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Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The richest 20 percent of the world's population receives   40 percent of global income. 60 percent of global income. 30 percent of global income. 20 percent of global income.

	Which of the following is not a middle-income country?   Morocco Saudi Arabia Indonesia Argentina

	The quality of life index calculated by the United Nations is based on   income. longevity. education. All of the above.

	The United Nations estimates that, in poor countries, women own   90 percent of the land. 5 percent of the land. 50 percent of the land. 10 percent of the land.

	Which form of slavery occurs when one person owns another?   debt bondage child slavery servile marriage chattel slavery

	In dependency theory, the economic relationship between low-income and high-income nations that continues the pattern of domination is called   neo-colonialism. modernization. global stratification. colonialism.

	Which model of economic and social development explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones?   neocolonial theory dependency theory modernization theory culture of poverty theory

	According to Rostow's stages of modernization, what is the fourth stage?   high mass consumption take-off stage traditional stage drive to technological maturity

	Modernization theory claims that high-income countries play four roles in global economic development. Which is not one of those roles?   increasing food production extracting raw materials providing foreign aid controlling population

	Which of the following is not one of the correlates of global poverty?   military spending gender inequality technology population growth

	In Wallerstein's "world economy", the low-income countries are called   the periphery. neocolonies. colonies. the third world.

	According to dependency theorists Lappé and Collins, the existence of poverty amid plenty stems from   lack of technology. producing food for profits. foreign debt. traditional cultural barriers.

	Modernization theory is derived from which sociological approach?   social-conflict structural-functional symbolic-interaction feminist

	Correlates of global poverty include   technology. cultural patterns. global power relationships. All of the above.

	Which of the following is true of high-income countries?   There are only 20 high-income countries. The population of the high-income countries is about 50 percent of the world's population. Per capita annual income ranges from $13 000 to more than $35 000. Women have low social standing in relation to men.

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