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Question 2

There are two modals on modernisation theory and theory they are?

Answer 2

Rostow’s (Capitalism) and Frank’s (Communism)

Question 3

The main causes of global inequality (social)

Answer 3

• no basic education available. - no clean water.

Question 4

The main causes of global inequality (political)

Answer 4

• corrupt government. - go into war a lot. - wastes money on firearms.

Question 5

The main causes of global inequality (environmental)

Answer 5

• plants can’t adapt to climate change and have lot of droughts. - raw materials exploited with little concern for the environment.

Question 6

The main causes of global inequality (economic)

Answer 6

• Malawi is in a lot of dept needed to pay of to develop. - Malawi can’t afford rural development or good agriculture.

Question 7

Consequences for global inequality (political)

Answer 7

• very poor government. - non democratic corrupt governments. - no money for basic health care or education.

Question 8

Consequences for global inequality (social)

Answer 8

• spread of disease unable to be treated. - 2.4 billion people in the world do not have basic sanitations.

Question 9

Consequences for global inequality (environmental)

Answer 9

• hit with a lot of unmanageable natural disasters. - landlocked affects trade massively.

Question 10

Consequences for global inequality (economic)

Answer 10

• 1 in 5 of the world population live on less than a dollar a day. - people in Malawi can’t afford basic things like food.

Question 11

Rostow’s background.

Answer 11

In the 1960s and Rostow was an American economist who was also capitalist who believe that all countries would eventually go through development based on America and the UK.

Question 12

Franks background.

Answer 12

It was the late 1960s and the economist Frank produce a dependency modal he was also capitalist. And he blamed capitalist countries for stopping developing countries to develop.

Question 13

Rostow’s modal went into five stages.

Answer 13

1. Traditional society. 2. Pre-condition for take off. 3. Take off. 4. Drive to maturity. 5. High mass consumption.

Question 14

Traditional society.

Answer 14

Traditional society is limited technology and most people live on their own grown crops. This is the UK in the Middle Ages.

Question 15

Pre-condition for take off.

Answer 15

Pre-condition for take off is quite few technology and some manufacturing beginning to develop. This is the UK in the 1750s.

Question 16

Take off.

Answer 16

Take off is the rapid growth of manufacturing steady growth in economy and develop to support further growth. This is the UK in the 1820s.

Question 17

Drive to maturity.

Answer 17

Drive to maturity is economic growth everywhere and developing industries to replace old ones. This is the UK in the 1850s.

Question 18

High mass consumption.

Answer 18

High mass consumption is the economic system almost self sustaining trade expands and good welfare.

Question 19

Criticism of rostow’s modal.

Answer 19

• too few countries are taking off. - you need poor countries to support the rich ones.

Question 20

Criticism of Frank’s modal.

Answer 20

• because countries that were not colonised don’t develop such as Malawi and countries that were do such as Singapore. - Also some poor countries such as South Korea have successfully developed.

Question 21

Frank’s dependency theory.

Answer 21

Poor countries e.g. Malawi (peripheries) sell there raw materials for cheep prices and buy them back more expensive as a use such as cotton into clothing. So the core countries very rich such as the UK buy these products them make a huge profit selling it of as a product.

Question 22

Rostow’s modernisation theory.

Answer 22

Rostow based his theory on a lot of European countries who are now at the final stage of development he also believed that the later you went through the stages the quicker it will happen and that every country will eventually go through the process.