Question 1

The advantage of the Human Development Index (HDI) over the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is that it (HDI) focuses more on ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   composite economic indicators
B)   composite assets
C)   composite of life expectancy and literacy
D)   composite of morbidity and mortality C

Question 2

Although the Rostow's "Stages of Growth" represent development as a series of evolutionary stages, its success depended on ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   political struggle between the Rostow and Marx
B)   political alliance between the West and the Soviet Union
C)   political context and a development state willing to create and protect free enterprise
D)   political leaders unwilling to fight terrorism and other global wars C

Question 3

Which of the following are consequences of large-scale farming?

Accepted Answer

A)   increasing greenhouse emissions
B)   disruption of agrarian cultures
C)   dependency on fossil fuels
D)   investment in oil production A, B, C

Question 4

The English factory-model called "Lancaster School" was established in ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   Lancaster
B)   Ghana
C)   Egypt
D)   Sudan

Question 5

The sustainability project is a response to the development and globalization projects in the sense that it addresses the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   benefits of development
B)   social and environmental crises caused by globalization
C)   challenges posed by climate change only
D)   political power vacuums caused by development

Question 6

The development paradox refers to the extent to which participatory methods reproduce ______, and renew development's legitimacy as poverty adversary.

Accepted Answer

A)   class equality
B)   class conflict
C)   income
D)   inequalities

Question 7

Development, today, is increasingly about how we survive the future, rather than how we improve on the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The effect of technology 'decoupling' from nature is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   ecological paradox
B)   globalization paradox
C)   environmentalist paradox
D)   sustainability paradox

Question 9

What function did the "colonial division of labor" serve, during the colonial era, and in shaping the terms of reference of the development project?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

While ______ produced new class inequalities within colonized societies, ______ racialized international inequality.

Accepted Answer

A)   colonialism, industrialism
B)   industrialism, colonialism
C)   racism, industrialism
D)   colonialism, racism

Question 11

The development, globalization, and sustainability projects have the same goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Dependency was meant for non-European nations to become developed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The theorization of development as a series evolutionary, linear stages is most associated with the work of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   Walt Towsrow
B)   Walt Rostow
C)   Walt Veigen
D)   Immanuel Wallestein

Question 14

Eduardo Galeano observation, "advertising enjoins everyone to consume, while the economy prohibits the vast majority of humanity from doing so...", implies that ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   access to the world's material wealth is extraordinarily uneven
B)   global consumers are a minority
C)   advertising is biased
D)   global consumerism is not necessarily a universal aspiration

Question 15

The main advantage of "Human Development Index" over conventional measures such as "Gross National Product" is its focus on ecological consequences of development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Development extended many forms of social engineering to colonies in order to help them develop like the Europeans. These include, all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   forced labor schemes
B)   schooling
C)   segregation
D)   annihilation

Question 17

Dependency analysis arose as a critique of Weberian theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

One implication of Walt Rostow's work, "Stages of Economic Growth" is that ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   development is not an evolutionary process
B)   development should follow Western model of free enterprise
C)   development should create a society in which all are equal
D)   development should lead to underdevelopment

Question 19

The "Stages of Growth" represent development as a reversible, natural, and spontaneous process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Explain the statement: "Development involved a relation of power."

Accepted Answer

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Exam 1: Development

The advantage of the Human Development Index (HDI) over the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is that it (HDI) focuses more on ______.

Although the Rostow's "Stages of Growth" represent development as a series of evolutionary stages, its success depended on ______.

Which of the following are consequences of large-scale farming?

The English factory-model called "Lancaster School" was established in ______.

The sustainability project is a response to the development and globalization projects in the sense that it addresses the ______.

The development paradox refers to the extent to which participatory methods reproduce ______, and renew development's legitimacy as poverty adversary.

Development, today, is increasingly about how we survive the future, rather than how we improve on the past.

The effect of technology 'decoupling' from nature is known as ______.

What function did the "colonial division of labor" serve, during the colonial era, and in shaping the terms of reference of the development project?

While produced new class inequalities within colonized societies, racialized international inequality.

The development, globalization, and sustainability projects have the same goals.

Dependency was meant for non-European nations to become developed.

The theorization of development as a series evolutionary, linear stages is most associated with the work of ______.

Eduardo Galeano observation, "advertising enjoins everyone to consume, while the economy prohibits the vast majority of humanity from doing so...", implies that ______.

The main advantage of "Human Development Index" over conventional measures such as "Gross National Product" is its focus on ecological consequences of development.

Development extended many forms of social engineering to colonies in order to help them develop like the Europeans. These include, all of the following EXCEPT:

Dependency analysis arose as a critique of Weberian theory.

One implication of Walt Rostow's work, "Stages of Economic Growth" is that ______.

The "Stages of Growth" represent development as a reversible, natural, and spontaneous process.

Explain the statement: "Development involved a relation of power."