1. Modernization Theory and Industrialization (What are they?)

Question 1

Rostow Model of Modernization (5 Steps)

Answer 1

1. Traditional Society
2. Pre-conditions for take-off (building infrastructure)
3. Take off (Industrial revolution, rapid growth)
4. Drive to maturity (new ideas and tech replacing the old)
5. High mass consumption (greater wealth-> more purchases of goods and services)

Question 2

Modernization theory (definition)

Answer 2

A theory which aims to describe/explain the transformation of traditional societies to systems of social interaction, economics, and politics to resemble those of westernized culture

Question 3

Dependency Theory

Answer 3

The idea that the development of one area results in the under-development of another (and vice-versa)

Question 4

Industrialism

Answer 4

Broad term used to describe the transformation of society itself

Question 5

Industrialization

Answer 5

Mechanical process in which a society/country/world transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on manufacturing of goods and services

Question 6

Industrial Revolution

Answer 6

Term first coined in early 1880s (100 years after first Industrial Revolution) - describes mass industrialization (large scale)

Question 7

Expansionism

Answer 7

The westward and northern expansion of the US, and relocation/industrialization of new areas and cities

Question 8

Urbanization

Answer 8

The process of mass movement of people from rural into higher density urban areas (cities)