1HB3- Uneven development- Chapter 3
Questions with Correct Verified
Solutions 2025/2026.
Define Developments studies - Answer Consider relative and absolute differences in the
material standard of livng around the world
Define development - Answer development
A process that brings about changes in economic prosperity and quality of life; an improvement
in the material conditions of life; measured traditionally by economic criteria, but increasingly in
more holistic ways including health, education, and so on.
how is uneven development examined? - Answer with multiple scales, the variations exist on
a variety of different scales
What are the 4 categories of "haves and have nots? - Answer Level 1- 1 billion
Level 2- 3 billion
Level 3- 3 billion
Level 4- 1 billion
4 income levels, most people in the middle
Define the more developed World vs the more developed world? - Answer More developed
World: a process that brings about changes in economic prosperity and quality of life; an
improvement in the material conditions of life; measured by economic criteria, but increasingly
in more holistic ways, including health education and so on.
Less Developed World:
A large group of countries characterized by low standards of living and social well being
What are some ways to think of development? - Answer economic terms: GDP, GNI
More holistic: quality of life
What are 5 ways to say developed or less developed? - Answer -3rd, 2nd 1st world
-global south and north
- underdeveloped
,developing vs developed
however it is more of a continuous thing
Describe the subjectivity of the north south line. - Answer North south line is political, for
example Japan is randomly omitted.
What are characteristics of the Less developed world? - Answer -higher poverty rates,
mortality and fertility
- lower rates of literacy and industrialization
- Mostly former colonies
Define Colonialism? - Answer Colonialism: the forceful appropriation of foreign territory;
usually established and maintained through military and political structures; creates unequal
cultural and economic relations; usually involves the displacement of indigenous populations.
Are we improving as a society? - Answer YES
Are wealth and health correlated? - Answer YES
what are the three ways countries are said to achieve development? - Answer 1.
Modernization theory (Walter Rostow, economist)
2. Dependency theory (many variants)
3. World Systems Theory (Immanuel Wallerstein)
when were most of the theories about how we become developed founded - Answer in the
60's and 70's, mass decolonization movements. post we had to ask the questions about how
these countries would become economically independant.
Describe the Modernization theory in 5 steps. - Answer Traditional society: Subsistence
agriculture, domestic industry, and a hierarchical social system; a stable balance between
population and resources
Preconditions for take-off: Localized resource development because of colonialism or activities
of a transnational corporation; an export-based economy; often a dual economy where different
areas of the same country are engaged in different levels (for example, the Canadian Shield and
the Canadian North today might be considered to be in this stage)
, Take-off to sustained growth: Exploitation of major resources; possibly radical and rapid political
change (the newly industrialized countries may be in this stage)
Drive to maturity: Creation of a diverse industrial base and increased trade
Age of high mass consumption: Advanced development of an industrial economy; evident in the
more developed world
highly un-nuanced and euro-centric
- studied big powers, slash the parents and assumed children would follow suit, describes
industrialization
Industrialization - Answer a process of economic and social change that transforms a society
from largely agricultural to industrial, involving an extensive reorganization of the economy
toward manufacturing and of society toward being urban; typically associated with an industrial
revolution; often regarded as a key step in increasing a countries level of development.
Describe dependency theory - Answer this theory is very much tied to exploitation and
colonialism
it is based of a parent child relationship/ based of history of conquest and exploitations
Dependency theory:
a theory that connects disparities in levels of development to the relationships between
dependent and dominat states
not always true + canada and usa
what is environmental determinism? - Answer environmental determinism
A view that cultures, and human behaviours, are directly shaped by physical environmental
circumstances; contrasted with possibilism.
What is possibilism? - Answer possibilism
A view that human decision-making and adaptability, and not the physical environment, are the
primary agents of cultural change; people and cultures pursue a course of action that they
select from among a number of possibilities; contrasted with environmental determinism.
Questions with Correct Verified
Solutions 2025/2026.
Define Developments studies - Answer Consider relative and absolute differences in the
material standard of livng around the world
Define development - Answer development
A process that brings about changes in economic prosperity and quality of life; an improvement
in the material conditions of life; measured traditionally by economic criteria, but increasingly in
more holistic ways including health, education, and so on.
how is uneven development examined? - Answer with multiple scales, the variations exist on
a variety of different scales
What are the 4 categories of "haves and have nots? - Answer Level 1- 1 billion
Level 2- 3 billion
Level 3- 3 billion
Level 4- 1 billion
4 income levels, most people in the middle
Define the more developed World vs the more developed world? - Answer More developed
World: a process that brings about changes in economic prosperity and quality of life; an
improvement in the material conditions of life; measured by economic criteria, but increasingly
in more holistic ways, including health education and so on.
Less Developed World:
A large group of countries characterized by low standards of living and social well being
What are some ways to think of development? - Answer economic terms: GDP, GNI
More holistic: quality of life
What are 5 ways to say developed or less developed? - Answer -3rd, 2nd 1st world
-global south and north
- underdeveloped
,developing vs developed
however it is more of a continuous thing
Describe the subjectivity of the north south line. - Answer North south line is political, for
example Japan is randomly omitted.
What are characteristics of the Less developed world? - Answer -higher poverty rates,
mortality and fertility
- lower rates of literacy and industrialization
- Mostly former colonies
Define Colonialism? - Answer Colonialism: the forceful appropriation of foreign territory;
usually established and maintained through military and political structures; creates unequal
cultural and economic relations; usually involves the displacement of indigenous populations.
Are we improving as a society? - Answer YES
Are wealth and health correlated? - Answer YES
what are the three ways countries are said to achieve development? - Answer 1.
Modernization theory (Walter Rostow, economist)
2. Dependency theory (many variants)
3. World Systems Theory (Immanuel Wallerstein)
when were most of the theories about how we become developed founded - Answer in the
60's and 70's, mass decolonization movements. post we had to ask the questions about how
these countries would become economically independant.
Describe the Modernization theory in 5 steps. - Answer Traditional society: Subsistence
agriculture, domestic industry, and a hierarchical social system; a stable balance between
population and resources
Preconditions for take-off: Localized resource development because of colonialism or activities
of a transnational corporation; an export-based economy; often a dual economy where different
areas of the same country are engaged in different levels (for example, the Canadian Shield and
the Canadian North today might be considered to be in this stage)
, Take-off to sustained growth: Exploitation of major resources; possibly radical and rapid political
change (the newly industrialized countries may be in this stage)
Drive to maturity: Creation of a diverse industrial base and increased trade
Age of high mass consumption: Advanced development of an industrial economy; evident in the
more developed world
highly un-nuanced and euro-centric
- studied big powers, slash the parents and assumed children would follow suit, describes
industrialization
Industrialization - Answer a process of economic and social change that transforms a society
from largely agricultural to industrial, involving an extensive reorganization of the economy
toward manufacturing and of society toward being urban; typically associated with an industrial
revolution; often regarded as a key step in increasing a countries level of development.
Describe dependency theory - Answer this theory is very much tied to exploitation and
colonialism
it is based of a parent child relationship/ based of history of conquest and exploitations
Dependency theory:
a theory that connects disparities in levels of development to the relationships between
dependent and dominat states
not always true + canada and usa
what is environmental determinism? - Answer environmental determinism
A view that cultures, and human behaviours, are directly shaped by physical environmental
circumstances; contrasted with possibilism.
What is possibilism? - Answer possibilism
A view that human decision-making and adaptability, and not the physical environment, are the
primary agents of cultural change; people and cultures pursue a course of action that they
select from among a number of possibilities; contrasted with environmental determinism.
