On What Does the United Nations Base Their Classification of the World's

question 54

Multiple Choice

On what does the United Nations base their classification of the world's countries as "developed" or "developing"? 

• A) their degree of political stability and their social equality 
• B) their degree of industrialization and their per capita GDP 
• C) their degree of environmental sustainability and their social equality 
• D) their ecological footprint alone

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Definitions:

Military Intervention

The act of a nation or group of nations using military force in another country to influence its affairs.

Liberal Internationalism

Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy theory, which rested on the idea that economic and political freedom went hand in hand, and encouraged American intervention abroad in order to secure these freedoms globally.

Entangling Alliances

Complex foreign alliances that can draw a country into conflicts not directly related to its own interests, often criticized for potentially limiting a country's independence.

Dollar Diplomacy

A foreign policy strategy used by the United States in the early 20th century, aiming to influence and protect its economic interests abroad through the use of financial power.