Which of the following statements about the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) program is accurate?Compared to villages that received no aid, the Millennium Villages showed impressive progress.The program and goals are a prime example of emphasis on allowing civil society to develop organically without heavy international intervention.Lack of proper, comprehensive data collection has left wide disagreement over whether or not the program has been a success.Unexpected opposition to international aid by the target state governments dramatically reduced program effectiveness.The MDG program has shown no overall reduction in global poverty.Question 21 / 1 ptsThe borders of most current African states were drawn by colonial powers according to: longitude and latitude. the locations of natural resources. geographic divisions. population groups. ethnic divisions.Question 31 / 1 ptsThe concept of a “hothouse economy” is associated with: export-oriented industrialization. liberalization. communism. import substitution. foreign direct investment.Question 41 / 1 ptsCountries that are experiencing weak economic and political development are known as ________ countries. peripheral newly developing lower income trajectory newly industrializingQuestion 51 / 1 ptsPolicies supported by the IMF and World Bank to increase economic liberalization in less-developed countries are often referred to as the: United Nations Economic Compact. Multilateral Accord. Washington Consensus. North-South Reform Plan. Millennium Action Accord.Question 61 / 1 ptsMany countries in Asia discarded import substitution and opted for a form of economic development after World War II known as: modern world development. export-oriented industrialization. centralized developmentalism. debt-based agriculturalism. microfinance.Question 71 / 1 ptsSouth Korea is among the Asian countries that pursued an export-oriented strategy known as: product peripheralism. import substitution. the product life cycle. the industrial curve. technological descent.Question 81 / 1 ptsA system wherein a state extends its power in order to directly control territory, resources, and people beyond its borders is known as: bipolarity. unilateralism. hegemony. imperialism. multipolarity.Question 91 / 1 ptsWhich of the following might be a Washington Consensus policy recommendation to a less developed country that would be opposed by a supporter of import substitution policy? raising tariffs to reduce foreign imports investing heavily in domestic agriculture promoting private domestic industry creating state-owned businesses reducing state powerQuestion 101 / 1 ptsWhich of the following can be said about the effects of imperialism on gender roles?Imperialism dramatically reduced the number of economic roles for women.It is difficult to generalize about the effects on gender roles, but in many countries imperialism likely made gender roles more fixed.Women in most countries that came under imperial control saw their political and social status rise slightly.Western values imposed on countries under imperial control resulted in the liberation of many women from the domestic sphere.Imperialism dramatically increased the number of economic roles for women.Question 111 / 1 ptsWhich of the following best describes social identities in places under imperial control?Both strong national and ethnic identities had existed long before and survived imperialism.Strong national identities existed before imperialism but were suppressed.Strong ethnic identities existed before imperialism but were suppressed.Ethnic and national identities largely withered as a result of the imposition of the modern state.Neither strong national nor strong, specific ethnic identities were present before imperialism.Question 121 / 1 ptsWhich of the following was the initial, primary cause of lack of government capacity in postcolonial countries? the strong service-sector orientation of the economy endemic corruption among governmental workers the control of most government programs by the military ethnic divisions among civil servants the absence of a professional bureaucracyQuestion 131 / 1 ptsCountries that are experiencing rapid economic growth and democratization are generally known as ________ countries. trajectory less-developed newly developing peripheral middle incomeQuestion 141 / 1 ptsA small country has applied for membership in an economic union. Before membership is granted, the ruling body of the union requires that the applicant state reduce its budget deficit to a specific percentage of GDP. This type of arrangement could be classified as: export-oriented adjustment. conditionality. neoliberalism. structural reform. microfinance.Question 151 / 1 ptsOrganized life outside of the state that is often seen as critical to democracy and political stability is known as: social circles. civil society. free riders. public goods. national blocks.Question 161 / 1 ptsWhich postcolonial region currently suffers the lowest rankings on the Human Development Index? northern Latin America Africa the Middle East central Asia southeastern AsiaQuestion 171 / 1 ptsIn comparing the development of postcolonial countries, which of the following pairs of factors have shown strong correlation with each other? deep ethnic divisions and strong economic growth political stability and multiculturalism parliamentary systems and high levels of corruptionabundant natural resources and weak economic development presidential systems and robust economic growthQuestion 181 / 1 ptsImport substitution is most closely related to which of the following political-economic systems? social democracy liberalism anarchism mercantilism communismQuestion 191 / 1 ptsWhy might the commonality of authoritarian regimes in the developing world fail to suggest high levels of autonomy, even though on the surface it appears that this should be the case?These regimes often lose their independence through corruption to groups that exploit them as a resource.Very low levels of income for these regimes and their top officials reduce their ability to act independently.Neocolonialism transfers power over policy from these regimes to outside actors like developed democracies.The fear of revolution at the street level keeps these regimes beholden to the popular will of the people.These regimes are often slowly adding democratic elements