The question
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________ Theories of development: one path, one world system and their limits (7 points)
(A) Identify Identify the stage of Rostow's stages of economic growth in which a few industries, often making goods for export, grow quickly and investment rises sharply. [1 point]
Identify means: Give the information asked for: a word or short phrase can earn the point, with no reasons needed.
(B) Describe Describe ONE characteristic of countries in the core of Wallerstein's world system theory. [1 point]
Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.
(C) Explain Explain how a country's movement through Rostow's stages of economic growth is likely to affect its position in the demographic transition model. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(D) Explain Explain ONE limitation of Rostow's stages of economic growth for a country that was once a colony. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(E) Compare Compare how Rostow's stages of economic growth and dependency theory explain why a country that relies on exporting one raw material stays poor. [1 point]
Compare means: Give a similarity or a difference and say it about both things, not one.
(F) Explain Explain how world system theory can be applied at a scale smaller than the global scale. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(G) Explain the degree Explain the degree to which South Korea's development since 1960 supports Rostow's stages of economic growth. [1 point]
Explain the degree means: State the degree first (to a high, moderate or low degree), then explain why with evidence.