Chapter 9

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The maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people by a foreign power for an extended period is referred to as

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Colonialism

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In viewing the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that are controlled and exploited, sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein draws on the

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Conflict perspective

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Which of the following nations would Immanuel Wallerstein classify as a core country within the world economic system?

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Germany

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Which of the following goals of the Millennium Projects has already been reached?

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Halve extreme poverty worldwide

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Which of the following approaches to the delivery of first aid to developing countries has been successful in Uganda?

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Direct selling

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Which sociological perspective argues that multinational corporations can actually help the developing nations of the world?

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The functionalist perspective

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Which of the following terms is used by contemporary social scientists to describe the far-reaching process by which peripheral nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristics of more developed societies?

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Modernization

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Which of the following statements about the division of income in Brazilianis not true?

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Income is distributed more evenly across the population in Brazil that in the United States

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In at least 22 nations around the world, the most affluent 10 percent receives at least what percentage of all income?

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percent

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Karuna Chanana Ahmed, an anthropologist from India who has studied developing nations, calls which group the most exploited of oppressed people?

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women

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Colonial domination established patterns of economic exploitation leading to former colonies remaining dependent on more industrialized nations. Such continuing dependence and foreign domination are referred to as ______________.

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neocolonialism

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According to Immanuel Wallerstein's analysis, The United States is at the ____ while neighboring Mexico is on the _____________ of the world economic system.

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core; semiperiphery

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Wallerstein's world systems analysis is the most widely used version of __________ theory.

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dependecy

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In many developing nations, __________ is defined as the minimum income a person needs to survive, typically $1 to $2 a day.

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poverty

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______ factories are factories found throughout the developing world that are run by multinational corporations

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Global

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As _______ industries become a more important part of the international marketplace, many companies have concluded that the low costs of overseas operations more than offset the expense of transmitting information around the world/

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service

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Viewed from a(n) _____________ perspective, the combination of skilled technology and management provided by multinationals and the relatively cheap labor available in developing nations is ideal for a global enterprise.

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functionalist

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Modernization theory reflects the _____________ perspective.

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functionalist

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In large developing nations, the most significant form of social mobility is the movement out of _______

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poverty

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Tax breaks, bailouts, direct payments, and grants, are all forms of _________ _______.

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corporate welfare