Question 1

Most of the economic development occurring in China today is found:

Accepted Answer

A)   along China's southern and eastern coastlines: Shanghai, Guangdong, Hainan Island, and Fujian
B)   in Beijing
C)   in far western China
D)   in the far north, toward Mongolia A

Question 2

In Latin America, ISI was the major development strategy in the period between , whereas EOI was the major strategy in the period between :

Accepted Answer

A)   1880-1910; 1930-1960
B)   1930-1960; 1880-1910
C)   1960s-1980s; 1930-1960
D)   1930-1960; 1960s-1980s D

Question 3

Dependency theory roots the causes of underdevelopment in:

Accepted Answer

A)   the dogmatism and antidemocratic attitudes of Third World political leaders
B)   unfavorable geographical conditions
C)   the flirtation of Third World countries with socialism
D)   foreign economic domination of Third World countries by the advanced captalist societies of Europe and North America D

Question 4

Discuss the economic development that has been occurring in China since about 1980. Where is China headed economically?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

The development strategy known as "export-oriented industrialization" EOI) involves:

Accepted Answer

A)   a country producing for the world market rather than its domestic market
B)   holding down wages so as to make a country's goods cheaper and thus more competitive on the world market
C)   both of these
D)   neither of these

Question 6

The hard dependency theorists believe that economic dependency makes economic development:

Accepted Answer

A)   difficult but not impossible
B)   essentially impossible
C)   easier than if no dependency existed

Question 7

African countries were fully incorporated into the world-economy beginning:

Accepted Answer

A)   in the late nineteenth century
B)   in the late eighteenth century
C)   just before World War II
D)   in the seventeenth century

Question 8

According to Glenn Firebaugh, empirical tests of dependency theory actually indicate that the long-term effect of foreign investment in the Third World is to promote rather than inhibit development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Compared to the developed nations, the underdeveloped countries have:

Accepted Answer

A)   significantly greater social and economic inequality
B)   less social inequality since most people have few material resources
C)   greater social inequality but less economic inequality
D)   approximately the same level of social and economic inequality

Question 10

Underdeveloped countries generally have low levels of urbanization and a high percentage of the work force employed in agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Between 1960 and 1980, income inequality in Brazil:

Accepted Answer

A)   declined slightly
B)   declined markedly
C)   stayed about the same
D)   increased

Question 12

The experience of contemporary Brazil with what the soft dependency theorists have called "dependent development" indicates that:

Accepted Answer

A)   a certain amount of economic development can occur even in the presence of economic dependency
B)   dependent development actually benefits no one
C)   the possibilities of dependent development may be limitless
D)   none of these

Question 13

According to Rostow, all underdeveloped societies are at the stage of development that he terms "traditional society."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In the past two decades there has been a wave of democratization that has swept through many peripheral and semiperipheral societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

World-system theory posits a growing gap between the developed and the underdeveloped countries as capitalism evolves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following has been characteristic of sub-Saharan African societies in recent decades?

Accepted Answer

A)   declining food production
B)   declining foreign investment
C)   decaying infrastructure
D)   civil war and genocide
E)   all of these

Question 17

Sanderson and Alderson claim that the economic development experienced by Taiwan and South Korea in recent decades is consistent with soft dependency theory or world- system theory, but it is also somewhat consistent with modernization theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Sanderson and Alderson argue that an important factor contributing to Japan being the first non-Western society to achieve the status of an industrial society was its:

Accepted Answer

A)   religious values resembling Protestantism
B)   large size and low level of population density
C)   historical isolation from the capitalist world-economy for approximately two and a half centuries

Question 19

Sanderson and Alderson prefer the "soft" version of dependency theory to the "hard" version, arguing that it is largely free from the criticisms made of the latter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In his recent version of modernization theory, David Landes emphasizes as a critical cause of economic development:

Accepted Answer

A)   innovative ideas, such as personal liberty and private property
B)   responsive government
C)   knowledge and know-how
D)   all of these

Exam 9: Economic Development and Underdevelopment

Most of the economic development occurring in China today is found:

In Latin America, ISI was the major development strategy in the period between , whereas EOI was the major strategy in the period between :

Dependency theory roots the causes of underdevelopment in:

Discuss the economic development that has been occurring in China since about 1980. Where is China headed economically?

The development strategy known as "export-oriented industrialization" EOI) involves:

The hard dependency theorists believe that economic dependency makes economic development:

African countries were fully incorporated into the world-economy beginning:

According to Glenn Firebaugh, empirical tests of dependency theory actually indicate that the long-term effect of foreign investment in the Third World is to promote rather than inhibit development.

Compared to the developed nations, the underdeveloped countries have:

Underdeveloped countries generally have low levels of urbanization and a high percentage of the work force employed in agriculture.

Between 1960 and 1980, income inequality in Brazil:

The experience of contemporary Brazil with what the soft dependency theorists have called "dependent development" indicates that:

According to Rostow, all underdeveloped societies are at the stage of development that he terms "traditional society."

In the past two decades there has been a wave of democratization that has swept through many peripheral and semiperipheral societies.

World-system theory posits a growing gap between the developed and the underdeveloped countries as capitalism evolves.

Which of the following has been characteristic of sub-Saharan African societies in recent decades?

Sanderson and Alderson claim that the economic development experienced by Taiwan and South Korea in recent decades is consistent with soft dependency theory or world- system theory, but it is also somewhat consistent with modernization theory.

Sanderson and Alderson argue that an important factor contributing to Japan being the first non-Western society to achieve the status of an industrial society was its:

Sanderson and Alderson prefer the "soft" version of dependency theory to the "hard" version, arguing that it is largely free from the criticisms made of the latter.

In his recent version of modernization theory, David Landes emphasizes as a critical cause of economic development: