Exam 9: Global Stratification

Explain the levels of development approach that is used for describing global stratification.

According to modernization theory,the high-income,more-developed nations can improve their standard of living only with a period of intensive economic growth and accompanying changes in people's beliefs,values,and attitudes toward work.

The worldwide lack of employment for young people,resulting in as many as______________million young people unemployed in 2013,has threatened to stall global economic recovery.

As compared with lower-middle-income economies,nations having upper-middle-income economies typically have a somewhat higher standard of living.

According to Walt Rostow,economic advisor to U.S.President Kennedy,all countries go through four stages of economic development.The second stage is the______________stage,which is a period of economic growth accompanied by a growing belief in individualism,competition,and achievement.

Summarize sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein's world systems theory of global inequality.

After______________,the terms "First World," "Second World," and "Third World" were introduced by social scientists.

Using the Gini Index,which of the following countries is the most equitable?

Which type(s)of countries are exploited by semiperipheral nations?

The unequal distribution of wealth,power,and prestige on a worldwide basis,resulting in people having vastly different lifestyles and life chances both within and among the nations of the world,is referred to as:

A condition in which people do not have the means to secure the most basic necessities of life is defined as:

Many people in low-income nations are far from having good health.In fact,about______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________million people die each year from AIDS,diarrhea,malaria,tuberculosis,and other infections and parasitic illnesses.

In order to better understand how the HDI translates into real life,we should consider that a child that is born in 2010 in Norway has a life expectancy of______________years compared with a life expectancy of______________for a child born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nations with high-income economies continue to dominate the world economy,despite capital flight (the movement of jobs and economic resources from one nation to another)and deindustrialization (closing plants and factories because of their obsolescence).

The gap between some richer and middle- or lower-income nations has______________for life expectancy,adult literacy,and daily calorie supply.

Although some gains have been made in reducing the rate of malnourishment in some lower- income nations,about______________people around the world are malnourished.

The top three countries in the Human Development Index are______________.

Global stratification refers to the unequal distribution of wealth,power,and prestige on a global basis,resulting in people having vastly different lifestyles and life chances both within and among the nations of the world.

The leading killers of children and young adults are______________which are directly linked to environmental conditions and poverty.

The World Bank uses as its measure of income inequality what is known as the______________,which ranges from zero (meaning that everyone has the same income)to 100 (meaning that one person receives all the income).