Development Exam

GDP per capita is highest in

• South America
• East Asia
• North America
• Eastern Europe

Sub-Saharan Africa has all of the following problems, EXCEPT

• Corrupt and/or inefficient governments
• Low levels of female empowerment
• A lack of mineral resources
• A relatively uneducated populace

The Gender-Related Development Index is lowest in

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Eastern Europe
• South America
• East Asia

Stages of growth model is similar to ________ model.

• J. H von Thunen
• Ernst Ravenstein
• W.W. Rostow
• Immanuel Wallerstein

Medical technology from MDCs to LDCs has reduced death rates in LDCs.  This is a ____________ form of diffusion. 

• Relocation 
• Hierarchical 
• Stimulus 
• Contagious 

Of the following areas, the Human Development Index is highest in

• South Asia
• East Asia
• South America
• Europe

Norilsk Nickel was a leading mining company in Russia in 2015. This is a form of _________. 

• Primary Sector
• Secondary Sector
• Tertiary Sector
• Quaternary Second

Core countries focuses all but

• higher skill, tech related fields

• extraction of raw materials

• low-skilled, labor intensive production

• capital intensive production

A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Qinary

Another word for progress. . . This describes the wealth and well being of a country as it grows and prospers.

• Dependency Ratio
• Primary Sector
• GNI
• Development