Question 1

Dependency theory states that high-income nations have narrow,export-oriented economies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In 2012,how many independent nations were there in the world?

Accepted Answer

A) 57 
B) 195 
C) 341 
D) 2,190 
A) 57 
B) 195 
C) 341 
D) 2,190

Question 3

For the world as a whole,about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?

Accepted Answer

A) less than 1 million 
B) 10 million 
C) 100 million 
D) close to 1 billion 
A) less than 1 million 
B) 10 million 
C) 100 million 
D) close to 1 billion

Question 4

High-income countries are the home of the world's largest corporations as well as the world's top financial markets.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Global inequality is partly a problem of technology,and it is also a political issue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Even people with income at our country's poverty line live better than a majority of the world's people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) narrow,export-oriented economies 
B) lack of integration into the world economy 
C) lack of industrial capacity 
D) foreign debt 
A) narrow,export-oriented economies 
B) lack of integration into the world economy 
C) lack of industrial capacity 
D) foreign debt

Question 8

______ is not a high-income nation.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Modernization theory claims that rich nations can and do help solve the world's poverty problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

If you wanted to visit the world's low-income nations,where would you travel?

Accepted Answer

A) Africa and Asia 
B) Latin America 
C) Eastern Europe 
D) North America 
A) Africa and Asia 
B) Latin America 
C) Eastern Europe 
D) North America

Question 11

Global income is divided more equally than income within the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In low-income nations,inequality between men and women is greater than it is in high-income countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Walt Rostow,nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) drive to technological maturity; take-off 
B) traditional; high mass consumption 
C) high mass consumption; take-off 
D) take-off; drive to technological maturity 
A) drive to technological maturity; take-off 
B) traditional; high mass consumption 
C) high mass consumption; take-off 
D) take-off; drive to technological maturity

Question 14

If you were to apply modernization theory to the problem of global poverty,you might point that low-income nations

Accepted Answer

A) use advanced technology. 
B) have low levels of population increase. 
C) have cultural resistance to innovation. 
D) have high mass consumption. 
A) use advanced technology. 
B) have low levels of population increase. 
C) have cultural resistance to innovation. 
D) have high mass consumption.

Question 15

In poor nations,poverty is_____ than in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) more likely to involve men 
B) more widespread and severe 
C) addressed more effectively 
D) a less serious problem 
A) more likely to involve men 
B) more widespread and severe 
C) addressed more effectively 
D) a less serious problem

Question 16

The region in the world with the greatest number of poor "street children" is Latin America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

While modernization theory focuses on _____,dependency theory focuses on _____.

Accepted Answer

A) poor nations; rich nations 
B) the future; the past 
C) production of wealth; distribution of wealth 
D) culture; economics 
A) poor nations; rich nations 
B) the future; the past 
C) production of wealth; distribution of wealth 
D) culture; economics

Question 18

André Gunder Frank states that poor nations

Accepted Answer

A) are responsible for their own poverty. 
B) were "underdeveloped," or made poor,by rich nations. 
C) suffer from traditional culture. 
D) need to gain more productive technology. 
A) are responsible for their own poverty. 
B) were "underdeveloped," or made poor,by rich nations. 
C) suffer from traditional culture. 
D) need to gain more productive technology.

Question 19

Absolute poverty is

Accepted Answer

A) most common in large nations such as the United States. 
B) the same as relative poverty. 
C) life threatening. 
D) found only in the poorest nations. 
A) most common in large nations such as the United States. 
B) the same as relative poverty. 
C) life threatening. 
D) found only in the poorest nations.

Question 20

One criticism of dependency theory is that it

Accepted Answer

A) lacks a historical focus. 
B) has little to say about the role of rich countries. 
C) blames poor countries for their own poverty. 
D) treats global wealth as a zero-sum so that one country benefits only at the expense of another. 
A) lacks a historical focus. 
B) has little to say about the role of rich countries. 
C) blames poor countries for their own poverty. 
D) treats global wealth as a zero-sum so that one country benefits only at the expense of another.

Exam 12: Global Stratification

Dependency theory states that high-income nations have narrow,export-oriented economies.

In 2012,how many independent nations were there in the world?

For the world as a whole,about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?

High-income countries are the home of the world's largest corporations as well as the world's top financial markets.

Global inequality is partly a problem of technology,and it is also a political issue.

Even people with income at our country's poverty line live better than a majority of the world's people.

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

______ is not a high-income nation.

Modernization theory claims that rich nations can and do help solve the world's poverty problem.

If you wanted to visit the world's low-income nations,where would you travel?

Global income is divided more equally than income within the United States.

In low-income nations,inequality between men and women is greater than it is in high-income countries.

According to Walt Rostow,nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of _____.

If you were to apply modernization theory to the problem of global poverty,you might point that low-income nations

In poor nations,poverty is_____ than in the United States.

The region in the world with the greatest number of poor "street children" is Latin America.

While modernization theory focuses on _____,dependency theory focuses on _____.

André Gunder Frank states that poor nations

Absolute poverty is

One criticism of dependency theory is that it

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