The structure of a system refers to patterns and types of interaction among its units, and the process refers to its distribution of power.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false
Which one of the following terms is used least frequently to describe as a class of states those countries called the South?
a. the Third World
b. the Developing World
c. the Rapidly Industrializing World
d. the Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. Developing World states are for the most part homogeneous; that is why they are
collectively often known as the Third World.
b. Developing World states share a hatred for the West primarily because they were
militarily defeated during World War II.
c. The concept of the Developing World is criticized often by analysts who
believe that it hides the diversity of the poverty-stricken regions of the world.
d. Marxism-Leninism as an organizational philosophy dominates the governments of well over half of
the Third World states.
European colonial powers
a. often provided much capital to LDCs after giving them independence.
b. bequeathed different levels of modernization to their colonial empires, in some cases by absorbing
indigenous people into the colonial administration.
c. often engaged in a scorched-earth policy of destroying as much as they could before allowing
independence.
d. none of the above
Which one of the following is the least imminent threat to northern interests as a result of the NorthSouth conflict?
a. resource deprivation and price wars because of cartelization
b. violence and terror against northern societies as a result of southern animosity
c. gradual erosion of the North's very humanity as a result of the North's growing
awareness that it did not do enough to alleviate the South's problems
d. warfare by the South against the North as a result of economic frustration
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