SLO FRQ Concepts

Agriculture, mining, energy and fishing are all

• Seondary activities

• Primary activities

• Quinary activities

• Tertiary activities

healthcare, technology, communications, financial services are all

• Tertiary activities

• Secondary activities

• Primary activities

• Quinary jobs

manufacturing finished goods from raw materials, industry, construction, value-added are all associated with

• Primary sector

• Quaternary sector

• Quinary sector

• Secondary sector

As a country industrializes , which of the following happens

• rural to urban migration

• tertiary sector employment decreases

• the environment improves

• they adopt democratic governments

Which of the following decreases as a country develops?

• secondary sector as a share of GDP

• primary sector employment

• natural resource depletion

• tertiary sector employment

Which of the following decreases gradually as a country develops?

• women as a percentage of the workforce

• average number of calories consumed per day

• environmental damage such as desertification or deforestation

• infant mortality rate

Which of the following are likely improvements as the social status of women improves in an LDC? (all that apply)

• increased employment in the paid labor force for females

• a growing informal economy

• increased average age of marriage for females

• society becomes increasingly patriarchal

Which of the following are reasons girls are often denied secondary education in LDC's

• girls often stand to inherit farmland so they don't see the point of education

• the expense of paying school fees for multiple children, combined with the better status of boys in some cultures

• families need their labor at home

• lack of improved drinking water in their village

Which of the following is NOT a reason why educating girls is a top focus of development experts?

• delayed childbearing helps slow population growth

• the paid workforce will have more talent to draw from

• fewer teenage pregnancies means improved (lower) maternal and infant mortality rates

• most countries prefer a large informal economy over a large formal economy

A large formal economy contributes to development because

• there is more income to tax which supports infrastructure such as schools, water treatment and healthcare

• people donate a lot of money to charity when they have large incomes

• having lots of businesses attracts international attention

• a high GDP means the government can build a larger military