_____ theory explains global inequality using the characteristics of individual nations; _____ theory argues that no country or set of countries may be understood in isolation from the others.

A) Dependency; modernization
B) World systems; modernization
C) Modernization; world systems
D) Modernization; dependency

Modernization Theory

A theory suggesting that societies progress linearly from traditional to modern states, emphasizing the role of technology and economic development in this transition.

Dependency Theory

A socioeconomic theory suggesting that resources flow from poor, underdeveloped states to wealthy states, enriching the latter at the expense of the former.

World Systems Theory

A socio-economic theory that suggests the world is divided into core, semi-peripheral, and peripheral countries, with wealth and power concentrated in the core.