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Global inequality is
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The systematic differences in wealth and power between countries
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Which of the following best describes the health conditions in high-and low income countries?
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High Income countries are generally those that were the first to industrialize. Low Income are mostly agricultural economies and have only recently begun to industrialize.
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As world hunger has grown, global food proudction
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Has produced in high income countries
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Why did economies of East Asia experience greater growth between 1980 and 1999 than other parts of the world?
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___, a view now commonly held by Western economists, is based on __ theory, which promotes free markets and noninterference by government in the economy.
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Neoliberism, Modernization
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Which theory promotes the adoption of Western capitalist economic systems and values as the road to economic development?
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Market-Oriented theory
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Which theory draws primary attention to the exploitation of poor countries by rich ones?
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Dependency theory
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Which of the following theories of global inequality minimizes the significance of cultural and political differences between countries?
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World Systems theory
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Natural resources flow from the ___ to the __, according to world-systems theory
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Peripherery countries, core countries
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Which approach points out that successful NIEs such as Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan have grown largely because of repressive labor laws, government ownership in key industries, and government provision of social welfare services?
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State-Centered theories
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Child Labor
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Still exists in many poor countries today?
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In what way could you personally help to reduce child labor in the world today?
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Check the label and boycott that manufacturer, or join a campaign
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Sweatshops are
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Small factories that have numerous violations of wage, health, and safety laws
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Which of the following is one explanation for the persistence of global economic inequality?
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What is the difference between "sex" and "gender?"
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Sex - is biological and anatomical differences.Gender - social expectations about behavior regarded as appropriate for the members of each sex.
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