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282 Exam 1 Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

The best definition of development is...

a)

The overall improvement of the quality of life, security, and economic well-being of a state

b)

Developed nations have a responsibiity to intervene in less developed nations

c)

The process of developing or being developed

d)

Programs, policies and institutions created to aid in the economic prosperity of a state

2.

The HDI specifically measures... (select up to 3)

a)

Total imports - total exports

b)

Education

c)

Health / life expectancy

d)

Standard of living

3.

The Multidemensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures acute deprivations in x, y, and z on a household level

a)

Standard of living

b)

Health

c)

Income

d)

Education

4.

The (a)   coefficient measures income inequality on a scale of 0-1

5.

Which indicator uses life expectancy as a measure?

a)

HDI

b)

MPI

c)

Gini coefficient

d)

GSNI

6.

Amartya Sen defined development as (a)  

7.

Displacement of indigenous peoples by settlers who form a new society in that area

a)

Elite colonialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

U.S. history

d)

Settler colonialsm

8.

Established mainly to extract abundant natural resources in a vulnerable state

a)

Settler colonialism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Elite colonialism / Extraction colonies

d)

U.S. - Middle East relations

9.

Who proposed Modernization Theory and Pattern Variables?

a)

Taclott Parsons

b)

Walt Rostow

c)

Amartya Sen

d)

Adam Smtih

10.

____ ______ imagined the 5 stages of development

(a)  

11.

Government ownership of strategically important industries and investment in industries that did not otherwise attract sufficient private capital

a)

communism

b)

command economy

c)

socialism

d)

statism

12.

Three main policy tools of Import-Substitution Industrialization (ISI)

a)

Accommodationist fiscal and monetary policy

b)

Low taxation rates

c)

Active Industrial Policy (state capital)

d)

Protective International Instruments (ex. tariffs)

13.

In what region did we study ISI practices?

a)

Europe

b)

Latin America

c)

East Asia

d)

Middle East

14.

Three main policy tools of Export-Oriented Industrialization (EOI)

a)

Preferrential access to credit

b)

Temporary trade bans/protections

c)

Higher taxation

d)

Establishing research institutions

15.

In what region did we study EOI practices?

a)

Latin America

b)

United States

c)

East Asia

d)

Eastern Europe

16.

Who were proponents of neoliberalism in the 1970s and 1980s?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Margaret Thatcher

17.

Method of organizing trade under liberalism/neoliberalism

a)

Absolute advantage

b)

Competitive advantage

c)

Actual advantage

d)

Comparative advantage

18.

The Washington Consensus was in response to...

a)

WWI

b)

Rwandan Genocide

c)

The creation of the WB and IMF

d)

Latin American Debt Crisis

19.

Two institutions created at the Bretton-Woods Conference (1944)

a)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

b)

United Nations (UN)

c)

World Bank (WB)

d)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

20.

The (a)   was originally created to oversee exchange rates; after the abandonment of the exchange rate system, its focus shifted to overall macroeconomic policies of member countries

21.

The _____ ____ focuses on development projects through loans

(a)  

22.

Two major Rounds in the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)

a)

Uruguay Round

b)

Geneva Round

c)

Tokyo Round

d)

Doha Round

23.

____ ______ refers to the redistribution of land or property rights for the benefit of those who do not own the land (tenants, laborers)

(a)