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WorksheetsTheories of Development Revision
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 11mins
Each stages of economic growth has unique characteristics. During the Pre-Conditions for Take-off who creates this change in a country?
multi-national corporations
elites
subsistence farmers
more developed countries
Which is NOT a criticism of the Rostow’s stages of economic growth?
all countries will go through all the stages at same speed
the model encouraged exploitation of LDCs
the model was based on the USA and Europe countries
the model suggest a linear in approach yet countries can regress due to pandemics
According to Rostow’s theory of Modernization, less developed countries can improve their economies by
experimenting with socialism in order to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor
strengthening traditions, especially those that are family-based
forbidding more developed countries from exploiting their resources
following the path taken by industrial nations
According to Wallerstein model, the world economy benefits rich societies and harms other countries. Many of these peripheral countries are
isolated and can block foreign investments
take advantage of their high-tech industries that bring wealth to their citizens
export-commodity dependent countries that focus on one industry
locations of headquarters for multi-national corporations
_________ stated - "Countries do not exist in isolation but are part of an intertwined world system in which all countries are dependent on each other."
Rostow
Wallerstein
Weber
Marx
Based upon Wallerstein’s World System Theory, which of the following countries best fits the description of a peripheral country?
Brazil
Mali
Japan
China
The best example of a country that has reached the Take-Off stage in Rostow's model is
Russia
Nigeria
United States
Japan
Depends upon primary sector activities, such as farming, fishing, and hunting, for subsistence.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Desires to create an egalitarian (belief that people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities) society.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Spends money on non-essential goods (consumerism).
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Economic growth becomes greater than population growth.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Rapid urbanization takes place.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Which of the following BEST describes the thesis under the dependency theory?
Developed countries stall the progress of developing countries by intervening in their internal affairs.
Developed countries undermine the industrial progress of developing countries to enhance their own industrial growth.
Developed countries are dependent on raw materials from developing countries.
Developed countries use their wealth, power and influence to undermine the development of developing countries.
Which of the following was NOT one of the problems identified by Sir. Arthur Lewis about the economic system of the Caribbean?
There were little attempts to diversify the agricultural based economy.
There were hardly any occupational changes.
There were only a few manufacturing industries.
There were little or no circulation of capital to facilitate industrialisation.
All of the following may increase the dependency of small Caribbean states EXCEPT
An increase in the number of multinational corporations within the states
Greater equity between the genders in the workplace
The importation of foreign food, technology and machineries
The decline of established cultural norms, values and beliefs.
Who is responsible for the development of this model?
W W Rostow
Karl Marx
John Maxwell
Jean Piaget
What theory is explained by this diagram?
Modernisation
World System Theory
Industrialism
Structuralism
Which of the following is an example of Structuralism?
Modernisation Theory
Industrialisation by Invitation
Dependency Theory
Human Capital Theory
Who is the major theorist of the Convergence Theory?
Andre Gunder Frank
Clark Kerr
Immanuel Wallerstein
Max Weber
Andre Gunder Frank is associated with which theory of development?
Convergence
Dependency
Modernisation
World Systems
Which statement best explains what happens when societies converge?
The become more like each other
They become richer
The become poorer
They smaller countries adopt qualities of larger countries
“The advanced industrialised societies of the world will become increasingly similar because of the dominance of bureaucratic control.”
The above statement is associated with which theorist?
Karl Marx
Max Webber
Andre Gunder Frank
Immanuel Wallerstein
The Convergence Theory can be related to which other theory of development?
Dependency
Human Capital
Modernisation
World System
A critique of the Convergence Theory is that it presents the pre-conceived notion that the convergent concept of development is: a universally good one, and is defined by economic growth.
True
False
