Question 1

According to the text, world poverty is caused by all of the following except

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A)  unstable governments unable to provide basic services. 
B)  economies reorganized to pay debt decreasing resources for human services. 
C)  the collapse of some nations' economies. 
D)  there is not enough food grown in the world to feed everyone.

Question 2

According to a 2017 World Bank report, about _____ percent of the world's population lives on less than $1.90 a day.

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A)  4 
B)  11 
C)  18 
D)  25

Question 3

Discuss the role of outsourcing in global stratification. How has it impacted wealthier nations? What about the nations in which the outsourced jobs are now located?

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Question 4

Discuss the role of the international division of labor in world systems theory. What are its consequences?

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Question 5

Conceptually, modernization theory is an outgrowth of _____ theory because it views economic growth as a consequence of certain values and attitudes.

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A)  conflict 
B)  functionalist 
C)  symbolic interactionist 
D)  social control

Question 6

Sociologists agree that high birthrates and large populations prevent a country from developing economically.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to the United Nations, violence against women

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A)  has become much less of a problem in the developed or industrialized world. 
B)  is skyrocketing, even in more developed nations, largely because of economic stress. 
C)  persists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of human rights. 
D)  has little impact on women's lives because it is simply an expected part of being a woman.

Question 8

In world systems theory, only peripheral countries can be harmed by the conduct of other countries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss the causes of population-level hunger in the world. What causes large swaths of the world's population to go hungry?

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Question 10

Explain the various causes of world poverty.

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Question 11

The term transnational community refers to communities that

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A)  value pluralism and thus are quite cosmopolitan. 
B)  are made up mostly of immigrants whose sole function is to provide cheap labor. 
C)  may be geographically distant but socially and politically close. 
D)  communities that were once seats of colonial power and thus retain ties to the former colonizer.

Question 12

Within world systems theory, _____ explains how differential profits are attached to the production of goods and services in the world market.

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A)  the neo-Marxist philosophy 
B)  the international division of labor 
C)  differential association 
D)  corrupt public policy

Question 13

When economic power is used to stratify countries, those that are poor and largely agricultural but that have important resources that wealthier countries exploit are called

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A)  core countries. 
B)  peripheral countries. 
C)  semiperipheral countries. 
D)  hybrid countries.

Question 14

The term for the network of production and labor processes by which a product is manufactured or processed is

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A)  commodity chain. 
B)  manufacturing model. 
C)  division of labor. 
D)  product development route.

Question 15

According to the World Bank, by 2040 as much as _____ percent of the world's population will face a shortfall in the availability of water.

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A)  10 
B)  20 
C)  30 
D)  40

Question 16

Both dependency and world systems theorists understand the world in terms of a single, unified economic system and assert that the economic system should be the unit of analysis, not individual countries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The history of Western capitalism has been characterized by extracting both human and natural resources from the poorest regions of the earth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

John works at an artisan chocolate shop in a midwestern town. The chocolates he sells start off as cocoa beans harvested by children working on plantations in tropical countries. The cocoa pods are processed, fermented, and dried in the country of origin and then shipped to other nations throughout the world for further processing into chocolate. The chocolate itself is then sold and transformed by artisans across the world into the confections John sells. John is best described as part of a(n)

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A)  production process. 
B)  exploitation system. 
C)  commodity chain. 
D)  consumer service.

Question 19

Which of these statements related to global stratification is true?

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A)  All people in poor countries are poor. 
B)  Poor countries lack natural resources. 
C)  The majority of the world's population lives in poor countries. 
D)  Poor countries are more urban than wealthy countries.

Question 20

Discuss the distinguishing characteristics of the dependency theory of world stratification and assess its strengths and weaknesses.

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Exam 9: Global Stratification

According to the text, world poverty is caused by all of the following except

According to a 2017 World Bank report, about _____ percent of the world's population lives on less than $1.90 a day.

Discuss the role of outsourcing in global stratification. How has it impacted wealthier nations? What about the nations in which the outsourced jobs are now located?

Discuss the role of the international division of labor in world systems theory. What are its consequences?

Conceptually, modernization theory is an outgrowth of _____ theory because it views economic growth as a consequence of certain values and attitudes.

Sociologists agree that high birthrates and large populations prevent a country from developing economically.

According to the United Nations, violence against women

In world systems theory, only peripheral countries can be harmed by the conduct of other countries.

Discuss the causes of population-level hunger in the world. What causes large swaths of the world's population to go hungry?

Explain the various causes of world poverty.

The term transnational community refers to communities that

Within world systems theory, _____ explains how differential profits are attached to the production of goods and services in the world market.

When economic power is used to stratify countries, those that are poor and largely agricultural but that have important resources that wealthier countries exploit are called

The term for the network of production and labor processes by which a product is manufactured or processed is

According to the World Bank, by 2040 as much as _____ percent of the world's population will face a shortfall in the availability of water.

Both dependency and world systems theorists understand the world in terms of a single, unified economic system and assert that the economic system should be the unit of analysis, not individual countries.

The history of Western capitalism has been characterized by extracting both human and natural resources from the poorest regions of the earth.

Which of these statements related to global stratification is true?

Discuss the distinguishing characteristics of the dependency theory of world stratification and assess its strengths and weaknesses.