Question 1

Today China is the world's fastest growing economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Democracy as a system offers a way around corruption.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Maintenance of your idealism and love of your country is unimportant advice to an advisor to a developing country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Both autocracy and democracy present problems for developing countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Beginning in the late 1980s, China has undergone an enormous:

Accepted Answer

A)  population explosion. 
B)  territorial expansion. 
C)  economic liberalization with the introduction of markets. 
D)  political reform with the introduction of democracy and end of communism. 
A)  population explosion. 
B)  territorial expansion. 
C)  economic liberalization with the introduction of markets. 
D)  political reform with the introduction of democracy and end of communism.

Question 6

Uganda remains one of the world's largest producers of coffee.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

There are about 56 countries in the world that are considered developing countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

During the Cold War, developing countries could:

Accepted Answer

A)  find no way to benefit from the superpower struggle. 
B)  benefit by playing the U.S.S.R. against the U.S. 
C)  suffer and only watch the conflict that never involved them. 
D)  never change sides and benefit from military aid. 
A)  find no way to benefit from the superpower struggle. 
B)  benefit by playing the U.S.S.R. against the U.S. 
C)  suffer and only watch the conflict that never involved them. 
D)  never change sides and benefit from military aid.

Question 9

How have the problems facing developing countries been managed in China, Mexico, and Uganda? What success have these countries had in dealing with the major problems confronting these countries?

Accepted Answer

China is one example of a developing cou

Question 10

Corruption as a way of life is now almost completely absent in developing countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The percentage of Mexico's population living in towns and cities is about:

Accepted Answer

A)  20 percent. 
B)  50 percent. 
C)  77 percent. 
D)  95 percent. 
A)  20 percent. 
B)  50 percent. 
C)  77 percent. 
D)  95 percent.

Question 12

From 1966 until 1976, China was governed by a radical faction that attempted:

Accepted Answer

A)  world conquest. 
B)  a Cultural Revolution. 
C)  increased contact with Western culture. 
D)  to introduce a market economy. 
A)  world conquest. 
B)  a Cultural Revolution. 
C)  increased contact with Western culture. 
D)  to introduce a market economy.

Question 13

In 1978, a change in Chinese leadership gradually eliminated market-oriented reforms in China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Increasing per capita output becomes very difficult for a developing country when

Accepted Answer

A)  government monetary policies make more credit available. 
B)  too much foreign aid is available. 
C)  continued population growth occurs. 
D)  economic reforms make more funds available for development. 
A)  government monetary policies make more credit available. 
B)  too much foreign aid is available. 
C)  continued population growth occurs. 
D)  economic reforms make more funds available for development.

Question 15

The World Bank is an international organization to help:

Accepted Answer

A)  developed countries profit from developing countries' problems. 
B)  foster development through loans and advice 
C)  finance failing governments as a tax evading tactic. 
D)  the developed countries remain dominant. 
A)  developed countries profit from developing countries' problems. 
B)  foster development through loans and advice 
C)  finance failing governments as a tax evading tactic. 
D)  the developed countries remain dominant.

Question 16

Much of U.S. foreign aid has been given for:

Accepted Answer

A)  political and military purposes. 
B)  humanitarian purposes. 
C)  nongovernmental organizations. 
D)  national security reasons. 
A)  political and military purposes. 
B)  humanitarian purposes. 
C)  nongovernmental organizations. 
D)  national security reasons.

Question 17

Corruption is a way of life in many developing countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Any state that is to operate as a nation-state must have:

Accepted Answer

A)  full transparency in government. 
B)  political consensus. 
C)  a fourth estate. 
D)  cultural unity 
A)  full transparency in government. 
B)  political consensus. 
C)  a fourth estate. 
D)  cultural unity

Question 19

Over the last sixty years, the U.S. has given foreign aid at about the rate of:

Accepted Answer

A)  10 percent of U.S. total output. 
B)  one half of 1 percent of U.S. total output. 
C)  33 percent of U.S. total output. 
D)  50 percent of U.S. total output. 
A)  10 percent of U.S. total output. 
B)  one half of 1 percent of U.S. total output. 
C)  33 percent of U.S. total output. 
D)  50 percent of U.S. total output.

Question 20

The two main economic systems are capitalism and socialism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: The Political Economies of Developing Countries

Today China is the world's fastest growing economy.

Democracy as a system offers a way around corruption.

Maintenance of your idealism and love of your country is unimportant advice to an advisor to a developing country.

Both autocracy and democracy present problems for developing countries.

Beginning in the late 1980s, China has undergone an enormous:

Uganda remains one of the world's largest producers of coffee.

There are about 56 countries in the world that are considered developing countries.

During the Cold War, developing countries could:

How have the problems facing developing countries been managed in China, Mexico, and Uganda? What success have these countries had in dealing with the major problems confronting these countries?

Corruption as a way of life is now almost completely absent in developing countries.

The percentage of Mexico's population living in towns and cities is about:

From 1966 until 1976, China was governed by a radical faction that attempted:

In 1978, a change in Chinese leadership gradually eliminated market-oriented reforms in China.

Increasing per capita output becomes very difficult for a developing country when

The World Bank is an international organization to help:

Much of U.S. foreign aid has been given for:

Corruption is a way of life in many developing countries.

Any state that is to operate as a nation-state must have:

Over the last sixty years, the U.S. has given foreign aid at about the rate of:

The two main economic systems are capitalism and socialism.

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