OCR B GCSE (9-1) Geography: Dynamic Development

Which of these best describes development?

• an increase in the proportion of people living a long, happy and dignified life

• an increase in GDP

• more built-up areas

• an increase in the number of HQs of TNCs

• an increase in the proportion of people living a life filled with consumer goods

Which of these would typically decrease as a country develops?

• HDI

• environmental impact

• GDP

• birth rate

• literacy rate

Which of these are composite measures of development?

• Human Development Index

• Happy Planet Index

• GNI per capita

• Press Freedom Index

• death rate

Which of these countries comes top of the Happy Planet Index? Select the top two.

• Central African Republic

• Sweden

• Denmark

• Costa Rica

• Mexico

Development indicators are at their best when they are...

• used by themselves

• compared between countries

• given per capita

• a composite of different indicators

Which of these are human factors leading to uneven development?

• climate

• colonialism

• distance from the sea

• corruption

• neoliberalism

Who developed the classification of countries into ACs, EDCs and LIDCs?

• World Bank

• International Monetary Fund

• Willy Brandt

• HIPCs

• MINT

On this map, which does the colour white represent?

• ACs

• EDCs

• LIDCs

• The Rich North

• The Poor South

Which of these makes it hard for a country to break out of a cycle of poverty?

• deregulation at the demand of TNCs

• unstable government

• good educational infrastructure

• debt

• structural adjustment programmes (SAPs)

Which of these best describes an undemocratic government controlled or run by the military?

• martial law

• SLORC

• SPDC

• junta

• Theresa May