Exam 10: The Global South

Recently, most countries in the Global South have followed an economic strategy in which they have lowered barriers to trade, known as

Why do countries in the Global South have trouble creating a sense of national identity?

The governments of the Global South are facing challenges in all of the following areas EXCEPT

The problem of educated young people leaving their home country to move to Western countries is known as __________.

Identify the three factors that undermined import substitution. Explain the economic and political reasons for the adoption of structural adjustment policies.

One of the legacies of imperialism in most countries of the Global South is

We refer to lesser developed countries collectively as belonging to the Global __________.

In what ways would countries of the Global South be better off today if they had not been colonies? In what ways would they be worse off?

Colonial rulers often gave great power to certain native people and groups to run colonies. This imperialist practice is known as __________ rule.

We refer to states whose governments can no longer provide the basic necessities as __________.

Which of the following statements best describes change in the Global South?

Why is it important for students in the United States to study the politics of the Global South? How do the problems of the Global South touch us? Give specific examples to illustrate your arguments.

Private, usually issue-oriented, groups that perform public services and work to shape public policy are known as __________ organizations.

Which of the following institutions is (are) NOT part of the Bretton Woods organizations?

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a valuable tool for comparing countries because it

Dependency theory focuses on which component of imperialism when stressing how the Third World was forced into the global capitalist system?

Why have some countries in the Global South democratized while others have not? What might explain why some countries have been able to create increasingly competitive, open and free elections while others have not?

In Africa, national boundaries are mostly a reflection of

Foreign aid began in the 1950s with the Colombo Plan by the __________ government.

As the "lender of last resort" for the Global South, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) usually