Exam 9: Globalization, Inequality, and Development

Taiwan and South Korea, once colonies of Japan, have made considerable headway in their attempts to become prosperous. Discuss how this has been accomplished.

In North America, which of the following processes began with the arrival of British Puritan settlers?

According to dependency theory, what type of country is Canada?

Substantial foreign investment in poor countries by wealthy countries seldom leads to significant economic growth.

Which of the following categories forms a majority of those living in desperate poverty?

In which of the following theories does modernization theory have roots?

Why do some groups and organizations oppose globalization?

Over the last 30 years, world population and the number of international tourists have grown at about the same rate.

Which of the following shows the highest level of inequality of income as measured by the Gini index?

What point does the story in the textbook demonstrate about travel between Canada and Europe in 1980 and today?

According to the textbook, what should underdeveloped countries do to initiate successful early industrialization?

The richest 1 percent of the world's population today earns as much as what percentage of the world population?

Which of the following nations has realized the most significant positive change in its share of world gross domestic product between 1980 and 2010?

On which of the following conditions for economic development does Canada compare unfavourably with South Korea?

Dependency theorists assume that the economic backwardness of poor countries is due to the inability of citizens to adopt the work ethic, mindset, and virtues of the developed Western societies.

Most things you buy connect you to a global commodity chain.

Which of the following is a modernization theorist most likely to recommend for an underdeveloped country?

Which of the following ideas is a dependency theorist most likely to embrace?

Summarize the main tenets of dependency theory.

Liam is an activist who protests against the amount of wealth and power wielded by his nation over smaller nations. What is Liam protesting against?