Chapter 9-16

Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty throughout the world as a whole is more widespread and more severe.

During the twentieth century, the standard of living in high-income countries, where the Industrial Revolution took place, increased dramatically.

Global inequality is partly a problem of technology, and it is also a political issue

According to dependency theory, poor countries have become dependent on rich nations because

Compared to poverty in the United States, poverty throughout the world as a whole is more widespread and more severe

According to Walt Rostow, nations begin at the _____ stage of development and may eventually reach the stage of _____.

Which world region contains the largest percentage of the world's street children?

In Walt Rostow's model of economic development, the first stage before the modernization process begins is called "take-off stage."

Modernization theory was created as a criticism of U.S. foreign policy

In middle-income nations, average personal income is in the range of

In the world's lowest-income nations, two in ten children born die by the age of

In low-income nations, the majority of the people live in villages and small towns where farming is the most common way to make a living

Modernization theory claims that

In Walt Rostow's model of economic development, the first stage before the modernization process begins is called "take-off stage."

The poorest 20 percent of the world's people live on just 2 percent of the world's income

Some forms of marriage found in the world today amount to slavery

Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

Some forms of marriage found in the world today amount to slavery

Although poverty continues, the world has ended the practice of slavery

From a global perspective, economic productivity is lowest in precisely the regions where

Over the course of the last century, the extent of global economic inequality has

3. Japan, Canada, and the nations of Western Europe are all classified as

The concept of "neocolonialism" refers to the process by which

Global inequality is partly a problem of technology, and it is also a political issue

Typically, people in low-income countries do more physical labor, but they consume fewer calories than people in rich nations

Of the roughly 1 billion people in the world who are living in absolute poverty, what percentage are women?

"Las Colonias" refers to settlement

8. Which type of slavery refers to one person owning another?

One of the countries listed below is NOT a high-income nation. Which one is it?

In past centuries, European nations colonized countries in

Which of the following is an important exception to male domination of the U.S. workplace?

Most cases of female genital mutilation occur in

The concept of "comparable worth" means that

Comparing the performances of female and male athletes over time shows

In general, western states have a higher percentage of legislators who are women than southern states

In the United States today, women working for income is the rule rather than the exception

A majority of U.S. women in which of the following categories enter the labor force?

In the United States, on average, males live longer than females

Women earn what share of all associate's and bachelor's degrees in the United States?

While playing in peer groups, girls are less likely to play the "win-lose" games favored by boys

Which concept refers to attitudes and activities that a society links to people of each sex?

The concept of gender refers to

Sexual harassment is an important social issue because

Minority women are more economically disadvantaged than white women

What is the form of social organization in which females dominate males

George Murdock found that, in the case of many tasks, what one society considers "masculine" another may consider "feminine.

On average, young men show greater ____ ability than young women; young women show greater _____ ability than young men

On average, do women or men live longer?

The concept of "comparable worth" means that

A social-conflict account of the history of gender stratification was developed by Friedrich Engels.

A social-conflict account of the history of gender stratification was developed by Friedrich Engels.

Today, women represent ______ of all students on college campuses across the United States.

Looking back over U.S. history, we see a general trend by which women

Traditional conceptions paint masculine and feminine in opposing terms

Structural-functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages

Liberal feminism seeks the elimination of gender itself