Exam 12: The North-South Gap

Conflicts among great powers,including the two world wars and the Cold War,basically result from competition among core states and regions over the right to exploit __________.

Nonviolent resistance to British rule was the means to independence for which British colony?

The theory of socialism parallels __________ with regard to its views on the relationship between government and the economy.

In recent years,states in which region have elected leftist presidents committed to changing course away from free-market capitalism and toward a socialist philosophy with more state-owned industries?

North-South relations have shown how difficult it is to separate __________ from __________.

Recurrent epidemics and widespread diarrhea,which kill millions of children each year,are often the result of __________.

Women taking part in the Integrated Holistic Approach Urban Development Project have helped to subsidize health and sanitation services in slums by __________.

In the global North,approximately 1 billion people live in extreme poverty.

The development of the international system,of imperialism,of trade and war,were all greatly accelerated by the __________ after about 1750.

Because of the positive impacts of colonialism on local populations,pro-colonial movements arose throughout the global South.

An economic surplus is created not by using capital for __________,but by investing money in productive capital.

The digging up and shipping away of the most easily accessible minerals and the use of the best farmland for export crops rather than subsistence crops exemplified the __________ colonial power.

In the global South,how does women's access to adequate education and favorable loan rates compare to that of men?

Hunger and malnutrition are rampant in the global South.

__________ calls for the breaking up of large landholdings and the redistribution of the land to poor peasants for use in subsistence farming.

Basing economic growth solely on resource exports can be problematic and lead to __________.

Though the profits accrue to the local capitalists,a system of nationally controlled production still depends on __________.

As of 2014,$600 billion,triple that of a decade before,was sent by migrants to relatives in their country of origin,which is an example of __________.

Most revolutions in third world countries were the result of __________.

Third world states were left with legacies of colonialism following independence,including their basic economic infrastructures,which made wealth accumulation difficult in certain ways.