Exam 9: Global Stratification

There are three dimensions included in the Human Development Index.Which of the following is NOT one of these?

The number of hours that people work at their jobs each week is one measure of the extent to which individuals subscribe to the work ethic,which is a core value widely believed to be of great significance in the______________process.

The bottom three countries in the "Low Human Development" category are:

Explain your personal perspective on human development issues.

The average income per person in lower-income countries has______________in the past thirty years.

Low-income countries are primarily hunting and gathering nations with some industrialization and moderate levels of national and personal income.

The______________was introduced by social analysts to distinguish among nations on the basis of their levels of economic development and the standard of living of their citizens.

As a result of the 1992 U.N.Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro,terms such as "underdevelopment" have largely been dropped in favor of measurements such as sustainable development,and economies are now classified by their:

First World nations consisted of the rich,industrialized nations that primarily have capitalistic economic systems and democratic political systems.

Discuss the dependency theory of global inequality.

Less than one-third of the residents of middle-income economy nations live in poverty.

By 2010,the wealthiest 20 percent of the world population had almost______________times the income of the poorest 20 percent.

Health is defined in the Constitution of the World Health Organization as:

The most widely known development theory is______________,which is a perspective that links global inequality to different levels of economic development and suggests that low-income economies can move to middle- and high-income economies by achieving self-sustained economic growth.

The average life expectancy at birth of people in middle-income countries remains about 10 years less than that of people in very high-income countries;moreover,the life expectancy of people in low-income countries is as much as 20 years less than that of people in very high-income countries.

Erin makes around $15,000 per year.Until recently,she worked in the manufacturing sector at a factory.However,it recently closed and relocated to a country with lower wages.Erin likely lives in a __________economy.

Defining levels of poverty involves all of the following dimensions EXCEPT for:

The term______________refers to material well-being,which is measured by the quality of goods and services that may be purchased by the per capita national income.

According to the______________theory,commodity production is being split into fragments that can be assigned to whichever part of the world can provide the most profitable combination of capital and labor.

Summarize the levels of development approach.