Unit 7 (Shortened Version)

Question 1

Countries that are in the traditional society stage in Rostow's model of development are more likely to see…

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Jobs located in the primary sector

Question 2

When looking at Wallerstein’s World System Theory we can observe that…

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Economic development is increasingly benefiting MDC over LDC

Question 3

The idea that resources should be conserved today so that future generations can meet their needs is called

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sustainable development.

Question 4

Rostow&#x27;s economic development model indicates that before high level economic dev. can occur,

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countries must pass through predictable & sequential stages

Question 5

The portion of an economy engaged in the production of natural resources (fisheries, mining, & timber) is known as the

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primary sector

Question 6

What are NICS?

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Newly Industrialized Countries

Question 7

Which of the following is a characteristic of a developed country?

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Main disease related to age and lifestyle

Question 8

The theory that every society develops economically according to a five-stage pattern of growth is attributed to

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Rostow.

Question 9

Advertising, legal services, and retail are examples of

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tertiary economic activities.

Question 10

When looking at a country’s HDI we can observe…

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Countries with a score near 1 have more economic development

Question 11

The country has more urbanization, jobs in the secondary sector & is seeing countries exploit their resources/labor

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Takeoff stage

Question 12

According to the "dependency theory" of development,

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highly developed places got that way by exploiting the underdeveloped.

Question 13

Niger&#x27;s economy is mostly limited to

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primary economic activities.

Question 14

Which indicator could we use to understand the standard of living?

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Gender Inequality Index (GII), Gross National Income per capita (GNI per capita)

Question 15

Core countries are more likely to have _______ jobs while semi-periphery countries are more likely to have ______ jobs.

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Tertiary sector, secondary sector

Question 16

The indicator which uses a combination of factors (life expectancy, education rates, & income) to measure development is

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Human Development Index (HDI)

Question 17

Places such as Silicon Valley in California and Hyderabad, India, are areas of economic development in

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high-technology equipment and software

Question 18

The sector of an economy that transforms raw materials into useable products is characterized

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by secondary economic activities

Question 19

The world systems theory divides the world into

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core, periphery, and semi-periphery.

Question 20

When looking at countries today we can see that their economies are interdependent. This means…

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Countries economies are connected and influence each other

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