SOCIOLOGY OF THE THIRD WORLD: EXAM TWO STUDY GUIDE

What is the role of the nation state?

Why did the nation state develop?
According to R.J. Rummels book series, how many men, women and children were
killed by the state between 1900-1987?
How does violence and genocide function in a nation state?
What company gained the right to drill for oil in Saudi Arabia forming a partnership
known as the Arabian-American Oil Company? Does the American company still
own shares? Are they part of management?
What did U.S. firms gain for supporting Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?
Who is hurt by free trade? Who benefits?
What is economic growth directly tied to?
What is the estimated doubling time in 2025?
Where is the fastest population growth taking place?
What problems will occur due to population increases in less developed countries?
What issues were debated at the 1994 United Nations Conference?
What assumptions about the population are made because of the culture of
capitalism?
How has India and China attempted to control population growth? Were they
successful?
What are the determinants of population growth and decline?
Food aid organizations estimate that almost 1500 children die per hour from what?
What are the myths of hunger?
What are the four factors of agricultural production?
What are the advantages of swidden agriculture?
What are the gender norms in swidden agriculture and irrigation agriculture?
What are the consequences of increased technology in agriculture?
What determines food production?

What made women and children more vulnerable during the famine of 1949 in
Malawi?
The global drug trade generates $320 billion a year in revenue. Does this offer the
majority of people involved in the trade a way out of poverty?
What is the most widely grown and used drug?
What are the major causes of altered and damaged environments?
Do scientists and the media portray the same spin on global warming?
How does sugar and beef degrade the environment?
What percent of grain produced in the United States is fed to livestock?
_____percent of the water consumed in the United States is used to grow grain to
feed cattle.
Beef production has destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of tropical forests in
what countries?
What are the consequences of western livestock-raising practices being introduced
in Africa to increase exports?
In 1989, why did Mexico City give children a month off of school for?
According to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, what is the value of a
human life?
Core countries ship 20 million tons of waste to the periphery annually.
Be familiar with the following terms: genocide, manufacturing consent,
manufacturing spins, democratic realism, free trade, NAFTA, International
Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, doubling time, population pyramids,
Malthuss essay Principle of Population, carrying capacity, eugenic theory,
demographic transition theory, wealth flow theory, green revolution, ecological
footprint, Memo of Lawrence Summers
There will also be questions from the videos watched in class.