Question 1

Describe the distribution of income for the world as a whole.

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The distribution of income for the world...

Question 2

The poorest 20 percent of the global population receives about what percentage of all global income?

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A)   2 percent
B)   5 percent
C)   10 percent
D)   15 percentE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The former Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe are low-income countries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

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A)   20,000
B)   200,000
C)   20 million
D)   2 billionE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

According to Immanuel Wallerstein's theory of global capitalism, which nations are at the "core" of the world economy?

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A)   high-income nations
B)   middle-income nations
C)   low-income nations
D)   All nations form the "core."E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Although poverty continues, the world has ended the practice of slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Dependency theory claims that the economic positions of the rich and poor nations of the globe are linked.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Low-income countries are home to more than half of the world's people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In past centuries, European nations colonized countries in

Accepted Answer

A)   Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
B)   only Latin America.
C)   only Asia.
D)   only Africa.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

What is the difference between relative poverty and absolute poverty? Which is a more dangerous type of poverty? Why?

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Question 13

In middle-income nations, average personal income is in the range of

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A)   $250 and $1,000.
B)   $1,000 and $2,500.
C)   $2,500 and $12,500.
D)   $12,000 and $25,000.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

The social theorist identified with modernization theory is

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A)   Max Weber.
B)   Karl Marx.
C)   George Herbert Mead.
D)   Immanuel Wallerstein.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

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

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A)   poor nations rich nations
B)   the future the past
C)   production of wealth distribution of wealth
D)   culture economicsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Over the course of the last century, the extent of global economic inequality has

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A)   decreased sharply.
B)   stayed about the same.
C)   increased.
D)   become smaller, but not by much.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

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

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A)   drive to technological maturity take-off
B)   traditional high mass consumption
C)   high mass consumption take-off
D)   take-off drive to technological maturityE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 18

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

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A)   population increase is highest.
B)   most people live in cities.
C)   technology is most advanced.
D)   there was once the greatest prosperity.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

Typically, people in low-income countries do more physical labor yet consume fewer calories than people in rich nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

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According to Immanuel Wallerstein's theory of global capitalism, which nations are at the "core" of the world economy?

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