Midterm "Poverty" Flashcards

1
Q

What are the causes of poverty in the world?

A

-conflict traps
-natural resources
-landlock/bad neighbors
-disease/mass destruction
-unfair trade policies trap
-official development assistance (ODA) issue
- aspects on history + culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What are the roots of African poverty?

A
  1. Sub-Saharan countries rank among the poorest in the world
  2. Poverty is due to past exploitive colonial relationships- ships
  3. With the end of the colonial period came neo-colonialism
  4. The 70% of Africans who live in rural areas rely on subsistence agriculture;
  5. depend on the export of primary goods
  6. Plantation agriculture
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

T/F for most of history, humans have lacked material wealth.

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

T/F China is following the US’s lead and contributing traditional economic ain to Sub-Saharan Africa for development purposes

A

False

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What country was referred to as a “failed state”

A

Hati

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The term for the type of relationship that exists between rich and poor countries today, one in a rich country controls the terms of economic agreements and one that is to the relationship of the two countries prior to the independence of the poorer country.

A

Neocolonialism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is it called when people have gone from no electricity to photovoltaics?

A

Leapfrogging

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What does HIDC stand for?

A

Highly indebted developing countries

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

T/F all over the world, the gap between rich and poor within countries has continued to shrink.

A

False, it has grown

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

The Sub-Saharan African country that’s known for its high-value primary good that it mines and exports

A

Botswana Diamonds

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What other types of poverty are there?

A

Social, water, education

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

T/F it has been determined that the best way to help countries develop is to “trickle down”

A

False

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What is SDG’s #1 goal?

A

No poverty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

When one country on its own gives development assistance directly to another country, what type of aid is it?

A

Bilateral

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What is the #1 reason for hunger?

A

Poverty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What is the product used in the production of cell phones that men and boys mine in DR Congo?

A

Colton

17
Q

T/F the state approach to economic growth is now dead while the market approach appears to be without criticism

A

False

18
Q

what does it mean to be landlocked?

A

a country almost or entirely surrounded by land; having no coastline or seaport

19
Q

What country have we studied that is not landlocked?
-Afghanistan
-Botswana
-Ethiopia
-Nepal
-Pakistan

A

Ethiopia

20
Q

T/F government is not at all involved in the economy during market approach

A

False