Unit 3: Development

How do geographers measure levels of development?

• they study economic factors

• they study social factors

• they study demographic factors

• they study all of these factors

As countries develop, what usually happens to the economic opportunities for women?

• there is no difference between the opportunities in the different levels of development

• women have more economic opportunities as development increases

• women's economic opportunities decrease as development increases

• women have more economic opportunities than men as development increases

LDCs whose economies are transitioning from primary sector jobs to secondary sector jobs are called:

• The periphery

• Core countries

• Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)

• Third world countries

Primary sector jobs involve the...

• extraction of materials from Earth, like mining or farming

• provisions of goods and services, like medical, law, or education jobs

• manufacturing of raw materials, like industry

• all of the above

Which of the following is used to measure HDI?

• GDP

• Literacy Rate

• Life Expectancy

• All of the above

MDCs would generally be considered to be in which stage of the demographic transition model?

• stage 1

• stage 2

• stage 3

• stage 4

This region has the countries with the highest average HDI

• Oceania

• South Asia

• East Asia

• Europe

• SW Asia

If a country has a high percentage of urbanization, it is most likely to be a . . .

• more developed country

• less developed country

If a country has high birth rates, it is most likely a. . . .

• more developed country

• less developed country

If a country has a large number of people under the age of 15, it is most likely a . . .

• more developed country

• less developed country