10.3 Review Questions

Question	Answer
One flaw in dependency theory is the unwillingness to recognize _______.	that previously low-income nations such as China have successfully developed their economies and can no longer be classified as dependent on core nations that previously high-income nations such as China have been economically overpowered by low-income nations entering the global marketplace that countries such as China are growing more dependent on core nations that countries such as China do not necessarily want to be more like core nations
One flaw in modernization theory is the unwillingness to recognize _________.	its inherent ethnocentric bias that semi-peripheral nations are incapable of industrializing that peripheral nations prevent semi-peripheral nations from entering the global market the importance of semi-peripheral nations industrializing
If a sociologist says that nations evolve toward more advanced technology and more complex industry as their citizens learn cultural values that celebrate hard work and success, she is using _______ theory to study the global economy.	modernization theory dependency theory modern dependency theory evolutionary dependency theory
If a sociologist points out that core nations dominate the global economy, in part by creating global interest rates and international tariffs that will inevitably favor high-income nations over low-income nations, he is a:	dependency theorist functionalist modernization theorist symbolic interactionist
Dependency theorists explain global inequality and global stratification by focusing on the way that:	core nations exploit peripheral nations core nations and peripheral nations exploit semi-peripheral nations semi-peripheral nations exploit core nations peripheral nations exploit core nations

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