ECO 103 Ch.21 Global Poverty

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QUESTION 1

Stalin was able to enter stage #3by:

1. citing the threat of Hitler
2. plundering Siberia
3. obtaining crucial technologies
4. almost eliminating consumption

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QUESTION 2

Struggling economies can enhance finance by improving all these except:

1. banking facilities
2. capital market transparency
3. savings incentives
4. education
5. marriage rates

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QUESTION 3

Of the US _are starving and homeless.

1. half
2. most
3. few
4. none

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QUESTION 4

In 2010_%of US families were poor.

1. 5
2. 15
3. 50
4. 75
5. 95

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QUESTION 5

Rostowoffers _ stages of development.

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

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QUESTION 6

JFK said "a rising tide lifts all boats" which means:

1. boating is the biggest industry
2. global warming is a threat
3. growing incomes among rich inevitablyspread to the poor
4. the poor can find work on yachts

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QUESTION 7

The industry that first must be improved to lift a poor country from poverty is:

1. aero-space
2. computer
3. auto
4. farming

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QUESTION 8

The US government provides in-kind assistance for:

1. jewelry
2. tarvel
3. food
4. furniture

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QUESTION 9

If the US were measured by the standards of the lower 75%of the world,then _Americans would be considered poor.

1. no
2. all
3. half of
4. most

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QUESTION 10

Cubans, despite being among the poorest,has full access to:

1. health care
2. education
3. internet
4. a &b

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QUESTION 11

Poverty outside the US often falls along the lines of all these except:

1. religious
2. caste
3. zodiac signs
4. ethnic

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QUESTION 12

"in-kind"transfers is when assistance is limited to a particular:

1. season
2. group
3. holiday
4. product

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QUESTION 13

Poverty is worsened by poorest countries having _birth rates.

1. highest
2. average
3. lowest
4. inconsistent

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QUESTION 14

The US definition of poverty does not count:

1. houses
2. cars
3. furniture
4. all of the above

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QUESTION 15

Access to education is a problem for the:

1. women
2. poor
3. rural
4. all of the above

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QUESTION 16

Redistribution presents risks in all the following except:

1. redistribution can become corrupt
2. incentive to succeedis lost
3. inflation
4. redistributed resources will be mis-managed
5. the poor will miss their old traditions

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QUESTION 17

NGO stands for

1. non-governmental organization
2. normal growth operation
3. non group-7outreach
4. nominal GDP operatives

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QUESTION 18

Half of the world's poor live in:

1. China
2. India
3. Haiti
4. Ukraine
5. a&b

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QUESTION 19

Global poverty can be reduced by all these methods except:

1. growth
2. sterilizing the poor
3. redistribution within countries
4. redistribution among countries

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QUESTION 20

Stage #3describes more (except):

1. savings
2. investment
3. incarceration
4. industralization
5. pro-growth policies