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WorksheetsMacionis Sociology Ch. 9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
The U.S., Germany, and Australia are all classified as
a)
low-income countries
b)
middle-income countries
c)
high-income countries
d)
high-altitude countries
2.
High-income nations
a)
have a lot of technology
b)
have big, high-tech factories
c)
have all the world's financial markets
d)
really, they just have all of these things
3.
If Carmen SanDiego wanted to visit a low-income nation, where would she go?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada
c)
South Africa
d)
Ethiopia
4.
Most people in the world live in
a)
rich countries
b)
poor countries
c)
middle-income countries
d)
democratic countries
5.
Countries with the highest population growth also have
a)
lowest economic productivity
b)
highest level of economic independence
c)
highest levels of technology
d)
biggest increase in GDP
6.
What do we call poverty that is life threatening
a)
absolute poverty
b)
relative poverty
c)
monetary poverty
d)
poverty of soul
7.
What percentage of the world's people in poverty are women?
a)
15%
b)
50%
c)
25%
d)
70%
8.
Chattel slavery means
a)
one person owns another
b)
one persons own a small herd of cattle
c)
a married man considers his wife his slave
d)
abducted children are held as slaves
9.
Debt bondage is
a)
when you owe your employer more than you're getting in wages so you can't quit your job
b)
your debts are higher than your assets
c)
your assets are worth more than your debts
d)
you have to declare bankruptcy
10.
Rich nations take advantage of poor nations through economic and political control. This is called
a)
Colonialism
b)
Persecution
c)
Tribalism
d)
Globalism
11.
The concept of “neocolonialism” refers to the process by which
a)
countries gain new colonies to replace older ones
b)
countries rid themselves of former colonies
c)
multinational corporations exploit the economy of a poor country
d)
companies operate in many countries at one time
12.
Tradition is the greatest barrier to economic development according to which theory
a)
modernization theory
b)
dependency theory
c)
communist theory
d)
capitalization theory
13.
If you were applying modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might expect rich nations to aid the economic development of poor nations by
a)
assisting in population control
b)
increasing food production
c)
increasing industrial production
d)
all of these are correct
14.
Which theory says that global inequality is due to the exploitation of poor countries by rich countries
a)
dependency theory
b)
modernization theory
c)
theory of everything
d)
evolutionary theory
15.
Under dependency theory, poor countries are dependent on rich countries because
a)
they sell their raw materials to rich countries and don't use them for their own manufacturing
b)
their best students go to other countries to get into better universities
c)
they depend on tourists from the U.S.
d)
they are not capable of developing on their own
16.
Rich nations are blamed for the poverty of poor nation according to
a)
modernization theory
b)
dependency theory
c)
economic theory
d)
social control theory
17.
Global inequality is going
a)
up
b)
down
c)
sideways
d)
in circles
18.
Which world region has reduced poverty the most?
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
South America
d)
Africa
19.
Global poverty is
a)
a problem of technology
b)
a political issue
c)
something that threatens world peace
d)
all of these
20.
How many people in the world suffer from chronic hunger?
a)
1 million
b)
1 trillion
c)
925 million
d)
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