Question 1

Young girls trafficked from the periphery to wealthier regions most often work as ____________

Accepted Answer

A)   domestic workers/street vendors.
B)   industrial labor.
C)   agricultural labor.
D)   prostitutes. A

Question 2

What is the major difference between Rostow's and Wallerstein's models of development? Compare and contrast the idea of core processes and peripheral processes with Rostow's notion of progressive stages of economic advancement.

Accepted Answer

Not answer

Question 3

Dependency ratio measures: _____________

Accepted Answer

A)   family size
B)   percent of the population dependent on welfare
C)   the number of young plus the number of elderly per 100 workers
D)   average number of hours of work to feed a family of four C

Question 4

Governments in both core and periphery often create wealth by focusing well paid government jobs ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   in the capital city.
B)   in underdeveloped areas.
C)   in port cities.
D)   offshore in third world countries.

Question 5

Subsistence forms of agriculture in peripheral areas produce little in the way of ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   protein.
B)   grain crops.
C)   root crops.
D)   foodstuffs.

Question 6

Many tourist areas in peripheral regions are beach resorts. In 2004 Thailand's beach resort areas were ravaged by _____________

Accepted Answer

A)   cockroach infestations.
B)   a tsunami.
C)   prolonged drought.
D)   terror attacks.

Question 7

Discuss several types of barriers to development. What can governments do to remove those barriers?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss several types of barriers to development....

Question 8

Gross national product (GNP)measures the total value of goods and services produced by a country's corporations and individuals. It is standardized by _________________

Accepted Answer

A)   being calculated in Euros.
B)   measuring the informal as well as informal economy.
C)   being calculated on a per capita basis.
D)   adjusting for differences in attitude toward "progress."

Question 9

Recent developments in China's coastal provinces have created greater regional economic disparities with interior regions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The world economic system works to the disadvantage of the periphery countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following has the highest per capita GNP?

Accepted Answer

A)   Japan
B)   United States
C)   European Union
D)   Canada

Question 12

Even if the Gross National Product (GNP)index is used to measure the well-being of a country,it will fail to show ______________

Accepted Answer

A)   growth in secondary industries (manufacturing) .
B)   the distribution of wealth.
C)   growth within tertiary industries (services) .
D)   growth within primary industries (mining, forestry, agriculture, fishing) .

Question 13

High levels of development can be determined by measurement of access to railways,roads,airline connections,telephones,radio and television,etc. These are collectively referred to as ________________

Accepted Answer

A)   infrastructure.
B)   dependency measures.
C)   formal economy.
D)   commodity connections.

Question 14

Mexico has established export processing zones with special tax,trade and regulatory arrangements for foreign firms. This phenomena is referred to as ______________

Accepted Answer

A)   maquiladoras.
B)   haciendas.
C)   border cities.
D)   NAFTA zones.

Question 15

Twenty thousand nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)in Bangladesh constitute what can be called _______________

Accepted Answer

A)   a parallel state.
B)   colonial enclaves.
C)   development islands.
D)   subversive zones.

Question 16

In Africa and other developing regions the output in the subsistence agricultural sector is not included in GNP calculations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Modern ideas of development are related to ____________

Accepted Answer

A)   the Industrial Revolution.
B)   the Agricultural Revolution.
C)   gross domestic product.
D)   religious views of equity.

Question 18

There are extremes of development within all countries. Describe places at each end of the spectrum within a developed county and compare the description with places of extreme wealth and poverty within a peripheral country. In what ways are they similar and in what ways do they differ?

Accepted Answer

The answer of There are extremes of development within all...

Question 19

El Salvador abandoned its currency,the Colon,in favor of the U.S.dollar. This process is referred to as _______________

Accepted Answer

A)   re-structuration.
B)   re-colonization.
C)   international monetizing.
D)   dollarization.

Question 20

_________ have low levels of human development according to the Human Development Index (2005).

Accepted Answer

A)   Mali and the Congo
B)   Haiti and Egypt
C)   Libya and India
D)   Yemen and India

Exam 10: Development

Young girls trafficked from the periphery to wealthier regions most often work as ____________

What is the major difference between Rostow's and Wallerstein's models of development? Compare and contrast the idea of core processes and peripheral processes with Rostow's notion of progressive stages of economic advancement.

Dependency ratio measures: _____________

Governments in both core and periphery often create wealth by focusing well paid government jobs ________________

Subsistence forms of agriculture in peripheral areas produce little in the way of ________________

Many tourist areas in peripheral regions are beach resorts. In 2004 Thailand's beach resort areas were ravaged by _____________

Discuss several types of barriers to development. What can governments do to remove those barriers?

Gross national product (GNP) measures the total value of goods and services produced by a country's corporations and individuals. It is standardized by _________________

Recent developments in China's coastal provinces have created greater regional economic disparities with interior regions.

The world economic system works to the disadvantage of the periphery countries.

Which of the following has the highest per capita GNP?

Even if the Gross National Product (GNP) index is used to measure the well-being of a country,it will fail to show ______________

High levels of development can be determined by measurement of access to railways,roads,airline connections,telephones,radio and television,etc. These are collectively referred to as ________________

Mexico has established export processing zones with special tax,trade and regulatory arrangements for foreign firms. This phenomena is referred to as ______________

Twenty thousand nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Bangladesh constitute what can be called _______________

In Africa and other developing regions the output in the subsistence agricultural sector is not included in GNP calculations.

Modern ideas of development are related to ____________

There are extremes of development within all countries. Describe places at each end of the spectrum within a developed county and compare the description with places of extreme wealth and poverty within a peripheral country. In what ways are they similar and in what ways do they differ?

El Salvador abandoned its currency,the Colon,in favor of the U.S.dollar. This process is referred to as _______________

_________ have low levels of human development according to the Human Development Index (2005) .