When economic power is used to stratify nations, semi-industrialized countries that play a middleman role, extracting profits from the poor countries and passing those profits on to wealthier countries, are referred to as
A. core countries.
B. peripheral countries.
C. semiperipheral countries.
D. hybrid countries.
Answer: C
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