Go to your local library and see what you can learn about the extent of illegal drug use in your state. In what region of the state (for example, rural versus urban) is the arrest rate for drug...

Go to your local library and see what you can learn about the extent of illegal drug use in your state. In what region of the state (for example, rural versus urban) is the arrest rate for drug offenses higher? Can you discover why? Go to a grocery store, and make a list of the brand names you find for breakfast cereal, canned soup, frozen dinners, spaghetti sauce, and potato chips. How many manufacturers produce each type of item? Looking over the various global maps in this text, identify social traits associated with the world’s richest and poorest nations. Make use of both modernization theory and world system theory to explain the patterns you find.