Describe the theory that colonialism explains how the world’s nations became stratified. (550 words minimum) Use details and examples from the text and outside sources, if you choose. respond no.1 Colonialism is defined as one nation taking over another with the aims of exploiting resources or sourcing for labor. It is further defined as the acquisition, maintenance, expansion, and establishment of a protectorate by countries from other territories. The burden of poverty among the nations may be attributed to social inequality and economic inequality. The inequality degree is higher in countries with high industrialization. Two theories can be used to explain how world nations became stratified. These theories are; modernization theory and dependency theory. Modernization theory explains that most countries are rich because they were able to discover the right beliefs, practices, and values. These countries were able to develop the right ideas for trade, economic growth, and industrialization to occur. The traits include abandoning outdated cultural practices and adopting new ideas and adopting future orientation, rather than remaining conservative to the present ideas. Modernization is more relevant to Western Europe. The countries in Western Europe emerged centuries ago because their population adopted the new culture and values. This was possible because the Protestant Deformations dealt a blow to the traditional mistrust of the Catholic Church's material success economic and social change and material success in the lifetime of the individuals rather than the traditional beliefs from the church that people would be rewarded in the afterlife. Poor nations are therefore remained poor because they did not abandon the old ideas to pave ways for new practices and beliefs.  Dependency theory is another explanation of the relationship between colonialism and stratification. However, this theory challenges the theory of modernization sharply. As much as the modern stratification blames the poor countries for being conservative and not adopting new cultural practices, Dependency theory states the contrary. The latter theory blames the rich countries for exploiting the poor countries and therefore hindering their economic growth. The poor countries were colonized by the wealthy European countries and thus denied the chance to develop economically. The European nations stole the poor nation’s natural resources and enslaved the population or exploited them for cheap labor. The European governments took over the poor nations denied them proper education. The two theories despite their differences have their advantage and faults. The modernization theory blames the poor countries for not adopting new ways, values, and practices. The theory however fails to see the exploitation these poor countries faced when they were colonized by the wealthy European countries and also the international companies. On the other hand dependency theory cannot exp.

1. Describe the theory that colonialism explains how the world’s
nations became stratified. (550 words minimum)
Use details and examples from the text and outside sources, if
you choose.
respond no.1
Colonialism is defined as one nation taking over another with
the aims of exploiting resources or sourcing for labor. It is
further defined as the acquisition, maintenance, expansion, and
establishment of a protectorate by countries from other
territories. The burden of poverty among the nations may be
attributed to social inequality and economic inequality. The
inequality degree is higher in countries with high
industrialization. Two theories can be used to explain how
world nations became stratified. These theories are;
modernization theory and dependency theory.
Modernization theory explains that most countries are rich
because they were able to discover the right beliefs, practices,
and values. These countries were able to develop the right ideas
for trade, economic growth, and industrialization to occur. The
traits include abandoning outdated cultural practices and
adopting new ideas and adopting future orientation, rather than
remaining conservative to the present ideas. Modernization is
more relevant to Western Europe. The countries in Western
Europe emerged centuries ago because their population adopted
the new culture and values. This was possible because the
Protestant Deformations dealt a blow to the traditional mistrust
of the Catholic Church's material success economic and social

2. change and material success in the lifetime of the individuals
rather than the traditional beliefs from the church that people
would be rewarded in the afterlife. Poor nations are therefore
remained poor because they did not abandon the old ideas to
pave ways for new practices and beliefs.
Dependency theory is another explanation of the relationship
between colonialism and stratification. However, this theory
challenges the theory of modernization sharply. As much as the
modern stratification blames the poor countries for being
conservative and not adopting new cultural practices,
Dependency theory states the contrary. The latter theory blames
the rich countries for exploiting the poor countries and therefore
hindering their economic growth. The poor countries were
colonized by the wealthy European countries and thus denied
the chance to develop economically. The European nations stole
the poor nation’s natural resources and enslaved the population
or exploited them for cheap labor. The European governments
took over the poor nations denied them proper education.
The two theories despite their differences have their advantage
and faults. The modernization theory blames the poor countries
for not adopting new ways, values, and practices. The theory
however fails to see the exploitation these poor countries faced
when they were colonized by the wealthy European countries
and also the international companies. On the other hand
dependency theory cannot explain how countries that were
never colonized are still poor up to date. The theory also does
not explain how countries such as Hong Kong that were
colonized are too wealthy to be grouped as poor right now. Both
theories clearly explain stratification, Sociologists however
prefer dependency theory because it emphasizes social structure
in the global current and historic Economy.
respond no.2

3. As the world grew, so to did the ideas which existed within each
nations respective borders. As colonialism and expansion took
place, these ideas and practices were shot-gunned all over the
world, which resulted in varying levels of inequality and
unequal distribution of resources and opportunity. As richer
nations continued to gain influence in new parts of the world,
they depended on the poorer nations to continue operating under
them instead of along side of them. This unfortunately ensured
stability and growth for the developed nations of the world and
solidified their position of dominance on the countries they
reigned over.
Modernization and globalization both refer to this
interconnectedness of countries to the overall global economy.
Though colonialism has dwindled away, its processes and
structures remain across the globe. Many of the nations which
are considered developing are directly tied to the success and
well-being of more developed countries. This usually happens
through a process of exploitation in which the wealthy (core
countries) keep the poor (peripheral countries) at arms reach
through unjust economic policies. Many poor nations have
grown massive debts and dependencies to outside entities and
are becoming less equipped to fight inequalities and injustices
as a result.
Outsourcing is also a major contributor to the stratification of
the worlds nations. Because laws vary by country, certain
industries look elsewhere to cut back on operating costs and
increase their profitability in whatever they're doing. Because
the world is becoming increasingly connected thanks to the
internet, outsourcing tech jobs to other parts of the globe to
support U.S. based entities have contributed to the growing
divisions of labor both in our country and abroad.

4. Because the rich continue to get richer, the global network of
power is mainly tied to the wealthiest and most developed
countries and the economic and social disparities between
nations will continue to grow unless steps are taken to improve
the process of globalization.