National Geographic Human Geography Chapter 19 reveiw

What is the first stage of Rostow's Stages of Development Model?

• The traditional society : the country has not yet started process of development

• The preconditions for takeoff: the country initiates innovative economic activities

• The takeoff: there is rapid growth in economic activities

• The drive to maturity: modem technology diffuses

• The age of mass consumption: the economy shifts to consumer goods

What is the second stage of Rostow's Stages of Development Model?

• The traditional society : the country has not yet started process of development

• The preconditions for takeoff: the country initiates innovative economic activities

• The takeoff: there is rapid growth in economic activities

• The drive to maturity: modem technology diffuses

• The age of mass consumption: the economy shifts to consumer goods

What is the third stage of Rostow's Stages of Development Model?

• The traditional society : the country has not yet started process of development

• The preconditions for takeoff: the country initiates innovative economic activities

• The takeoff: there is rapid growth in economic activities

• The drive to maturity: modem technology diffuses

• The age of mass consumption: the economy shifts to consumer goods

What is the fourth stage of Rostow's Stages of Development Model?

• The traditional society : the country has not yet started process of development

• The preconditions for takeoff: the country initiates innovative economic activities

• The takeoff: there is rapid growth in economic activities

• The drive to maturity: modem technology diffuses

• The age of mass consumption: the economy shifts to consumer goods

What is the fifth stage of Rostow's Stages of Development Model?

• The traditional society : the country has not yet started process of development

• The preconditions for takeoff: the country initiates innovative economic activities

• The takeoff: there is rapid growth in economic activities

• The drive to maturity: modem technology diffuses

• The age of mass consumption: the economy shifts to consumer goods

Select all criticisms of The Stages of Economic Growth Model

• Not all countries wished to follow the "Western" model of development

• It provided a capitalist excuse for a large amount of exploitation of periphery countries by core ones

• Ignores that it is largely unachievable in periphery countries due to historical and cultural circumstances

• Stages of Growth in a country aren't uniform everywhere.

• It believes in a zero-sum world economic structure

Answer explanation

aka Rostows theory

GDP is the total value the goods and services produced within, or domestically, the country in a year, and is a way to measure a population's wealth

• True

• False

Answer explanation

GDP stands for Gross National Product

GNP is the total value the goods and services produced within, or domestically, the country in a year, and is a way to measure a population's wealth

• True

• False

Answer explanation

GNP is the Gross National Product, which includes income produced both domestically and internationally.

GNI per capita is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country within a year divided b its population, and is a way to measure a population's wealth

• True

• False

Answer explanation

GNI stands for Gross National Income

The majority of a country's economy being based in one economic sector is closely tied to it's what?

• Position as a periphery, semi-periphery, or core country

• Status as commodity dependent or not

• Population Size