Exam 3: The Global Divide: Inequality Across Societies

In their search for cheap labor for assembly work, multinational corporations have tended to hire

Since everyone is poor, poor countries often have little inequality within their borders.

Large amounts of the world's lightweight consumer goods are made in a string of cities along

Athletic shoes are now often made in

Modernization theorists maintained that the people of developing nations needed

World systems theorists believe that the periphery benefits from close ties to the global economic core.

In Mexico, much of the growth in industrial production has been in

Structural adjustment programs sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) often call on troubled countries to:

The movement of jobs from the industrialized world to the Third World is one aspect of

Due to high levels of immigration, a greater portion of the U.S. population is foreign born than ever before.

Jobs most recently outsourced to India have included

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigrants and guest workers to the United States often came as

What are major causes of the "double divide" between and among nations? What factors are emphasized by dependency and world systems theorists, by modernization theorists, and by neoclassical economists?

The fastest-growing industrial type in Mexico is

In Europe, the United States, and parts of East Asia, guest workers, legal and illegal, are now sought for

World systems and dependency theorists have maintained that a major reason poor nations stay poor is

Decreases in world poverty have been largely due to economic gains in parts of Asia.

Modernization theorists believe that poor societies need to modernize their attitudes toward economic activity as well as their technology.

Dependency theorists believe that poor countries need greater involvement by multinational corporations and more focus on exports.

China has become a major exporter of items, from shoes to toys, that used to be made in the American Midwest.