There are many theories of globalization. Let's look at W orld - systems theory first. World systems theory focuses on (1) __________ rather than looking at individual countries. It divides the world into three regions : (2) _________ . Core countries include areas like (3) _________ . These countries have a strong central government with (4) _______ to support it. They are economically (5) ________ , and relatively independent of (6) _______ . They've strong middle and working classes and focus on (7) ________ rather than raw materials. Periphery countries are those in Latin America and Africa and tend to have (8) ______ . They tend to depend on only one type of economic activity like (9) ______ raw materials. There's a high percentage of (10) ______ people as well as a small upper class which controls most of the economy and this creates (11) _______ . These countries are greatly influenced by core countries and (12) ______ which can harm the future economic potentials of (13) ______ . Semi-periphery countries like India and Brazil (14) ______ between core and periphery. They are often not (15) _____ in international trade, but they have a relatively diversified and developed economy. These semi-periphery countries can come either from periphery countries (16) ______ towards the industrialized core countries or from core countries (17) _____ toward periphery status. The world systems theory is (18) ______ , but it is criticized for (19) ________ and the core countries and forgetting about (20) ______ or even (21) _______ of individual countries.