Human Geography - Unit 6 Test Review

What is the process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology?

• Industry
• Development

The UN considers all but the following factors when determining a country's level of development, its HDI (Human Development Index).

• Life expectancy
• Literacy rate
• Income per capita
• Natural increase rate

Agriculture is part of which sector of the economy?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary 
• Quinary

The percentage of a country's people who can read and write is called

• GII
• Natural increase rate
• Literacy rate
• Fertility rate

When did the Industrial Revolution start?

• Late 1700s
• Late 20th century
• New millenium
• Before the 1st Agricultural Revolution

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

• England
• Belgium
• France
• The United States

What manufacturing system was in place before the Industrial Revolution?

• Cottage industry
• Slash and burn
• Boring assembly line work
• There wasn't any manufacturing; people only worried about finding food

In general, global income and life expectancy have 

• increased
• decreased

A United Nations Index, introduced in 2010, which measures a country’s loss of achievement due to gender inequality, based on reproductive health, employment, and general empowerment.

• Gender Inequality Index
• Gender Equity
• Gender Development Index
• Gender Revolution 

A controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country.

• Direct Investment
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Plantation 
• Fair Trade