Exam 14: Development and Underdevelopment in the Developing World

What country is the largest debtor in the world measured by absolute external debt? This debt of this country is valued at $10 trillion.

Babies are generally the first group in a country to die when calamities disrupt the food supply.

The world's largest urban area,with approximately 36 million people is ________.

How is Latin America distinct from other regions of the underdeveloped world?

What is the most populous country of South Asia?

Most of the world's people live in newly industrializing countries.

Of the East Asian countries below,which is the poorest?

What the basic idea of Rostow's Modernization Theory is that the development of core countries was intrinsically dependent on the underdevelopment of the periphery countries.

When measured by absolute external debt,which countries/regions below have the largest debts?

In addition to many different native languages,what are the main languages of Latin America?

What is the only region of the world that has become poorer since World War II?

Employment in sweatshops is most often associated with Export-Led Industrialization.

AIDS kills more people than malnutrition or heart disease.

World-wide,access to health care is the worst in South America.

When LDCs lose talented people to the developed world this is called ________ ________.

The development of the core countries was intrinsically dependent on the underdevelopment of the periphery countries.this statement is the basis for ________ theory.

Neocolonialsim is the latest surge in countries of the global north taking over countries of the global south.

The most populous country of Southeast Asia,with 240 million people is China.

When people work much less than 8 hours per day,this is called underemployment.

What is NOT a characteristic problem of less developed countries?