World Sociology Quiz
Test your knowledge World Sociology for A-Level Sociology with this Quiz.
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Questions
How does debt dependency contribute to poor health?
Capital is spent repaying the interest on loans rather than on disease prevention or health-care systems.
What is a more important problem than population according to dependency theory?
The West’s overuse of the world’s resources.
What does dependency theory mean when it says poverty causes high population?
People have children because children can be put to work and earn a wage, as well as looking after their parents in the absence of a Welfare State.
What does dependency theory blame for famine in the developing world?
Inequalities in access to fertile land for growing food – the best land is monopolised by Western multinationals to grow cash crops for export to the West.
What does modernisation theory blame for the so-called population explosion?
Culture and especially religion, which denies women reproductive rights.
Why is the so-called population explosion in developing countries a problem according to modernisation theory?
Because it uses up valuable capital that could be used to invest in industry and puts considerable strain on the infrastructure.
What evidence does dependency theory cite which contradicts Malthus?
World food resources have increased.
What did Malthus argue about high population?
That it would put the world food resources under strain.
How do MNCs contribute to ill-health in the LDCs?
They expose workers to toxic substances, they pollute and they market products banned in the West on health grounds, etc.
What type of aid programme could bring about dramatic changes in morbidity and mortality levels in the LDCs?
Clean water and sanitation programmes.
What do most Western sociologists mean by ‘development’?
The movement towards Western versions of industrialisation.
What does dependency theory blame for poor health in the developing nations?
Global inequalities brought about by Western intervention.
What does modernisation theory recommend to bring about good health in the developing World?
Western-style health systems and family planning programmes for women.
What does Foster-Carter conclude about the patriarchal subordination and exploitation of women?
It’s a global fact and exists both in the developed and developing world.
What is responsible for patriarchy in developing nations according to feminist thought?
Western value systems which have entered developing nations via colonialism, aid and MNC investment.
What is responsible for the subordinate position of women in developing nations according to modernisation theory?
Patriarchal culture and religion.
What does modernisation theory recommend to improve the rights of women in developing nations?
Family planning, birth control, health education and education into skills for factory work.
What aspects of health indicate lack of development in a country?
Low life-expectancy, high infant-mortality and people dying of diseases they would survive if they lived in the West, e.g. measles.
How do the Asian Tigers make the concept of the developing problematic?
The Asian Tigers are a set of countries in South-East Asia that have rapidly industrialised and challenged Western countries as producers of manufactured goods. Their newly acquired wealth means they cannot be categorised with other poorer developing nations.
What is meant by under-development?
The idea that some countries are undeveloped because they have been prevented from developing or have been exploited by Western nations.
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