Question 1

Until recently, most explanations of the world food problem have focused on which of the following factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overpopulation 
B)  Physical or human circumstances 
C)  Inadequate distribution of available supplies 
D)  Both A and C 
E)  All of the above

Question 2

Democracies are more likely to wage war and to instigate ethnic rivalries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Discuss the human consequences of disasters in relation to poverty. Use examples to illustrate the links.

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Question 4

Explain why it is especially difficult to accept the high number of deaths associated with malaria.

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Question 5

Explain the lack of development throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa and what has been viewed as successes.

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Question 6

Ancient civilizations developed in some areas due to a transition from what to what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hunting and gathering to fishing societies 
B)  Agricultural to hunting and gathering societies 
C)  Hunting and gathering to agricultural societies 
D)  Agricultural to fishing societies 
E)  Fishing to hunting and gathering societies

Question 7

It is widely hoped that industrialization might lead to employment for the unemployed or underemployed rural poor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to estimates by the World Bank, approximately how many people receive insufficient nourishment to support normal activity and work?

Accepted Answer

A)  0-200 million 
B)  201-400 million 
C)  401-600 million 
D)  601-800 million 
E)  801 million-1 billion

Question 9

Explain how the world debt problem can be addressed so as to create a more equal world.

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Question 10

Which of the following terms refers to people who leave their home country and apply for refugee status in some other country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homeless people 
B)  Settlers 
C)  Immigrants 
D)  Emigrants 
E)  Asylum seekers

Question 11

Tragically, the four countries that comprise the Horn of Africa are rarely out of the news because of war, famine, and refugees. However, there is hope that the dispute between which of the two following countries has ended which will allow them to begin on a process toward greater economic and social development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethiopia and Djibouti 
B)  Eritrea and Ethiopia 
C)  Djibouti and Eritrea 
D)  Somalia and Djibouti 
E)  Ethiopia and Somalia

Question 12

Which of the following explicitly distinguished between North and South, and rich and poor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brandt Report 
B)  Third World Report 
C)  Kuan Yew Report 
D)  World Development Report 
E)  UNHCR Report

Question 13

The Syrian refugee crisis is by far the biggest refugee emergency of our time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is a characteristic of Rostow's fifth and final stage of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exploitation of major resources 
B)  Radical political change 
C)  High mass consumption 
D)  Increased trade 
E)  Creation of diverse industrial base

Question 15

The Human Development Index is based on which three goals of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Health, education, and income 
B)  CBR, CDR, and RNI 
C)  GDP, life expectancy, and income 
D)  GDP, GNI, and GDI 
E)  None of the above

Question 16

The Grameen Bank, a program that began as a research project at the University of Chittagong (Bangladesh) in 1976 and became an independent bank by 1983, focuses on which of the following issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Improving the status of women 
B)  Helping displaced people 
C)  Improving the status of landless and destitute people, especially women 
D)  Providing large loans to women 
E)  Increasing its clientele among the disadvantaged

Question 17

People who flee their homes but remain within their home country are referred to as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Refugees 
B)  Activists 
C)  Internally displaced persons 
D)  Nativists 
E)  Emigrants

Question 18

A relationship in which one state is dependent on and dominated by another is known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Underdevelopment 
B)  Nationalism 
C)  Dependence 
D)  World systems theory 
E)  State control

Question 19

Identify what Canada can/should do in response to the increasing number of refugees.

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Question 20

Which areas of Africa are also areas of endemic malaria?

Accepted Answer

A)  Areas of lower economic development 
B)  Areas of industry 
C)  Areas of lower social development 
D)  Both A and C 
E)  All of the above

Exam 3: Uneven Development and Global Inequalities

Until recently, most explanations of the world food problem have focused on which of the following factors?

Democracies are more likely to wage war and to instigate ethnic rivalries.

Discuss the human consequences of disasters in relation to poverty. Use examples to illustrate the links.

Explain why it is especially difficult to accept the high number of deaths associated with malaria.

Explain the lack of development throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa and what has been viewed as successes.

Ancient civilizations developed in some areas due to a transition from what to what?

It is widely hoped that industrialization might lead to employment for the unemployed or underemployed rural poor.

According to estimates by the World Bank, approximately how many people receive insufficient nourishment to support normal activity and work?

Explain how the world debt problem can be addressed so as to create a more equal world.

Which of the following terms refers to people who leave their home country and apply for refugee status in some other country?

Which of the following explicitly distinguished between North and South, and rich and poor?

The Syrian refugee crisis is by far the biggest refugee emergency of our time.

Which of the following is a characteristic of Rostow's fifth and final stage of development?

The Human Development Index is based on which three goals of development?

The Grameen Bank, a program that began as a research project at the University of Chittagong (Bangladesh) in 1976 and became an independent bank by 1983, focuses on which of the following issues?

People who flee their homes but remain within their home country are referred to as which of the following?

A relationship in which one state is dependent on and dominated by another is known as which of the following?

Identify what Canada can/should do in response to the increasing number of refugees.

Which areas of Africa are also areas of endemic malaria?