Pols 1710 Quiz 7 and 9

The total market value of all goods and products produced in a year is known as

• GDP the gross domestic product.

• purchasing power parity.

• the national comparative income.

• HDI the Human Development Index

The Gini index is one way that social scientists measure

• the environmental impact of development.

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  total national wealth.

• the amount of economic inequality in a society.

• the distribution of public goods.

Which of the following statements is consistent with the “resource trap” theory?

• The portability of natural resources contributes to the desire of elites to hang on to power

• Abundant natural resources often free those in power from the need to tax the people.

• Abundant natural resources in a country are typically tied to religious rule, which encourages undemocratic governing structures.

• Heavy taxation in resource-rich countries inspires resentment by the people, leading to authoritarian crackdowns.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the “Asian values” argument?

• Asian values tend to discourage the formation of a middle class, which limits democratic institutions.

• Asia has cultural and religious traditions that encourage conformity and obedience, making it less receptive to democracy.

• Asian cultural and religious traditions lead to authoritarian regimes that are typically less violent.

• Asia has cultural and religious traditions that encourage individualism and free expression, making it more receptive to democracy.

Countries that appear to have many of the trappings of democracy but restrict the democratic process to a great degree are known as

• subdemocracies

• illiberal regimes

• democratic tyrannies

• crypto-democracies.

Which term refers to a military seizure of the government?

• armed politics

• military usurpation

• coup d’état

• coup de grâce

The borders of most current African states were drawn by colonial powers according to

• the locations of natural resources.

• population groups.

• ethnic divisions.

• longitude and latitude.

Countries that are experiencing rapid economic growth and democratization are generally known as ___________ countries.

• peripheral

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  less-developed

• newly developing

• middle income

The term for the physical occupation of a foreign territory through military force, businesses, or settlers is

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  democracy.

• federalism.

• autonomy.

• colonialism.

Some observers of less-developed countries use the term ___________ to describe the unequal economic relationship between those countries and advanced democracies in the modern postcolonial era.

• protoliberalism

• quasi-socialism

  Correct!

• neocolonialism

• pseudocapitalism