Exam 12: The North-South Gap

Remittances from nations such as the United States provide opportunities for family members back home,improving their quality of life,and __________.

Which of the following is a possible explanation for the dramatic increase in global remittance flows?

After several decades in power,revolutionaries usually continue to rebel against the norms and rules of the international system.

In the postcolonial era,the liberal free-trade regime based around the __________ corrected only partially for the North's superior bargaining position in North-South trade.

Along with some of the newly industrialized countries,Eastern Europe and Russia are commonly considered __________.

The Viet Minh defeat of French occupiers was an example of throwing off the colonial yoke by way of __________.

Which country was the first colonial power?

One of the biggest issues affecting North-South relations is the __________ from poorer to richer states.

Right-wing nationalism has surfaced in __________,where regulations for asylum seekers have been lax and the number of immigrants has been increasing.

Which of the following is a consequence of an enclave economy?

China and South Asia,the regions experiencing the __________ growth,are not part of the highest-income or the lowest-income regions.

How do semiperiphery regions compare with periphery regions?

What group of refugees,displaced in the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars,remains one of the most politicized groups in the world?

Once in power,revolutionary governments find they often resemble their predecessor in what way?

With respect to migrants and refugees,__________.

In 2010,floods destroyed nearly 2 million acres of crops in Pakistan.This is an example of __________.

Some international relations scholars see the global system of regional divisions as a world-system,which is also known as __________.

Some of the fundamental principles of interstate power politics were first exhibited by __________.

During the Cold War,the classic third world revolutionary movement was __________.

In the 2010 Pakistan flood,nearly __________ million acres of crops were destroyed.