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Development Test Study Guide
Development Study Guide: use your notes, USE YOUR BOOK, use each other’s brains.
ONLY STUDY GUIDES THAT COMPLETE BOTH THE ANSWERS AND THE EXPLANATIONS WILL BE USED
ON THE TEST MONDAY!
1. Define and provide an example of the following. HINT: Your book has excellent examples.
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Definition
Example(s)
commodity chains
Globalization
Core
Periphery
Semi-periphery
primary economic activities
secondary economic activities
tertiary economic activities
tertiary economic activities
quaternary economic activities
quinary economic activities
quinary economic activities
GNP
GDP
HDI
Infrastructure
Dollarization
Multinational corporations
Island of Development
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2. What are the 5 Stages of Rostow’s Modernization Model? Why is it criticized?
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3. What does the dependency theory state?
4. Structuralist theories state that:
5. Neocolonialism- how does it work? How is it affecting places like Africa today?
6. Tie to Demographic Transition Model….Which countries will have high birth and death rates and low life
expectancy at birth? WHY? (Core, Periphery or Semi-Periphery) YOU MUST EXPLAIN
7. Gender
- Young girls trafficked from the periphery to wealthier regions most often work as
_____________EXPLAIN
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What is the invisible economy? Why are women often involved in these economic processes?
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organization
IMF
Location of headquarters
Purpose
Importance to LDCs
World Bank
9. List barriers to economic development (go back to your reading guide and book!)
10. Maquiladoras: where are they located? How are they related to NAFTA? Benefits to host country?
Drawbacks to host country?
11. Subsistence forms of agriculture in peripheral areas produce little in the way of? Protein OR root crops?
Choose one and EXPLAIN.
12. Define: Desertification WHY is this a problem in Africa? Why is it a problem in the US?
13. The World System’s theory can be applied at a national scale. In the US….where would the CORE of
California be located? Illinois? WHY? Explain.
14. Think back to Jamaica….who owns the hotels and resorts? EXPLAIN
a. jerkfaces
b. locals
c. other governments
d. multinational corporations
15. What role do capital cities of countries play in development? WHY would a country MOVE their capital
city?
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16. Which of the flowing does NOT correctly describe commodity chains? (think back to your t-shirt journey!)
a) they usually begin in periphery countries
b) they reap the highest profits for core countries
c) they involve several locations around the world
d) they are located near cheap sources of labor
e) they are centered around periphery markets for finished goods
Explain:
17. What is the Weber’s least cost theory? READ the info and complete the activity below.
Answer the following questions…..
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