Global Inequality and Poverty Test Bank Docx Chapter.9

Chapter 9

Global Inequality

Multiple-Choice

1. South African laws that legally and forcibly separated people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds were known as
   1. segregation laws.
   2. apartheid laws.
   3. divisional laws.
   4. None of the above

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Poor Countries

9.5: Examine the inequalities that exists in different aspects of life in poor countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Which of the following is NOT a caste or class of the Indian caste system?
   1. Vaisyas
   2. Brahmans
   3. Untouchables
   4. Sudras

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Poor Countries

9.5: Examine the inequalities that exists in different aspects of life in poor countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. _____________ poverty reflects the distribution of income in society.
   1. Absolute
   2. Fiscal
   3. Relative
   4. Familial

Topic/Concept: Global Poverty

9.6: Review the six dimensions of poverty that can be used to gauge poverty

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Which of the following is NOT a way to close the gap of inequality?
   1. Microlending
   2. Banning genetically modified crops
   3. Family planning
   4. Foreign aid

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The practice of granting small loans to those without access to conventional financial services is
   1. small lending.
   2. financial lending.
   3. microlending.
   4. remittances

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The _____________ argue that globalization has increased economic growth while decreasing global inequality.
   1. antiglobalists
   2. globalists
   3. positivists
   4. dependency theorists

Topic/Concept: The Globalization and Inequality Debate

9.2: Contrast between the viewpoints of globalists and antiglobalists on the effects of globalization

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The economist who believed that governments should not interfere with the functioning of the market was
   1. George Soros.
   2. Adam Smith.
   3. Samuel Swinson.
   4. Karl Marx.

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The social welfare system created in the 1930s in order to help the poor and restore trust in capitalism was the
   1. Marshall Plan.
   2. New Deal.
   3. Economic Package.
   4. Development Plan.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Poverty-stricken rural areas are known as
   1. slums.
   2. poverty belts.
   3. rural ghettos.
   4. Buffalo Commons.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The trade agreement signed by Canada, the United States, and Mexico that aimed at economic integration is
   1. NATO.
   2. WTO.
   3. NAFTA.
   4. CPI.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Poor Countries

9.5: Examine the inequalities that exists in different aspects of life in poor countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The analysis of national budgets to determine how spending priorities affect women is
   1. gender budgeting.
   2. responsive budgeting.
   3. feminist budgeting.
   4. empowerment budgeting.

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The founder of the Grameen Bank microlending institution is
   1. Abul Gihat.
   2. Damul Jatis.
   3. Muhammad Yunus.
   4. Carlos Slim.

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The contrast between those with and those without Internet access is known as the __________ divide.
   1. interspace
   2. global digital
   3. technology
   4. None of the above

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The income level under which people cannot adequately sustain themselves is known as the
   1. poverty line.
   2. hunger line.
   3. sustainability line.
   4. malnutrition line.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. In 2010, what percentage of Americans lived below the poverty line?
   1. 7.2
   2. 15.1
   3. 3.3
   4. 25.2

Topic/Concept: Does Inequality Matter?

9.1: Examine how widening gap between rich and poor strengthens inequality-perpetuating institutions

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Inequality discourages the political participation of poor people, which, in turn, diminishes their access to education, health care, and other services that would contribute to their economic growth and development.

Topic/Concept: Does Inequality Matter?

9.1: Examine how widening gap between rich and poor strengthens inequality-perpetuating institutions

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Those who are extremely poor are frequently included in making decisions that could impact their lives.

Explanation: The extremely poor are usually excluded from these decision-making processes.

Topic/Concept: Does Inequality Matter?

9.1: Examine how widening gap between rich and poor strengthens inequality-perpetuating institutions

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Poverty does not contribute to global and regional problems, because it does not fuel ethnic and regional conflicts.

Explanation: Poverty does contribute to global and regional problems; it does fuel conflicts.

Topic/Concept: Does Inequality Matter?

9.1: Examine how widening gap between rich and poor strengthens inequality-perpetuating institutions

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. OECD stands for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Topic/Concept: The Globalization and Inequality Debate

9.2: Contrast between the viewpoints of globalists and antiglobalists on the effects of globalization

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Some globalization critics argue that globalization is like an “economic temptress,” promising riches, but not delivering.

Topic/Concept: The Globalization and Inequality Debate

9.2: Contrast between the viewpoints of globalists and antiglobalists on the effects of globalization

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The African Growth and Opportunity Act is not an example of a trade agreement that imposes tight prerequisites on developing countries in exchange for enhanced market access.

Explanation: It is an example.

Topic/Concept: The Globalization and Inequality Debate

9.2: Contrast between the viewpoints of globalists and antiglobalists on the effects of globalization

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The gap between rich and poor countries has been decreasing, despite the lowering of living standards throughout most of the world in the last century.

Explanation: The gap has been widening, despite the rising of living standards.

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Rapid population growth does not perpetuate the economic gap between rich and poor countries.

Explanation: It does perpetuate this gap.

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The United States has the greatest degree of income inequality among industrialized countries.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Democracy may help close the gap between rich and poor, because it allows poor people an opportunity to improve their lives through voting.

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

Fill in the Blank

1. _______________ argue that globalization has increased economic growth and decreased global inequality and poverty.

Topic/Concept: The Globalization and Inequality Debate

9.2: Contrast between the viewpoints of globalists and antiglobalists on the effects of globalization

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The _______________________ dramatically increased agricultural production through the development of high-yielding hybrids and faster growing plants and the application of large amounts of fertilizers and insecticides.

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The theory that holds that poor countries’ reliance on exports of primary commodities puts them at a severe economic disadvantage is called the _______________.

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The German thinker who pioneered the theories of socialism and communism was _________________.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The income level under which people cannot adequately sustain themselves is referred to as the ___________________.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The practice of granting small loans to help those who do not have access to conventional financial loan services is known as __________________.

Topic/Concept: Closing the Gap

9.7: Evaluate some of the measures for diminishing poverty and reducing inequality

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Landlocked countries without the physical _______________________, such as roads and railroads, essential for gaining access to navigable rivers and the sea do worse economically than countries with extensive coastlines.

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The ____________________ was a social welfare system created in the 1930s in order to help the poor and restore trust in capitalism and government.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Poverty-stricken rural areas are sometimes referred to as_________________.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Brazil’s effective antipoverty program, which is a model for other countries, is called _____________.

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Poor Countries

9.5: Examine the inequalities that exists in different aspects of life in poor countries

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Matching

Answers to matching:

1) B) absolute poverty

2) D) New Deal

3) E) infrastructure

4) A) antiglobalists

5) C) caste system

Essay

1. What role do government programs addressing poverty by attempting to redistribute wealth have in either increasing or decreasing inequality? Can you think of specific examples of such programs implemented in the United States?

Topic/Concept: Inequality Within Rich Countries

9.4: Examine the economic, social, and educational inequality that exists within rich countries

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Do you think globalization increases or reduces global and domestic inequality? Use examples to support your reasons.

Topic/Concept: The Globalization and Inequality Debate

9.2: Contrast between the viewpoints of globalists and antiglobalists on the effects of globalization

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. What effect does domestic or global inequality have on promoting or hindering democratization? Is there an inverse relationship between increasing inequality and lower prospects for democratization?

Topic/Concept: Does Inequality Matter?

9.1: Examine how widening gap between rich and poor strengthens inequality-perpetuating institutions

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Difficult

1. What are some of the main factors contributing to increasing global and domestic inequality discussed in this chapter?

Topic/Concept: Global Inequality

9.3: Examine the causes and the impact of domestic or global inequality between nations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Discuss the global food crisis, including its causes and possible solutions. What can you do to help improve food security?

Topic/Concept: Case Study

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Moderate