A social theorist who contributed to the development of dependency theory by tracing the growth of the capitalist world economy is?
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Immanuel Wallerstein.
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Absolute poverty is?
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Life threatening.
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According to Immanuel Wallerstein's theory of global capitalism, which nations are the "core" of the world economy?
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High-income nations.
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According to Anti-Slavery International, about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that amount to slavery?
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20 million.
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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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According to dependency theory, poor countries have become dependent on rich nations because?
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They sell raw materials to rich nations.
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According to modernization theory, the greatest barrier to economic development is?
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Traditional culture.
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Dependency theory differs from modernization theory by?
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Explaining global inequality in terms of the exploitation of poor countries by rich countries.
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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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If you were applying modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might expect rich nations to aid the economic development of poor nations by?
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Increasing industrial production.
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What is Wallerstein's term for the middle-income countries of the world?
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Semiperiphery.
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What concept refers to a global economy in which multinational corporations exploit people in low-income nations?
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Neocolonialism.
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The social theorist identified with modernization theory is?
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George Herbert Mead.
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The concept of "neocolonialism" refers to the process by which?
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Multinational corporations dominate the economy of a poor country.
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The concept of "colonialism" refers to the process by which?
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some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of others.
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Over the course of the last century, the extent of global economic inequality has?
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Increased.
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One criticism of dependency theory is that it?
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Treats global wealth as a zero-sum so that one country benefits only at the expense of another.
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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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In 2012, how many independent nations were there in the world?
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195
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If you were to apply modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might point that low-income nations?
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Have cultural resistance to innovation.
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