Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Viewpoints 31.1: Modernization, Dependency, and Development

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1. As Rostow saw it, what was the final stage in any society’s economic development?

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Correct: The answer is c. According to Rostow, when a nation reached the age of high mass consumption, its economic focus shifted to the production of “durable consumers’ goods and services.”
Incorrect: The answer is c. According to Rostow, when a nation reached the age of high mass consumption, its economic focus shifted to the production of “durable consumers’ goods and services.”
1. As Rostow saw it, what was the final stage in any society’s economic development?

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2. Which of these figures did Rostow associate with the transition away from a traditional society?

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Correct: The answer is a. For Rostow, Newton was a symbol for that “watershed in history when men came widely to believe that the external world was subject to a few knowable laws, and was systematically capable of productive manipulation.”
Incorrect: The answer is a. For Rostow, Newton was a symbol for that “watershed in history when men came widely to believe that the external world was subject to a few knowable laws, and was systematically capable of productive manipulation.”
2. Which of these figures did Rostow associate with the transition away from a traditional society?

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3. Which of these best captures Rostow’s vision of economic progress?

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Correct: The answer is b. Rostow believed that economic development proceeded through five stages, from traditional to mass consumption.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Rostow believed that economic development proceeded through five stages, from traditional to mass consumption.
3. Which of these best captures Rostow’s vision of economic progress?

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4. In Furtado’s view, what was the root cause of economic underdevelopment in Asia, Africa, and Latin America?

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Correct: The answer is b. Furtado saw developed and underdeveloped societies as part of a single economic system, a system that was established by developed societies for the benefit of developed societies.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Furtado saw developed and underdeveloped societies as part of a single economic system, a system that was established by developed societies for the benefit of developed societies.
4. In Furtado’s view, what was the root cause of economic underdevelopment in Asia, Africa, and Latin America?

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5. Which of these assumptions did Furtado reject?

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Correct: The answer is c. Furtado rejected Rostow’s five-phase model of development, arguing that development and underdevelopment were two aspects of the same historical process.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Furtado rejected Rostow’s five-phase model of development, arguing that development and underdevelopment were two aspects of the same historical process.
5. Which of these assumptions did Furtado reject?