MIDTERM CHAPTER 10
THRID WORLD
A TERM FROM THE COLD WAR ERA THAT REFERS TO POOR UNINDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
SEMI PERIPHERAL NATIONS
in-between nations, not powerful enough to dictate policy but acting as a major source of raw materials and an expanding middle class marketplace
88 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE ON LESS $1,00 A DAY. THESE PEOPLE ARE SAID TO BE LIVING IN?
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
WHICH CONTINENT HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF IMPOVERISHED NATIONS IN THE WORLD?
AFRICA
SECOND WORLD
A TERM FROM THE COLD WORLD ERA THAT DESCRIBES NATIONS WITH MODERATE ECONOMIES AND STANDARDS OF LIVING
FIRST WORLD
A TERM FROM THE Cold War ERA THAT IS USED TO DESCRIBE INDUSTRIALIZED CAPITALIST DEMOCRACIES
FOURTH WORLD
A TERM THAT DESCRIBES STIGMATIZED MINORITY GROUPS WHO HAVE NO VOICE OR REPRESENTATION ON THE WORLD STAGE
MODERNIZATION THEORY
A THEORY THAT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES CAN IMPROVE THEIR GLOBAL ECONOMIC STANDING BY INDUSTRIALIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND A SHIFT IN CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS WORK
THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WAS CREATED BY?
CORE NATIONS COUNTRIES
CORE NATIONS
DOMINANT CAPITALIST COUNTRIES
AN EXAMPLE OF SLAVERY, ACCORDING TO ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL IS?
FACTORIES USING CHILD LABOR
HOW IS GLOBAL STRATIFICATION DIFFERENT FROM SOCIAL STRATIFICATION ?
GLOBAL STRATIFICATION EXAMINES A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PREJUDICE AND INEQUALITY, WHILE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION COVERS THE SOCIAL CLASS AND STANDING OF INDIVIDUALS
WHICH NUMBER DOES THE WORLD BANK USE TO DETERMINE THE STATUS AND CLASSIFICATION OF EACH NATION?
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
GLOBAL INEQUALITY
INVOLVES THE CONCENTRATION OF RESOURCES IN CERTAIN NATIONS, SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING THE OPPORTUNITIES OF INDIVIDUALS IN POORER AND LESS POWERFUL COUNTRIES
WHICH IS AN EFFECT OF ABSOLUTE POVERTY THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO ITS CYCLICAL NATURE?
LACK OF EDUCATION
PERIPHERAL NATIONS
NATIONS ON THE FRINGES OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, DOMINATED BY CORE NATIONS, WITH VERY LITTLE INDUSTRIALIZATION
GLOBAL STRATIFICATION
REFERS TO THIS UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION AMONG NATIONS
DEPENDENCY THEORY
THEORY WHICH STATES THAT GLOBAL INEQUITY IS DUE TO THE EXPLOITATION OR PERIPHERAL AND SEMI PERIPHERAL NATIONS BY CORE NATIONS
WHICH STATEMENT EXPLAINS WHY IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN'S CLASSIFICATIONS IS PREFFERED BY SOCIOLOGIST?
WALLERSTEIN'S CLASSIFICATION NUSES NEUTRAL ITEMS THAT ALLOW HIS CLASSIFICATION OF NATIONS TO BE LESS BIASED AND APPEAR LESS ETHNOCENTRIC