Help
Options
Question
Global Inequality
click to flip
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't know
Question
Global Stratification
Remaining cards (21)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
sociology chp 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Global Inequality | the concentration of resources in core nations and in the hands of a wealthy minority |
| Global Stratification | the unequal distribution of resources between countries |
| GINI coefficient | measures income inequality between countries using a 100-point scale on which 1 represents complete equality and 100 represents the highest possible inequality |
| Gross National Income | A calculation of national wealth representing all the income earned by a nation and its people. The number includes the nation's gross domestic product plus the income it receives from overseas sources |
| Human Development Index | expresses the capabilities of people's potential achievement. The index is calculated using data regarding people's lifespan, education, and income. |
| First World | used to describe industrialized capitalist democracies |
| Third World | refers to poor, unindustrialized countries |
| Second World | describes nations with moderate economies and standards of living |
| Fourth World | describes stigmatized minority groups who have no voice or representation on the world stage |
| Core Nations | dominant capitalist countries |
| Peripheral Nations | nations on the fringes of the global economy, dominated by core nations, with very little industrialization |
| Semi-Peripheral Nations | are in-between nations, not powerful enough to dictate policy but acting as a major source of raw materials and an expanding middle class marketplace |
| Capital Flight | refers to the movement (flight) of capital from one nation to another, via jobs and resources |
| Deindustrialization | refers to the loss of industrial production, usually to peripheral and semi-peripheral nations where the costs are lower |
| Relative Poverty | the state of poverty where one is unable to live the lifestyle of the average person in the country |
| Extreme Poverty | the state where one is barely able, or unable, to afford basic necessities |
| Subjective Poverty | a state of poverty composed of many dimensions, subjectively present when one’s actual income does not meet one’s expectations |
| Global Feminization of Poverty | a pattern that occurs when women bear a disproportionate percentage of the burden of poverty |
| Chattel Slavery | a form of slavery in which one person owns another |
| Debt Bondage | the act of people pledging themselves as servants in exchange for money for passage, and are subsequently paid too little to regain their freedom |
| Modernization Theory | a theory that low-income countries can improve their global economic standing by industrialization of infrastructure and a shift in cultural attitudes towards work |
| Dependency Theory | a theory which states that global inequity is due to the exploitation of peripheral and semi-peripheral nations by core nations |
Created by:
carrey1