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Chapter 09 - Development: Myths and Realities
True / False
1. Three billion people, almost half the world’s population, live on less than $2.50 per day.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Chapter Introduction
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.1 - Explain the concept of development in the study of politics and
economics
2. The Ebola virus results in death for three-quarters of the people afflicted.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
economics
3. Kwame Nkrumah’s calls for solidarity among former colonial states failed to grow into a lasting movement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Development as an Ideology
economics
4. Capitalism was the West’s answer to the postcolonial world of corruption and mismanagement, but it was tainted by
its close association to colonialism.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Development as Ideology
economics
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5. General Buhari was responsible for attacks on civilians and mass kidnappings in northeastern Nigeria.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Nigeria: A Poor Oil-Rich Country
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.3 - Compare/evaluate India and Nigeria as models of economic
development
6. Colonialism is synonymous with modernization and improvement.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: The Legacy of Colonialism
economics
7. Typical developing countries have had to deal with chronic instability, coups, revolutions, civil wars, and genocide due
to the vast diversity thrown together by the arbitrary creation of the original colonies around the world.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Nation-State Newbies: Four Challenges
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.2 - Challenges to building a new nation-state
8. The existence of a charismatic leader tends to slow or impede nation-building in developing societies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. The greater the distribution of wealth and education in a given society, the more likely that the seeds of democracy
will grow.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

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10. Thanks to an impressive growth spurt in recent years, India has surpassed the economy of China.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: India: Elephant or Cheetah?
development
11. Boko Haram abducted more than 200 school girls from a small Nigerian town in 2014.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
development
12. Terms of trade tend to work against least developed countries.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Poverty: First Things First
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.4 - Elaborate on five obstacles to development
13. Haiti became the first republic ruled by people of African descent in world history, as well as the first independent
Caribbean state.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Haiti
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.5 - Choose a failed state and say why it failed; analyze the failure
14. Robert Mugabe has done much to improve the lives of his citizens in Zimbabwe.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Zimbabwe

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15. Instability in Afghanistan poses a major problem for neighboring Pakistan.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Afghanistan
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.6 - Explain why failed states pose problems for regional stability
and world order
Multiple Choice
16. Least developed countries have all of the following problems in common EXCEPT
a. illiteracy.
b. political instability.
c. ethnic conflict.
d. anarchy.
e. inequality.
ANSWER: d
economics
17. Where are most of the least developed countries located?

a. East Asia
b. Sub-Saharan Africa
c. Central Europe
d. The Pacific Islands
e. South America and the Caribbean
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: The Idea of Development
economics

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18. What is the “root cause” of the worst problems facing developing nations?
a. Poor public services
b. Endemic poverty
c. Corruption
d. Disease
e. Potable water
ANSWER: b
economics
19. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 update, when will the world’s population reach 9 billion?
a. 2020
b. 2030
c. 2040
d. 2050
e. 2060
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: The Idea of Development
economics
20. All of these least developed countries have been plagued by continued conflict EXCEPT
a. Sri Lanka.
b. Philippines.
c. Ethiopia.
d. Rwanda.
e. Burma.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: The Legacy of Colonialism
economics

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21. Which of the following is NOT one of the four fundamental political challenges facing developing countries?
a. Nation-building
b. Participation
c. State-building
d. Secularization
e. Distribution of wealth, power, and property
ANSWER: d
22. What is the most basic -- but often most challenging -- aspect of nation-building?
a. Expanding agricultural output
b. Ending illiteracy
c. Forming a common or group identity
d. Ending internal rebellions and upheavals
e. Establishing a democracy
ANSWER: c
23. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush sent troops to protect supplies and workers in
a. Haiti.
b. Zimbabwe.
c. Nigeria.
d. Sierra Leone.
e. Somalia.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Somalia
24. Which of the following would be considered an economic democratic correlate?

a. National wealth
b. An elite ruling class
c. A centrally-planned economy
d. Social pluralism
e. Respect for the rule of law
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Democracy and Development

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25. The event in which rulers in Egypt and Tunisia were overthrown is referred to as
a. Middle East Crisis.
b. Arab Spring.
c. Jihadism.
d. Boko Haram.
e. None of these choices is correct.
ANSWER: b
economics
26. Which state was called “the most corrupt government in the world” in the mid1990s?
a. Sierra Leone
b. Côte d’Ivoire
c. The Democratic Republic of the Congo
d. Nigeria
e. Gambia
ANSWER: d
development
27. Which country is adding 14 million new workers every year, about 25 percent of the world’s new workers?
a. China
b. Brazil
c. India
d. Russia
e. Nigeria
ANSWER: c
development

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28. What has been an ongoing barrier to India's potential economic development?
a. Its civilian control over the military
b. Its constant religious warfare
c. Its caste system
d. Its refusal to privatize key industries
e. Its resistance to foreign investment
ANSWER: c
development
29. Traditional societies often face which impediments to development?

a. Fatalism
b. Excessive risk-taking
c. Excessive social mobility
d. Lack of skepticism about the motives of foreign developers
e. Unreasonably high expectations concerning one’s ability to shape one’s destiny
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Self-Identity: Who Am I? Where Do I Belong?
30. One obstacle facing many developing countries is monoculture, which is the
a. practice of raising only one major crop.
b. dominance of only one ethnic group.
c. concentration of power in one elite group.
d. practice of interacting only with family members.
e. lack of diversity within large populations.
ANSWER: a

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31. What does the “green revolution” refer to?

a. A military insurrection in Nicaragua in 1985
b. The dramatic rise in food production produced by modern farming techniques
c. The change in currency that often accompanies modernization
d. Modernization of the Brazilian rain forest
e. The fight to protect the environment in developing countries
ANSWER: b
32. Which of these countries is considered to be the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, as well as one of the poorest in
the world?
a. Nigeria
b. Somalia
c. Afghanistan
d. Haiti
e. Zimbabwe
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Haiti
33. Which failed state gave the appearance of being a functioning democracy shortly before its collapse?
a. Somalia
b. Haiti
c. Sierra Leone
d. Afghanistan
e. Zimbabwe
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Sierra Leone
UNPO.MAGS.17.9.6 - Explain why failed states pose problems for regional stability
and world order

Name: Class: Date:
34. What happened after rebels in Somalia ousted longtime dictator Siad Barré?
a. He and his supporters quickly reclaimed power.
b. Sympathetic leaders took office, seeking to restore order and build the nation's economy.
c. The U.S. sent in troops to attempt to bring Barré back to office.
d. Years of fighting and famine began that caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.
e. Massive protesters took to the streets, celebrating the coup.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Somalia
UNPO.MAGS.17.9.6 - Explain why failed states pose problems for regional stability
and world order
35. Under the Taliban in Afghanistan,

a. the country adopted western education.
b. nuclear weapons were being developed.
c. agricultural production increased dramatically.
d. the government assumed control of the production of television shows.
e. women were barred from working outside the home.
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Afghanistan
Essay
36. Colonialism had a major impact on the way that many countries, especially in Africa and Asia, developed over time.
How have colonial legacies affected the process of growth since these countries gained independence? How does
this history affect more recent attempts to bring development to former colonies, and are these states wise to be
wary of outside influence?
ANSWER: Student answers will vary.
REFERENCES: Chapter Introduction; Development as Ideology; The Idea of Development; The
Legacy of Colonialism
economics
37. Explain the paradox of Nigeria’s failure and India’s success.

REFERENCES: Nigeria Vs. India: Two Case Studies, One Riddle; Nigeria: A Poor Oil-Rich Country;
India: Elephant or Cheetah?
development

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38. Examine the difficulties faced by two of the case studies of failed states (Haiti, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe,
and Afghanistan). Where do you see similarities and differences in the issues and problems they face? What is
responsible for the failure in each case? How does the failure of a state affect the rest of the region and potentially
the world in an age of globalization?
REFERENCES: Failed States; Haiti; Somalia; Sierra Leone; Zimbabwe; Afghanistan
39. Discuss the four political challenges facing developing nations. What kinds of problems are inherent to each? How
can these challenges be met?
REFERENCES: Nation-State Newbies: Four Challenges; The Strategy of Development; Democracy
and Development; Development and Democracy
40. What are the key obstacles to development? Which of these obstacles could foreign involvement in developing
countries help to overcome? Which might such involvement make more difficult?
REFERENCES: Obstacles to Development; Self-Identity: Who Am I? Where Do I Belong?; Greed:
West Africa's Deadly Diamonds; Ethnic Hatred: Taming the Tigers; Poverty: First
Things First
41. What, if any, responsibility does the international political community have to help alleviate the problems of failed
states? Explain.
REFERENCES: Failed States; Haiti; Somalia; Sierra Leone; Zimbabwe; Afghanistan; Development:
Tonic or Elixer?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: UNPO.MAGS.17.9.6 - Explain why failed states pose problems for regional stability
and world order

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Understanding Politics Ideas

Institutions and Issues 12th Edition

Chapter 09 - Development: Myths and Realities

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Chapter 09 - Development: Myths and Realities

6. Colonialism is synonymous with modernization and improvement.

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Chapter 09 - Development: Myths and Realities

12. Terms of trade tend to work against least developed countries.

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15. Instability in Afghanistan poses a major problem for neighboring Pakistan.

17. Where are most of the least developed countries located?

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24. Which of the following would be considered an economic democratic correlate?

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29. Traditional societies often face which impediments to development?

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31. What does the “green revolution” refer to?

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35. Under the Taliban in Afghanistan,

37. Explain the paradox of Nigeria’s failure and India’s success.

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