Student Learning Objective - World Geo Adv 2024-25

Country A has an adult literacy rate of 99%, a life expectancy of 81 years, and a GDP per capita of $40,000.Which is best supported regarding Country A?

• Most workers are engaged in primary activity
• The national fertility rate is above-replacement.
• Most workers are engaged in tertiary or quaternary activity.
• Healthcare infrastructure is under-resourced.

Tertiary activity includes

• Management industries
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Services

Which of the following sectors grows the fastest as a country industrializes?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Quaternary

Country B has an adult literacy rate of 25%, a life expectancy of 55 years, and a GDP per capita of $600. Based on these indicators, Country B would be best classified as

• Underdeveloped
• Less developed
• Peripheral
• Sub-imperial

All of the following are examples of infrastructure that support economic activity EXCEPT

• Water transportation systems
• Inventory of goods
• Telephone systems
• Electrical power stations

Crops grown on plantations, with heavy use of tractors, combines, storage facilities, and other capital inputs would be best described as

• Commercial agriculture
• Slash-and-burn agriculture
• Nomadic pastoralism
• Subsistence agriculture

In contrast to primary activity, secondary activity is less dependent on

• Labor supplies
• Friction of distance
• Reliability of transportation
• Location of natural resources

Countries with a higher standard of living (higher HDI) tend to have populations exhibiting

• High rates of natural increase
• A trend toward below-replacement fertility
• High rates of emigration
• Low educational attainment

What factor would most likely encourage a multinational corporation to move its manufacturing operations to a less developed country?

• A more educated workforce

• Lower labor costs

• Stricter workplace safety regulations

• Ethnic diversity

The majority of the world's population engaged in agriculture are engaged in what TYPE of agriculture?

• Shifting cultivation

• Mediterranean

• Subsistence

• Dairy farming