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