Industrial & Economic Development unit test
A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.
Neoliberalism and structural adjustment
Special economic zones and export processing zones
Microfinance
Wallerstein's world systems theory
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary sectors
Sustainable development
Industrial Revolution diffusion
Gender Inequality Index
Agglomeration and deglomeration
Dependency theory
Rostow's stages of growth
Fordism and post-Fordism
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Human Development Index
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Gross Domestic Product per capita
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Weber's least cost theory
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: Criticisms of Rostow
3 ptsFree response
7 ptsONE STIMULUS. Examine the table, transcribed: GROSS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA AND SELECTED INDICATORS, 2022 (Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators; GNI per capita is in current US dollars, Atlas method) Country GNI per capita Life expectancy Urban population Switzerland $89,450 84 years 74% United States $76,370 76 years 83% China $12,850 78 years 64% Vietnam $4,010 74 years 39% Ethiopia $1,020 65 years 23%
A. Identify the country in the table with the lowest gross national income per capita.
B. Describe the relationship between gross national income per capita and life expectancy shown in the table.
C. Describe one limitation of using gross national income per capita to measure development.
D. Explain one reason China’s life expectancy is closer to that of the United States than its income would suggest.
E. Explain how the international division of labor contributes to the income differences shown in the table.
F. Explain how a country such as Vietnam could use export-led growth to raise its position in the table.
G. Explain one criticism of Rostow’s stages of economic growth as an explanation for the pattern in the table.