Exam 6: Industrialization and the Expansion of the World-System

Sanderson and Alderson suggest that the idea that the Industrial Revolution was rooted in population pressure:

Sanderson and Alderson argue that Confucianism has played an important role in the economic development of Japan.

A country that has achieved hegemonic status within the world-system is one that:

When viewed in the context of the evolution of the capitalist world-economy, the Industrial Revolution:

Discuss the incorporation of Japan into the capitalist world-economy and the beginnings of its industrialization. What are some of the things that distinguish Japanese capitalism today from capitalism in the West?

The first hegemonic power of the world-economy was:

What is monopoly capitalism and when and why did it develop?

The loss of American hegemony is revealed by such things as:

Increasing proletarianization occurs when a growing percentage of the work force exists under conditions of poverty.

Which of the following is a basic reason why British hegemony waned?

Smaller capitalist producers in the late nineteenth century welcomed the formation of giant monopolies because they brought more buyers to the marketplace.

Which of the following is a reason for the enormous economic development of the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

A hegemonic society is one that:

In 1900 the capitalist core was made up principally of:

Japan was incorporated into the world-economy as a country:

The state contributed to the industrialization of Japan by subsidizing industry and encouraging the formation of a system of national banks.

The process whereby economic and social relationships come to be increasingly dominated by the logic of capitalist production is known as the:

Wallerstein supports the idea that the Industrial Revolution represented a dramatic rupture with the past.

The European experience with industrialization suggests that:

The leading industry of the Industrial Revolution during its first phase was: