Exam 9: Global Stratification

Wallerstein pointed to several factors that cause dependency among low-income nations. Which of the following is NOT a factor that Wallerstein considered to be a cause of dependency?

The concept of "neocolonialism" refers to the process by which

A majority (57 percent) of the world's people live in

Dependency theory claims that the increasing prosperity of the high-income countries has little to do with widespread poverty in low-income countries.

People living in high-income nations receive 80 percent of the entire world's income.

Critics claim that dependency theory

The wealthiest 20 percent of the global population receives about _______of all global income.

Typically, people in low-income countries do more physical labor yet consume fewer calories than people in rich nations.

Critics say that dependency theory wrongly treats wealth as a zero-sum, where no one gets richer unless someone gets poorer.

Which type of slavery consists of employers holding workers captive by paying them too little to cover their debts?

Where on the planet would you find most high-income nations?

In low-income nations, poverty is _______than in the United States.

Modernization theory claims that, looking across human history, what we need to explain is not poverty but affluence.

Critics claim that modernization theory

Because they buy so much raw material, rich nations are now in debt to low-income nations.

According to dependency theory, poor countries have become dependent on rich nations because

Over the course of the last century, although living standards have risen, the extent of global inequality has

The poorest 20 percent of the global population receives only about_______ of all global income.

The richest 20 percent of the world's people receive about 50 percent of all the world's income.

Mexico is now a high-income nation.