Global Stratification

OBJECTIVES

· Define global stratification

· Interpret trends in stratification in the world

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

This assignment helps you identify industrialized, industrializing, and less industrialized countries and understand more about global stratification.

DELIVERABLES

Answers to the questions

· Guess three countries you think are in each of the three categories of the following levels of industrialization/development: Most industrialized, industrializing, less industrialized (sometimes also referred to as developed, developing, and less developed countries).

· For each of these countries, find the following information:

o GDP per capita

o Adult literacy rate

o Life expectancy at birth

· What do these numbers suggest about your initial classification? Were you correct? If not, where were you wrong? Explain what role these the indicators might play in global stratification.