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International agencies based in the North have begun to take women's contributions into account in order to better analyze economic development in the South.

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International relations scholars in the world-system school argue that the North is a periphery specializing in extracting raw materials through agriculture and mining.

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With respect to poverty in the global South,which statement is true?


A) Starvation kills more people than malnutrition does.
B) People die from starvation and malnutrition because there is not enough food produced in the world to feed them.
C) About 1 billion people live in abject poverty.
D) Starvation triggered by war or drought affects more people than chronic poverty does.

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__________ disrupted the dependence of rural communities on subsistence farming,shifting the focus of those communities to commercial agriculture.

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Colonialism disrupted the pattern of __________ in traditionally rural communities.

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Following colonial liberation movements,the newly independent states inherited borders that were drawn in European capitals by __________.


A) the leaders of the independence movement in these states
B) foreign officers looking at maps
C) a two-thirds majority of the United Nations General Assembly
D) a joint committee consisting of representatives from these states and the Western world

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In the context of colonialism,what was the relationship between education and colonists?


A) Territories tended to already have strong educational systems prior to being colonized.
B) Colonial powers generally invested very little in the educational infrastructure of their colonies.
C) Access to education was largely withheld from colonists.
D) Education was widely disseminated by those in power to colonists.

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What is the relationship between warfare and basic needs?


A) Being at war produces economic wealth for a country's military industries,raising the ability of all citizens to meet their basic needs.
B) Being at war allows a country to acquire resources to meet basic needs through conquest.
C) Being poor,with unmet basic needs,makes a society more war-prone.
D) Being poor,with unmet basic needs,makes a society less war-prone.

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Urbanization is caused by people moving __________.


A) from one country to another
B) from the city to the countryside
C) from city to city
D) from the countryside to the city

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International law and norms __________.


A) obligate states to accept refugees who arrive at their borders
B) do not distinguish between refugees and migrants
C) emphasize migrants' economic impact on a state rather than their international security implications
D) provide guidance to receiving states as to how to distinguish political motives from economic motives

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