Why Has the Label "Global South" Gained Favour Over Other

question 6

Multiple Choice

Why has the label "Global South" gained favour over other, somewhat misleading, terms?

• A) It better incorporates historical and contemporary patters of wealth and power into a loosely geographically defined concept
• B) It departs from popular beliefs that poverty and social conditions are still identified with the Third World
• C) The label "south" is a better fit to the geographical conditions of poverty
• D) The geographical term "south" implies democracy
• E) The term "south" is meant as a pejorative

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Definitions:

Democratizing

The process of making something accessible to all people, often used in the context of technology or information, making it available and understandable to the general public.

Videoconferencing

A technology that allows users in different locations to hold face-to-face meetings without having to move to a single location physically.

Telepresence

Technology that allows a person to feel as if they are present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have an effect, somewhere other than their true location.

UC

Unified Communications, which integrates multiple methods of communication, such as email, voice, and video conferencing, into a single interface.