Modernization theory suggests that in the 1500s societies of the Global South were undeveloped.Which of the following can be said about this belief?
A) Much of the Global South was developed but not nearly so much as the north.
B) Many superior societies existed in the south but they had all disappeared by the 1500s.
C) Areas from China,the Middle East,Africa,and South America were underdeveloped.
D) The notion is a socially constructed fiction perpetrated in the developed world.

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Modernization theory's view that societies in the Global South were undeveloped in the 1500s overlooks the advanced civilizations and rich cultural developments in regions like China, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. This perspective is often criticized as a socially constructed narrative that serves to justify and perpetuate the economic and cultural dominance of the Global North.

Modernization Theory Suggests That in the 1500s Societies of the Global