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Question 61

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Which theoretical approach claims that rich nations of the world are "overdeveloped" while poor nations are "underdeveloped"?

A) modernization theory
B) dependency theory
C) both modernization theory and dependency theory
D) neither modernization theory nor dependency theory

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are

A) about the same as in rich nations.
B) smaller than in rich nations.
C) greater than in rich nations.
D) nonexistent in poor countries, women and men have the same social standing.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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How would modernization theory explain the increasing economic inequality in the world over the last century? How would dependency theory explain the increasing economic inequality?

André Gunder Frank states that poor nations

A social theorist who contributed to the development of dependency theory by tracing the growth of the capitalist world economy is

A recent United Nations report shows that, in general, high-income nations have a higher quality of life than low-income nations.

The richest 20 percent of the world's people receive 50 percent of the entire world's income.

There is less economic inequality in the world today than there was a century ago.

Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty throughout the world as a whole is more widespread and more severe.

For every dollar earned by someone in a low-income nation, a person in a high-income nation earns about four dollars.

The global region in which the greatest reduction in poverty has taken place is

For the world as a whole, about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?

According to modernization theory, the greatest barrier to economic development is

Wallerstein pointed to several factors that cause dependency among low-income nations.Which of the following is a factor that Wallerstein did NOT claim to be a cause of dependency?

The poorest 20 percent of the world's people live on just 2 percent of the world's income.