Module 1: Global Divides

Question 1

president of Venezuela from 1998 until 2013

Answer 1

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Question 2

initiated a socialist-inspired program

Answer 2

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Question 3

controlled the oil industry

Answer 3

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Question 4

Criticized US foreign policy in Latin America as “a scheme of domination, exploitation and
pillage.”

Answer 4

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Question 5

forge strong bilateral relations with anti-US leaders

Answer 5

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Question 6

will never be “a colony of the United States” or a pawn of
international financial institutions run by wealthy industrialized countries

Answer 6

Venezuela

Question 7

a political ideology that highlights the ways in which
many people in developing countries interpret world politics
differently than their counterparts in more powerful, prosperous countries

Answer 7

Chavismo

Question 8

Earth is divided into two (2) hemispheres:

Answer 8

north and south

Question 9

his divide represents a popular way of describing the inequalities that separate rich and poor states.

Answer 9

The Global Inequalities

Question 10

was developed as a way of
showing the how the world was geographically split into relatively richer and poorer nations.

Answer 10

Brandt Line

Question 11

According to this model:
Richer countries are almost all located in the Northern
Hemisphere, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand.

Answer 11

Brandt Line

Question 12

During this time, countries were primarily categorized according to their alignment between the Russian East and the American West.

Answer 12

Cold War of the mid 20th century.

Question 13

Soviet Union and China (EAST)

Answer 13

Second World countries.

Question 14

United States and its allies (WEST)

Answer 14

First World countries

Question 15

The poor countries were eventually labeled as?

Answer 15

Third World countries

Question 16

where First World countries were known as the North while Third World countries comprised the South.

Answer 16

North-South Divide

Question 17

is comprised of countries which have developed economies and account for over 90% of all manufacturing industries in the world.

Answer 17

North of the Divide

Question 18

is comprised of countries with developing economies which were
initially referred to as Third World countries during the Cold War

Answer 18

The South

Question 19

Classical economic development theory claims that the causes of
underdevelopment are?

Answer 19

Low rates of PRODUCTIVITY, a lack of sufficient INVESTMENT CAPITAL, and inadequate COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Question 20

claims that the causes of underdevelopment are internal.

Answer 20

Classical economic development theory

Question 21

Hold that causes of underdevelopment are external.

Answer 21

Dependency Theory