Question

1. Two countries previously classified as Least Industrialized Nations that are building strong competition with Western nations because of cheap telecommunications and outsourced jobs from multinational corporations are ________ and ________.

Select one:

a. Vietnam; Indonesia

b. China; India

c. Japan; Brazil

d. Indonesia; Taiwan

2.  Global stratification, which of the following best characterize Japan?

Select one:

a. under developed

b. low income

c. a monopoly

d. High income

3. Who or what are the "Asian Tigers"?

Select one:

a. the Pacific Rim nations that have a strong capitalist base

b. a group of Marxists opposed to capitalism developing in Southeast Asia

c. the neocolonialists who have exploited the rubber fields of Indonesia

d. a Japanese baseball team that serves as a model for capitalism

Answer 1

1.Option B)

Two countries previously classified as Least Industrialized Nations that are building strong competition with Western nations because of cheap telecommunications and outsourced jobs from multinational corporations are India and China.

2.Option D)

Global Stratification refers to the inequal distribution of global wealth among nations.On this basis countries can be either high income, middle income or low income economies depending on how developed and industrialized they are.High income countries include of countries in Western Europe, Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand

3.Option A)

The Pacific Rim refers to the geographic area surrounding the Pacific Ocean .The economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are called Asian Tigers, The 4 dragons etc as they have rapidly industrialized between 1960- 1990, becoming high growth and developed economies in the 21st century.