Exam 12: Global Stratification

Colonialism and neocolonialism both refer to a situation where one country politically rules or controls another country.

Modernization theory was created as a criticism of U.S.foreign policy.

In poor countries,the disadvantages women face relative to men are

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?

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

In low-income nations,population growth is generally very high.

Japan and Australia are examples of middle-income nations.

Modernization theory claims that what we need to explain in human history is not poverty but affluence.

Although Africa is a poor region of the world,people live almost as long as in the United States.

"Las Colonias" refers to settlements

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

The global region in which the greatest reduction in poverty has taken place is

From a global perspective,economic productivity is lowest in precisely the regions where

Modernization theory claims that

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

Dependency theory differs from modernization theory by

What is Wallerstein's term for the middle-income countries of the world?

Some forms of marriage found in the world today amount to slavery.

A social theorist who contributed to the development of dependency theory by tracing the growth of the capitalist world economy is

Dependency theory claims that the widespread poverty in low-income countries has little to do with great affluence in high-income countries.