Island of Development

An area of development in an LDC

per capita income, education, life expectancy

Measures of development does NOT include

Degree of democracy in government

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

Jobs located in the primary sector

What's not true about World Systems Theory...

it explains sustainable development

Distance Decay suggests that

Strength of interaction decreases with distance

A loan to help less developed country farmers

Rostow's Modernization Model

Based on Europe and US history of development

Why do companies outsource production to LDCs/underdeveloped areas?

Clustered populations in SEZs and overpopulated areas

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Island of Development
A MDC surrounded by LDCs
A city in a MDC
An area of development in an LDC
An island in the Global South
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HDI includes
per capita income, investments, literacy rate
per capita income, education, life expectancy
total value of goods and services, dependency ratio
mobile phone access, education level, life expectancy
3
What is an example of a NGO?
Doctors without boarders
Congress
The Governor's Association
FEMA
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Measures of development does NOT include
Education and literacy
A country's wealth from goods and services
Degree of democracy in government
Access to mobile phones
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Countries that are in the traditional society stage in Rostow's model of development are more likely to see…
Jobs located in the primary sector
Jobs located in the tertiary sector
Jobs located in the secondary sector
Jobs located in the quinary sector
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Total value of goods & services made by citizens & companies of a country within that country
HDI
GDP
GNI
GNP
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Special Economic Zones
are designed to boost development
all of the above
are found in LDCs
example: maquiladores areas in Mexico
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What's not true about World Systems Theory...
Wallerstein created it
is a structuralist idea
includes 3 tiers: core, periphery, semi-periphery
it explains sustainable development
9
An example of a tertiary activity is
Lumbering
Mining
Teaching
Farming
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Which organization created HDI?
The WHO
The EU
The World Bank
The UN
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Distance Decay suggests that
The importance of distcance is lessening
Strength of interaction decreases with distance
Technology has overcome distance as an impediment
Larger places have more interaction
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What does the location theory center on?
Litigation
Factory Size
Transportation
GDP
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When a country uses another country's currency instead of its own
Pesoization
Dollarization
Microcredit
Globalization
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"Development" is NOT about...
progress
creating democracies
ending poverty
economic growth
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The Global North and South is divided by
the World Bank
the Atlantic Ocean
the Brandt line
the equator
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Dependency Theory shows how...
MDCs may dominate LDCs
LDCs can overcome poverty
structures create economic opportunity
loans can get LDCs out of poverty
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What is a microloan?
a low tech loan
a micro econ food stuff
A loan to help less developed country farmers
a small food stipend
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Development measures can be misleading because
all of the above
developed countries have poverty
development can be uneven in a country
there are different ways to measure it
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Rostow's Modernization Model
Based on Europe and US history of development
Shows steps toward political progress
Assumes only Western countries can develop
Is about flying Smurfs
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Which is a barrier to development?
All of the above would be
Foreign debt
Widespread disease
Political instability
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What is a footloose industry?
High-value, High-weight
Low value, Low-weight,
high-value, low-weight
A dance move
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Why do companies outsource production to LDCs/underdeveloped areas?
Cheaper labor in rural-low populated areas generates more profit
Clustered populations in SEZs and overpopulated areas
Labor is cheaper in undeveloped rural areas
Clustered populations with areas of high HDIs

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