Chapter+09+Global+Stratification



Colonialism – the process by which some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nations After his wedding, Prince Humperdinck plans to strangle Buttercup so that he can blame it on Guilder. He wants to go to war with Guilder and gain control of the land. If he succeeded, he probably planned to control Guilder through politics and economics.

Low-income countries – nations with a low standard of living in which most people are poor. The story of the Princess Bride is set in the nation of Florin. Although it didn’t show much of the society, it didn’t seem like it was a low-income country. They didn’t show any poor people or problems with poverty. Florin is probably either a middle- or high-income country.

Global stratification – patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole Florin seems like a country that is doing pretty well in political and economic terms. The people seem faithful towards the king and queen. Guilder might be a poorer country since Prince Humperdinck thinks he can easily take control of their economy, demonstrating social inequality between the two nations.

high-income countries: the nations with the highest overall standards of living Florin does not seem like it is a high-income country because not everyone has the highest standard of living. The royals are the one’s who do have the highest standard of living in the country though. Prince Humperdinck’s goal of taking over Guilder may result in Florin becoming a high-income country.

middle-income countries: nations with a standard of living about average for the world as a whole Florin seems to be slightly wealthy and that all who live there are well taken care of but not as wealthy as the royalty. It seems to be a middle-income country like most countries at the time. Each family is not starving and seems to do fairly well.

neocolonialism: a new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations This is something that Prince Humperdinck did not plan on doing with Guilder because he wanted complete control. This idea was probably unheard of at the time because it is a newer idea of controlling countries. I think Humperdinck wanted everyone to know what countries he controlled.