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Quiz #7 Global Inequality Question 1 10 out of 10 points     According to the world systems theory, __________ countries are economically advanced, technologically sophisticated, and well educated, while __________ countries have low incomes and low levels of industrialization

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Quiz #7 Global Inequality

• Question 1

  10 out of 10 points

  	According to the world systems theory, __________ countries are economically advanced, technologically sophisticated, and well educated, while __________ countries have low incomes and low levels of industrialization.
  	Selected Answer:   core; peripheral Answers: central; semi-peripheral   central; peripheral   core; quasi-peripheral   core; peripheral

• Question 2

  10 out of 10 points

  	According to the world systems theory, in which category do China and India belong?
  	Selected Answer: semi-peripheral Answers: core   central     semi-peripheral   peripheral

• 	Statistics show that many of the world's poorest nations have the highest __________.
  	Answers: educational attainment rates   total fertility rates   employment rates   inter-racial marriage rates

• Question 4

  10 out of 10 points

  	Which of the following is not considered one of the stages of the modernization theory?
  	Answers: traditional   takeoff   downward progress   high mass consumption

• Question 5

  10 out of 10 points

  	Powerful Western nations, such as England and France, have dominated less powerful countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America for many centuries.  Consequently, many of these less powerful countries continue to be exploited in many different ways.  Which of the following theories best describes this example?
  	Answers: modernization theory   functionalism   dependency theory   world systems theory

• Question 6

  10 out of 10 points

  	The idea that poverty of some countries is a consequence of their exploitation by global capitalists is known as __________.
  	Answers: modernization theory   functionalism   dependency theory   world systems theory

• Question 7

  10 out of 10 points

  	The __________ is defined as a class of professionals who exercise considerable economic and political power that is not limited by national borders.
  	Answers: caste   underclass   upper middle class   global elite

• Question 8

  10 out of 10 points

  	According to the world systems theory, in which category do nations in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa belong?
  	Answers: core   central   quasi-peripheral   peripheral

• Question 9

  10 out of 10 points

  	According to the world systems theory, in which category do the U.S., England, and Japan belong?
  	Answers: core   central   quasi-peripheral   peripheral

• Question 10

  10 out of 10 points

  	From the  __________, a relationship exists between Nigeria and the U.S., for which Nigeria provides a critically important resource (i.e., oil).
  	Answers: dependency theory   modernization theory   symbolic interactionist perspective   class dominant theory