SOCI-102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: North American Free Trade Agreement, Population Reference Bureau, Modernization Theory
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Section#1 9. 1 global stratification: an overview: global stratification means patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole. Countries are divided into 3 groups based on income: Chile, the nations of western europe, israel, saudi arabia, the russian. Namibia, egypt, indonesia, india, and the people"s republic of china. Chad, the democratic republic of the congo, ethiopia, and bangladesh. Figure 9. 1. 1 in a world with unequal economic distribution, even survival is unevenly distributed. While nearly 1 in 5 children die before the age of 5 in some nations, this number is less than 1% in more developed countries. Answers b and c both actually list middle- income countries. Low-income countries are also known as third-world countries. The new model (high-, middle-, and low-income countries) has replaced the old three- world model. The old model was developed after wwii to distinguish capitalist, industrial countries (the first world ) from less industrialized, socialist countries (the second.
