Chapter+9+Global+Stratification

__** ﻿Terms **__


 * **__Low-Income country__**-(nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor.)
 * Cady came from what would be considered a low income country. She was originally from Africa. Africa doesn’t have a lot of resources and its weather patterns and hot temperatures make it hard for agriculture and this is a high factor in the economy of that country. The people there miss out on a lot of different opportunities that a person in America wouldn’t, this is why Cady is a little socially awkward at first.


 * __**High-Income country**__-(the nations with the highest overall standard of living.)
 * Now that Cady has moved, it is clear to her the changes between the countries. Just by looking at Regina's house you can tell the economy level has risen. That type of home would never been seen in Africa. (Depending on where you are.)


 * __**Modernization Theory**__-(A model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations)
 * At the beginning of the movie there are a group of boys that talk very uneducated and slow. Cady's new American friends are not that way. Also throughout the movie you can see the differences between technologies from Africa to America. It is almost a full reverse.


 * __**Neocolonialism**__- a new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations.
 * In the movie Cady moves from Africa to the United States. In Africa the country is run by one political system that is in direct control. In the United States, though, there is more than one influence on the economy and politics.


 * __**Middle-Income Countries**__- nations with a standard of living about average for the world as a whole.
 * Compared to the other girls in the Plastics Cady can be considered as middle-class. She doesn't live in a mansion, like Regina, but she does live in a decent house.


 * __**Global Stratification**__- patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole.
 * When you compare Janis to Regina, one can see how inequality can effect people in a social setting. Compared to Regina, Janis has a lot less because she does not live in a masion, wears expensive clothes, and has to work. In the high school setting Janis is perceived as having less than Regina and a harder life.