation makes, a person in a low income nation such as ___\ makes the equivalent of about $1

Answer 16

Ethiopia

Question 17

Population increase is highest in ____ countries

Answer 17

Low income

Question 18

Modernization theory

Answer 18

Model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations

Question 19

Convergence theory

Answer 19

The trend toward global modernization

Question 20

Dependency theory

Answer 20

Model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation. Of poor nations by rich ones

Question 21

Which theory of social and economic development explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences among nations

Answer 21

Modernization theory

Question 22

Which theory asserts that people living in generations ago in poor countries were better off economically than their descendants living in the same places today

Answer 22

Dependency theory

Question 23

What does modernization theory identify as the greatest barrier to economic development

Answer 23

Tradition

Question 24

Walt Rostow would place a low income country such as Somalia in the __ stage of development

Answer 24

Traditional

Question 25

According to the dependency theory what is the main reason that todays high income countries became rich

Answer 25

They control the global economy

Question 26

Which of the following statements about modernization theory and politics is correct

Answer 26

Modernization theory advocates a liberal society with extensive civil liberties, market economics, and a limited government

Question 27

If you were to place dependency theory on the political spectrum correctly it would fall

Answer 27

Left of center

Question 28

The focus of modernization theory is ____ whereas the focus of dependency theory is

Answer 28

Production; distribution

Question 29

Most Latin American nations are classified as ____ countries

Answer 29

Middle income

Question 30

Low income countries are mostly __ societies

Answer 30

Agrarian

Question 31

Absolute poverty refers to

Answer 31

A lack of resources that is life threatening

Question 32

Which type of bondage involves sending children to work in the fields or into the streets to beg or steal for food

Answer 32

Child slavery

Question 33

How do the people we call poor in the us compare in low income countries

Answer 33

Poor here are far better off

Question 34

Around the world what is one of the biggest barriers preventing women from work

Answer 34

A lack of birth control

Question 35

Low income countries receive what percent of all global income

Answer 35

1

Question 36

Which theory asserts that high income countries are part of the solution to global poverty rather than being part of the problem

Answer 36

Modernization theory

Question 37

If we think of theories which of the following is true

Answer 37

Modernization theory advocates a right of center position supporting free market economics extensive civil liberates and a limited government. Dependency theory advocates a left of center position supporting the replacement of global capitalism with a more socialist global system

Question 38

Assuming that the dependency theory is correct who could benefit the least if low income countries followed this advice

Answer 38

The us

Question 39

What had almost disappeared from the world

Answer 39

Formal colonialism

Question 40

What is the result of the economic pattern called neocolonialism in flank economic stratification

Answer 40

High income countries drain the resources of low income countries

Question 41

Guess worker

Answer 41

Works as a construction worker in dhabi every month he sends part of his money home to his wife and children who live in a different country

Question 42

Why might global stratification lead to conflict even war

Answer 42

Widespread poverty inevitably creates misery which can fuel political instability

Question 43

Modernization theory advocates a liberal society with extensive civil liberties market economics and a limited government

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Some critics claim that modernization theory ________

Answer 44

ignores how rich nations prevent the economic development of poor nations.

Question 45

The wealthiest 20 percent of the global population receives about what percentage of all global income?

Answer 45

67

Question 46

The concept of "colonialism" refers to the process by which ________

Answer 46

some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of others.

Question 47

In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are ________

Answer 47

greater than in rich nations.

Question 48

What is Wallerstein's term for the middle-income countries of the world?

Answer 48

Semiperiphery

Question 49

Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

Answer 49

Chattel slavery

Question 50

Dependency theory claims that the economic positions of the rich and poor nations of the globe are linked.

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Even people with income at our country's poverty line live better than a majority of the world's people.

Answer 51

True

Question 52

In low-income nations, inequality between men and women is greater than it is in high-income countries.

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Global inequality is partly a problem of technology, and it is also a political issue.

Answer 53

True

Question 54

Huge businesses that operate in many different countries are called multinational corporations.

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Japan and Australia are examples of middle-income nations.

Answer 55

False