Human Geography Questions
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Over the course of the last century, the extent of global economic inequality has ________
According to Immanuel Wallerstein's theory of global capitalism, which nations are at the "core" of the world economy?
The social theorist identified with modernization theory is ________
While modernization theory focuses on ___, dependency theory focuses on ___.
Wallerstein pointed to several factors that cause dependency among low-income nations. Which of the following is a factor that Wallerstein did NOT claim to be a cause of dependency?
Which theoretical approach claims that rich nations of the world are "overdeveloped" while poor nations are "underdeveloped"?
If you were to apply modernization theory to the problem of global poverty, you might point that low-income nations ________
Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?
Which type of slavery consists of employers holding workers by paying them too little to cover their debts?
Japan, Canada, and the nations of Western Europe are all classified as ________
From a global perspective, economic productivity is lowest in precisely the regions where________
What concept refers to a global economy in which multinational corporations exploit people in low-income nations?
According to Walt Rostow, nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of _____.
In poor countries, the disadvantages women face relative to men are ________
According to Anti-Slavery International, about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that amount to slavery?
If you wanted to visit the world's low-income nations, where would you travel?
In the world's lowest-income nations, two in ten children born die by the age of _______
About how many people in the world die each year due to starvation?
The people of the high-income countries, who represent 23 percent of the world's population, enjoy about how much of the world's income?
For the world as a whole, about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?