Exam 9: Global Stratification

Summarize global inequality in relation to the world systems theory.

__________ poverty is measured by comparing personal or household income or expenses with the cost of buying a given quantity of goods and services.

Describe high-income economies.

About __________ of the world's population lives in the thirty-nine low-income economies,where most people engage in agricultural pursuits,reside in nonurban areas,and are impoverished.

Ideas regarding underdevelopment were popularized by __________ in his 1949 inaugural address.He stated that nations in the Southern Hemisphere were "underdeveloped areas" because of their low gross national product.

CARE International assists the world's poor in their effort to achieve social and economic well-being.Its work reaches 25 million people in fifty-three nations in Africa,Asia,Latin America,and Eastern Europe.

Nations with __________ continue to dominate the world economy, Despite the fact that shifts in the global marketplace have affected some Workers who have found themselves without work due to capital flight.

President Truman believed that an increase in the __________ meant that a nation was moving toward economic development,which typically included the improved exploitation of natural resources by industrial development.

Describe the "three worlds" approach that is used to classify nations of the world.

Despite gains in the 2010 HDI in many low-income nations,the life expectancy fell below 1970 levels in two areas:

Discuss development and modernization theory.

Today,gross national income (GNI) is a term that refers to all the goods and services produced in a country in a given year,plus the net income earned outside the country by individuals or corporations.

Industries that produce automobiles,computers,and other capital- and technology-intensive products are typically __________ chains.

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 1990,the United Nations Development Program introduced the Human Development Index (HDI),establishing three new criteria-in addition to gross domestic product (GDP)-for measuring the level of development in a country: life expectancy,health,and education.

The World Bank divides middle-income economies into lower-middle and upper-middle.Argentina,Chile,Mexico,Peru,Russian Federation,and South Africa are considered nations with __________ economies.

The income gap between the richest and the poorest 20 percent of the world population:

Low-income countries are primarily hunting and gathering nations with some industrialization and moderate levels of national and personal income.

Explain global inequality in relation to the dependency theory.

_________ exists when people may be able to afford basic necessities but are still unable to maintain an average standard of living.