chegg quiz

 

The _most industrialized ___ nations are:

 (1) the United States and Canada in North America, 

(2) Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the other industrialized countries of western Europe, 

(3) Japan in Asia, and 

(4) Australia and New Zealand in Oceania. 

industrializing 

The ___ nations are most of the nations of the former Soviet Union and its former satellites in eastern Europe. 

least industrialized

In the ____ nations, most people live on small farms or in villages, have large families, and barely survive. 

farms/ villages/ large/ survive

In the least industrialized nations, most people live on small ___ or in ____, have ___ families, and barely ___. 

capitalistic

Although there are variations in their economic systems, the most industrialized nations are all __capitalistic_. 

least industrialized 

The most industrialized nations' wealth is so enormous that even the poor live better and longer lives than do the average citizens of the ___ nations. 

lower/ better off/ uneven 

Most people who live in industrializing nations have much ____ incomes and standards of living than do those who live in the most industrialized nations; however, the majority are ____ than those who live in the least industrialized nations. The benefits of industrialization are ___, as large numbers of people in the industrializing nations remain illiterate and desperately poor. 

Poverty/ city dumps

___ plagues the least industrialized nations to such an extent that some families actually live in ___. 

poor

Although wealthy nations have their pockets of poverty, most people in the least industrialized nations are ___. 

least industrialized 

Most of the world's population growth is occurring in the ___ nations, placing even greater burdens on their limited resources and causing them to fall further behind each year. 

31%/ 16%

The first world, most industrialized capitalist nations account for: ___% of the earth's land and ___% of the world's population.

first/ most industrialized capitalist 

The ____ world, ____ nations account for: 31% of the earth's land and 16% of the world's population.

20%/ 16%

The second world, industrializing nations account for: ___% of the earth's land and ___% of the world's population.

second/ industrializing

The ____ world, ____ nations account for: 20% of the earth's land and 16% of the world's population.

49%/ 68%

The third world, least industrialized nations account for: ___% of the earth's land and ___% of the world's population. 

third/ least industrialized 

The ___ world, _____ nations account for: 49% of the earth's land and 68% of the world's population. 

colonialism 

The theory of ___ stresses that countries that industrialized first were able to conquer weaker nations because they got a jump on the rest of the world. 

industrialized/ jump

The theory of colonialism stresses that countries that ___ first were able to conquer weaker nations because they got a ___on the rest of the world. 

world system 

The ____ theory, which is a more popular theory today, is based on the belief that industrialization led to four groups of nations: core nations, semi-periphery, periphery, and external area. 

popular/ industrialization/ core, semi-periphery, periphery, and external area

The world system theory, which is a more __ theory today, is based on the belief that ___ led to four groups of nations, ___, ___, ____, and ____ nations. 

culture of poverty

The theory of _____ is a micro-level approach, which refers to a way of life that perpetuates poverty from one generation to the next. 

micro-level/ perpetuates 

The theory of culture of poverty is a ____-level approach, which refers to a way of life that ____ poverty from one generation to the next. 

industrialized/ rich and powerful/ stagnated/ trade/ core/ fringe/ less/ cash crops/ capitalism

World system theory suggests that industrialization led to: (1) core nations, countries that ___ first and grew ___, like Britain, France, Holland, & Germany, (2) semiperiphery, the economies of these Mediterranean nations ___ b/c they grew dependent on ___ with the ___ nations, (3) periphery or __ nations which were the eastern European countries that developed even __ & sold __ to the core nation (4) ___ includes Africa & Asia b/c both were left out of the development of ___

core/ semiperiphery/ periphery/ externa area

World system theory suggests that industrialization led to: (1) __ nations, countries that industrialized first and grew rich & powerful, like Britain, France, Holland, & Germany, (2) ___, the economies of these Mediterranean nations stagnated b/c they grew dependent on trade with the core nations, (3) __ or fringe nations which were the eastern European countries that developed even less & sold cash crops to the core nation (4) ___, includes most of Africa & Asia.

colonialism and world theory system 

Most sociologists prefer the theories of ___ and ____ for explaining how global stratification came about. 

Neocolonialism/ multinational corporations

There are two basic explanations for how the Most Industrialized Nations maintain their dominance. ____ refers to keeping the poorer nations in debt and selling weapons to their elite. The second explanation points to the influence of ____, as the new technology gives further advantage to the Most Industrialized Nations

debt/ weapons/ technology

There are two basic explanations for how the Most Industrialized Nations maintain their dominance. Neocolonialism refers to keeping the poorer nations in ___ and selling ____ to their elite. The second explanation points to the influence of multinational corporations, as the new ___ gives further advantage to the Most Industrialized Nations

neocolonialism

Harrington argued that when colonialism fell out of style it was replaced by ___. 

Neocolonialism

____ refers to the idea that by selling the Least Industrialized Nations' goods on credit, the Most Industrialized Nations entrap the poor nations with a circle of debt. The policy of selling weapons and other manufactured goods to the Least Industrialized Nations on credit turns those countries into eternal debtors. Keeping these nations in debt forces them to submit to trading terms dictated by the neocolonialists. 

credit/ debt/ weapons/ credit/ debtors/ debt/ trading/ remote/ heritage

Neocolonialism refers to the idea that by selling the Least Industrialized Nations' goods on ____, the Most Industrialized Nations entrap the poor nations with a circle of ____. The policy of selling ____ and other manufactured goods to the Least Industrialized Nations on ____ turns those countries into eternal ____. Keeping these nations in ___ forces them to submit to ____ terms dictated by the neocolonialists. Neocolonialism might seem ____ from our own lives, but its ___ affects us directly.

Multinational corporations

_____ are companies that operate across many national boundaries. 

global dominance

Multinational corporations, companies that operate across many national boundaries, also help to maintain the ___ of the Most Industrialized Nations. 

power elites/ elites/ weapons/ low/ cheap/ power/ power/ weapons/ oppress/ dominance

In their pursuit of profits, the multinational corporations need cooperative ___ in the Least Industrialized Nations. In return for funneling money to the ___ and selling them ____, the corporations get a favorable business climate, ___ taxes and ___ labor. The significance of these payoffs is the translation of the payoffs into ___. They allow the elites to purchase high-tech ___ with which they ___ their people and preserve their positions of ___. 

technology

As the multinational corporations amass profits, the Most Industrialized Nations are able to invest huge sums in the latest ____ while the Least Industrialized Nations are struggling to put scraps on the table. 

capitalism/ West to the East

All stratification systems have contradictions that threaten to erupt, forcing the system to change. Currently, ____ is in crisis, and we seem to be experiencing a global shift in economic (and, ultimately political) power from the ___ to the ___. 

West/ West to East

Although global domination remains in the hands of the ____, it could be on the verge of a major shift from the ___ to ___.