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General Sociology
CMU Exam Chpt. 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| World System Analysis | A view of the global economic system as one divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited. |
| Modernization Theory | A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in developing nations. |
| Globalization | The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas. |
| Modernization | The far-reaching process by which periphery nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic or more developed societies. |
| Globalization | The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas. |
| Borderlands | The area of common culture along the border between Mexico and the United States. |
| Colonialism | The maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people by a foreign power for an extended. |
| Dependency theory | An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain. |
| Human Rights | Universal moral rights possessed by all people because they are human. |
| Multinational Corporation | A commercial organization that is headquartered in one country but does business throughout the world. |
| Neocolonialism | Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries. |
| Remittances | The monies that immigrants return to their families of origin. Also called migradollars. |
| The maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people by a foreign power for an extended period is referred to as | Colonialism |
| The term _________ refers to the area of a common culture along the border between Mexico and the United States. | Borderlands |
| At the top of the color hierarchy in Mexico are the ______________, the 10 percent of the population who are typically White, well-educated members of the business and intellectual elites, and who have familial roots in Spain. | Criollos |
| Modernization theory reflects the __________ perspective. | Functionalist |
| In 2000 the United Nations launched the ____________ ___________; its objective is to eliminate extreme poverty worldwide by the year 2015. | Millennium Project |
| Viewed from a ___________ perspective, the combination of skilled technology and management provided by multinationals and the relatively cheap labor available in developing nations is ideal for a global enterprise. | Functionalist |
| As _____________ industries become a more important part of the international marketplace, many companies have concluded that the low costs of overseas operations more than offset the expense of transmitting information around the world. | Service |
| ___________ factories are factories found throughout the developing world that are run by multinational corporations. | Global |
| Wallerstein's world systems analysis is the most widely used version of ___________ theory | Dependency |
| According to Immanuel Wallerstein's analysis, the United States is at the _________ while neighboring Mexico is on the __________ of the world economic system. | Core; Semiperiphery |
| Colonial domination established patterns of economic exploitation leading to former colonies remaining dependent on more industrialized nations. Such continuing dependence and foreign domination are referred to as__________. | Neocolonialism |
| In viewing the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that are controlled and exploited, sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein draws on the _____ | Conflict Perspective |
| Which of the following nations would Immanuel Wallerstein classify as a core country within the world economic system? A.)Germany B.) South Korea C.) Ireland D.) Mexico | A.) Germany |
| Which sociological perspective argues that multinational corporations can actually help the developing nations of the world? | Functionalist Perspective |
| What term is used by contemporary social scientists to describe the far-reaching process by which peripheral nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristics of more developed societies? | Modernization |
| In at least 22 nations around the world, the most affluent 10 percent recieves at least what percentage of all income? | 40 Percent |
| Karuna Chanana Ahmed, an anthropologist from India who has studied developing nations, calls which group the most exploited of oppressed people? | Women |
| What term is used to refer to Mexico's large, impoverished majority, most of whom have brown skin and a mixed racial lineage due to intermarriage? | Mestizo |
| In Mexico, women now constitute what percentage of the labor force? | 45 Percent |
| What term refers to the foreign-owned factories established just across the border in Mexico, where the companies that own them don't have to pay taxes or provide insurance or benefits for their workers? | Maquiladoras |
| multinational corporation | commercial organization that is headquartered in one country but does business throughout the world. |
| neocolonialism | continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries. |
| remittances | the monies that immigrants return to their families of origin. Also called migradollars. |
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