Sociology - Global Development #1

Development is process by which societies change from underdeveloped, through developing to developed societies.

• True

• False

Thomas (2000) suggests that development can be defined in terms of three key characteristics. Choose those three from below:

• Direction

• Evolution

• Scale

• Income

• Wealth

Development has traditionally been measured in terms of economic indicators, such as:

select all applicable answers.

• Gross Domestic Product

• Gross National Income

• Economic Improvement

• Economic Production

Development has traditionally been measured in terms of economic indicators, such as:

select all applicable answers.

• Gross Domestic Product

• Gross National Income

• Economic Improvement

• Economic Production

The relatively poorer industrial and semi-industrial communist societies, such as China and countries of the former USSR.

This is classified as which one of classification of country based on levels of economic wealth and political ideology.

• First World

• Second World

• Third World

Which measurement of development we use if we need to see indicators like health care, income distribution, and literacy.

• Two-worlds system

• Three-world system

• The hamburger standard

• Many world system

Select all non-economic indicators that are included in Rights, of political indicator.

• legal representation

• democratic elections

• religion

• free association

• acceptance of international treaties

select all items that are included in cultural indicators.

• levels of adult literacy

• educational opportunities

• access to basic services such as shelter, clean water and electricity

• legal representation

• acceptance of international treaties

measurement tool developed by the United Nations that combines social and economic indicators to assess and rank countries across three economic and cultural areas.

• Human development Index

• Human Poverty Index

• Gender Development Index

Wolff (2012) estimates average US household income as follow:

• Top 1% = $1,3 Billion

  Bottom 40% = $17,000

• Top 1% = $1,4 Million

  Bottom 40% = $16,000

• Top 1% = 1,4 Billion

  Bottom 40% = $16,000

• Top 1% = 1,4 Million

  Bottom 40% = $15,000

• Top 1% = $1,3 Million

  Bottom 40% = $17,000