SOC 131 Ch 9 – Flashcards
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The social theorist identified with modernization theory is
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Max Weber
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Some critics claim that modernization theory
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ignores how rich nations prevent the economic development of poor nations
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Japan, Canada, and the nations of Western Europe are all classified as
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high-income countries
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Which world region contains the largest percentage of the world's street children?
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Latin America
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While modernization theory focuses on _____, dependency theory focuses on _____.
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production of wealth; distribution of wealth
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In middle-income nations, average personal income is in the range of
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$2,500 and $12,500.
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André Gunder Frank states that poor nations
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were "underdeveloped," or made poor, by rich nations
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From a global perspective, economic productivity is lowest in precisely the regions where
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population increase is highest
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High-income nations
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make use of factories, big machinery, and advanced technology
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In the world's lowest-income nations, two in ten children born die by the age of
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five
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The global region in which the greatest reduction in poverty has taken place is
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Asia.
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According to Walt Rostow, nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of _____.
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traditional; high mass consumption
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With regard to the role of rich nations, dependency theory
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claims rich nations are to blame for global poverty
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Modernization theory claims that
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the main causes of poverty involve culture and technology
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According to modernization theory, the greatest barrier to economic development is
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traditional culture
