Soc 300 final exam | Reading homework help

Countries with low literacy rates are more likely to have all of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 5

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Which three geographic regions of the world have the highest literacy rates?

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Question 6

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Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the views of “health trap” skeptics? Answer

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 Question 7

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What common issue in developing nations is directly responsible for the outbreak of infectious diseases such as cholera?

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Question 8

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How can a successful “nudge” from a government impact a country’s health care? Answer

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Question 9

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From a health perspective, which of the following is a major advantage of living in a wealthy country? Answer

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 Question 10

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Which of the following is a reason why many citizens of developing nations lack preventative health care? Answer

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 Question 11

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What does it mean if a country has a “fixed” exchange rate?

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 Question 12

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If a country devalues its currency, what effect will it have on the prices of the country’s exports? Answer

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Question 13

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To opponents of lending to poor countries, which of the following is a typical result of providing loans? Answer

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 Question 14

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Which of the following actions is likely to fall under the responsibility of the World Bank, as opposed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

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 Question 15

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Which of the following BEST describes how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees its role in lending to countries?

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Question 16

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How can wealthier, well-functioning countries BEST assist developing countries in reforming weak institutions? Answer

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Which of the following statements BEST describes the relationship between weak institutions and a country’s distribution of wealth?

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 Question 18

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When can an institution be characterized as “extractive”? Answer

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Question 19

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Why are healthy institutions so important to nation building? Choose the BEST answer. Answer

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 Which of the following is NOT a typical benefit of strong institutions? Answer

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 Question 21

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What is Rwanda’s strategy for increasing its GDP and accelerating its development?

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 Question 22

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How has Rwandan president Paul Kagame attempted to “bypass the traditional development model”? Answer

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All of the following factors have helped transform countries from developing nations to developed ones. Which of the following is an “intangible” that has contributed to this transformation?

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Which of the following statements BEST describes the risk that developing countries must take in order to become developed?

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Question 25

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Critics of energy production suggest that countries such as Malaysia, which produces large amounts of palm oil, must make a choice. What is this choice? Choose the BEST answer.

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  Question 26

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As of 2012, which region of the world has achieved the greatest amount of MDGs progress?

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What problem common to rural areas of the developing world has the ReadySet attempted to solve? Answer

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Question 28

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The final say on Millennium Development Goals success rests with whom? Answer

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 Question 30

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What are the Millennium Development Goals?

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SOC 300 Week 11 Final Part 2

Question 1

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All of the following is true about India EXCEPT:

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Question 2

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Cash transfer programs for education provide strong evidence that:

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Question 3

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Of the following explanations for low student enrollment in developing countries, which do the authors find most likely?

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The Hilde Back Education Fund only sponsors secondary educations for a few children at each primary school? Please choose the best explanation for why this is the case. Answer

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 Question 5

Which of the following is not true about Mexico: Answer

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Question 6

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Why have economists (even “free market” ones) generally supported subsidies for health care?

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Question 7

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What is the “health trap”? Answer

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Question 8

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According to the text, which of the following issues confronting the developing world “mirrors” those faced in mid-19th-century London?

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Question 9

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What important effect did the acceptance of germ theory have on city planning at the turn of the century?

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Question 10

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According to the text, in combatting sanitation challenges what advantage do citizens of modern squatter communities have over poor citizens in Victorian England?

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According to the text, what were the two goals of the Bretton Woods conference? Answer

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Question 12

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In order to receive International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance, what must member-countries do?

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 Question 13

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According to the text, how does the IMF see its role in lending to countries? Answer

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Which of the following was NOT a consequence of poor countries’ “monetization” of their deficits?

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Question 15

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Which of the following describes “dependency theory”?

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Question 16

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 According to the authors, extractive economic institutions damage nations in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

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Question 17

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When the government is controlled by a small group of people who also control most businesses, the ruling elite are likely to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 18

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Communist governments have historically tended to:

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Question 19

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When can an institution can be characterized as extractive?

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 Question 20

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A state practically ruled by a paramilitary group will do all of the following EXCEPT: Answer

Question 21

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According to the text, why have countries in tropical and sub-tropical Africa given less of a priority to battling malaria than the four countries represented in this study? Answer

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Question 22

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How has Kagame attempted to “bypass the traditional development model”? Answer

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Question 23

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Which of the following is an example of Kagame’s controversial but bold approach to improving Rwanda’s fortunes?

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Question 24

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What organization provided much of the funding for the countries’ anti-malaria programs?

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 Question 25

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Which of the following statements about Chile’s economic progress is NOT true? Answer

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Question 26

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How does Fei characterize the difference between Weibo and journalism? Answer

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Question 27

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Which of the following is NOT one of the Millennium Development Goals? Answer

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Grameen benefits from providing a job and a loan in all the following ways EXCEPT: Answer

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Question 29

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The key contribution cited from the UNDP-IKEA partnership was: Answer

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Question 30

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The key contribution cited from the UNDP-IKEA partnership was: Answer

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