Author Question: What has ethnographic research aimed at examining the Green Revolution found? A. This revolution ... (Read 491 times)

nelaaney · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

What has ethnographic research aimed at examining the Green Revolution found?

A. This revolution is proceeding smoothly in many Third World countries, providing much needed food for the lower classes, especially the small farmers.
B. The innovations have created a number of unintended social and economic problems, such as widening the gap between the rich and the poor.
C. Many of the genetically engineered plants and animals do not survive and reproduce in different climates and geographical locations.
D. Individuals in cultures other than the West have found that the mechanization of agriculture leaves them with too much free time, and as a result crime and drug addiction increase exponentially.

Question 2

Dependency theorists suggest that multinational corporations are just a new form of neocolonialism that is aimed at supplying the Western world with natural resources and cheap labor.

These corporations, rather than helping the populace, actually intensify many of the problems of Third World countries by __________.
A. making it impossible to get cheap food and adequate housing
B. creating benefits for a wealthy elite and a small middle class while allowing the vast majority of the population to remain in poverty
C. establishing a strong lower class that eventually overthrows the ruling elite in the country
D. flaunting all of the modern conveniences that the majority of people cannot afford