Question 1

Dependency theory claims that poverty results from natural processes, such as people having too many children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following social theorists is identified with modernization theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Weber 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  George Herbert Mead 
D)  Immanuel Wallerstein 
A)  Max Weber 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  George Herbert Mead 
D)  Immanuel Wallerstein

Question 3

The richest 20 percent of the world's people receive less than 50 percent of the world's income.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

One of the countries listed below is NOT a high-income nation. Which one is it?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada 
B)  South Africa 
C)  Israel 
D)  Venezuela 
A)  Canada 
B)  South Africa 
C)  Israel 
D)  Venezuela

Question 5

Modernization theory identifies which of the following as the greatest barrier to economic development?

Accepted Answer

A)  technology 
B)  multinational corporations 
C)  capitalism 
D)  tradition 
A)  technology 
B)  multinational corporations 
C)  capitalism 
D)  tradition

Question 6

Some critics claim that modernization theory

Accepted Answer

A)  ignores how rich nations prevent the economic development of poor nations. 
B)  amounts to an attack on capitalism. 
C)  treats rich and poor societies as linked. 
D)  doesn't consider the ease with which globally weak nations achieve modernization. 
A)  ignores how rich nations prevent the economic development of poor nations. 
B)  amounts to an attack on capitalism. 
C)  treats rich and poor societies as linked. 
D)  doesn't consider the ease with which globally weak nations achieve modernization.

Question 7

Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

Accepted Answer

A)  chattel slavery 
B)  child slavery 
C)  debt bondage 
D)  servile forms of marriage 
A)  chattel slavery 
B)  child slavery 
C)  debt bondage 
D)  servile forms of marriage

Question 8

Modernization theory focuses on the production of wealth, while dependency theory focuses on the distribution of wealth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Globally, middle-income countries have an "average" standard of living by North American standards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the distribution of income for the world as a whole.

Accepted Answer

The distribution of income for the world

Question 11

CIDA has made the involvement of women in development a priority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Anti-Slavery International, about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that amount to slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  20 000 
B)  200 000 
C)  20 million 
D)  2 billion 
A)  20 000 
B)  200 000 
C)  20 million 
D)  2 billion

Question 13

In middle-income nations, average personal income is in the range of

Accepted Answer

A)  $250 and $1000. 
B)  $1000 and $2500. 
C)  $2500 and $12 500. 
D)  $10 000 and $25 000. 
A)  $250 and $1000. 
B)  $1000 and $2500. 
C)  $2500 and $12 500. 
D)  $10 000 and $25 000.

Question 14

A recent United Nations report shows that, in general, high-income nations have a higher quality of life than low-income nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

"Guest workers" make up 85% of the population of the United Arab Emirates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The people of the high-income countries, who represent 23 percent of the world's population, enjoy about how much of the world's income?

Accepted Answer

A)  27 percent 
B)  43 percent 
C)  65 percent 
D)  59 percent 
A)  27 percent 
B)  43 percent 
C)  65 percent 
D)  59 percent

Question 17

Describe the trend in global inequality over the course of the last century, and especially since 1970. Based on where we have been and where we are now, predict where the world may be a century from now. What prediction would modernization theory support? What about dependency theory? What do you think will happen? Why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the trend in global inequality over...

Question 18

Huge businesses that operate in many different countries are called multinational corporations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Some forms of marriage in the world amount to slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Low-income countries are home to more than half of the world's people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Global Stratification

Dependency theory claims that poverty results from natural processes, such as people having too many children.

Which of the following social theorists is identified with modernization theory?

The richest 20 percent of the world's people receive less than 50 percent of the world's income.

One of the countries listed below is NOT a high-income nation. Which one is it?

Modernization theory identifies which of the following as the greatest barrier to economic development?

Some critics claim that modernization theory

Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

Modernization theory focuses on the production of wealth, while dependency theory focuses on the distribution of wealth.

Globally, middle-income countries have an "average" standard of living by North American standards.

Describe the distribution of income for the world as a whole.

CIDA has made the involvement of women in development a priority.

According to Anti-Slavery International, about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that amount to slavery?

In middle-income nations, average personal income is in the range of

A recent United Nations report shows that, in general, high-income nations have a higher quality of life than low-income nations.

"Guest workers" make up 85% of the population of the United Arab Emirates.

The people of the high-income countries, who represent 23 percent of the world's population, enjoy about how much of the world's income?

Huge businesses that operate in many different countries are called multinational corporations.

Some forms of marriage in the world amount to slavery.

Low-income countries are home to more than half of the world's people.

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