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Peripheral nations


A) export to the core but not the semiperiphery.
B) lack industrialization.
C) are isolated from the world economy.
D) have economies that are shaped to serve the interests of the core.
E) have little incentive to interact with nations of the core.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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In what kind of manufacturing system does an entrepreneur supply raw materials to workers in their homes and collect the finished products from them?


A) Capitalism
B) Industrialism
C) Tribute exchange
D) Reciprocity
E) Domestic system

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended period of time is known as


A) neoliberalism.
B) an intervention philosophy.
C) a green revolution.
D) colonialism.
E) socialism.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

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What is the difference between colonialism and imperialism? What effects do they have on cultural and ethnic diversity?

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When indigenous peoples are incorporated into modern nation-states, they usually become ethnic minorities.

A) True
B) False

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According to Marx, the bourgeoisie includes people who must sell their labor to survive.

A) True
B) False

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Many of the political, linguistic, and economic distinctions separating the countries of West Africa today are inventions of colonialism.

A) True
B) False

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What term refers to a former colony with large numbers of European colonists and sparser native populations?


A) Settler country
B) Nonsettler country
C) Mixed country
D) Postimperial country
E) Emergent country

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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Continual expansion is one of the characteristic features of industrial economic systems.

A) True
B) False

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Imperialism is a relatively recent phenomenon that began with the British empire.

A) True
B) False

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What is the dominant intervention philosophy today?


A) Neoclassicism
B) Neoimperialism
C) Neosocialism
D) Neocommunism
E) Neoliberalism

F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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What has the company BHP Billiton done in Papua New Guinea?


A) The company increased the standard of living for the majority of the indigenous population.
B) The company closed the mine that was not up to environmental standards.
C) The company denied that they have made any negative environmental impacts.
D) Their mine has caused flooding and pollution that has caused many indigenous families to move.
E) The company began a reforestation project.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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According to Marx, classes are


A) desirable, because they perform tasks necessary to the survival of society.
B) part of the original, preindustrial social system of humans.
C) opposed to one another on the basis of conflicting economic interests.
D) based more on notions of prestige and morality than on actual economic differences.
E) not important to an understanding of history.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following statements about world-system theory is not true?


A) It has been written about by Wallerstein.
B) It stresses the existence of a global culture.
C) It claims that a set of economic and political interconnections has characterized much of the globe since the 16th century.
D) It focuses on links and power differentials between local peoples and international forces.
E) It deals exclusively with non-Western, horticultural societies.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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What term is used to refer to the study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized?


A) Mission civilisatrice
B) Neoliberalism
C) Postcolonial
D) Postimperial
E) Posthegemonic

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The term indigenous peoples is used to refer to


A) people who live in autonomous, independent nation-states.
B) peasants who are of the same ethnicity as the ruling elite.
C) the original inhabitants of particular territories.
D) any population living in a nation-state on the periphery of the world system.
E) people who have immigrated to a new country.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Central to most intervention philosophies is the idea that modernization, Westernization, and industrialization will bring long-term benefits to local groups.

A) True
B) False

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Factory workers enjoyed higher wages and greatly improved living conditions as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

A) True
B) False

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The British notion of "the white man's burden" was similar to the French concept of mission civilisatrice in that both were ethnocentric ideologies used to justify colonialism.

A) True
B) False

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What are the three positions that nations occupy in the world system?


A) Core, periphery, and semiperiphery
B) Metropole, satellite, and semisatellite
C) State, nation-state, and nation
D) Wealth, power, and prestige
E) Bourgeoisie, middle class, and proletariat

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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