Using Power as a Dimension, the Countries of the World

question 35

Multiple Choice

Using power as a dimension, the countries of the world can be stratified on three levels. The countries that comprise a kind of middle class in this stratification system are the .

• A) core countries
• B) peripheral countries
• C) semiperipheral countries
• D) hybrid countries

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Definitions:

Group Security

Measures and strategies employed to ensure the safety and protection of a collective group of people.

Enculturation

The process by which individuals learn and adopt the values, customs, norms, and social practices of their culture through socialization.

Acculturation

The outcome of cultural and psychological transformation stemming from the interaction between different cultures.

Ethnocentrism

The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.