An introduction to development

What does the word 'poverty' mean?

• A state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living

• A state or condition in resulting in a person starving.

• When a person earns less than £10 an hour

• A state when person lacks the financial resources to buy their own house.

Which type of poverty is a condition where household income is below a necessary level to maintain basic living standards (food, shelter, housing)

• Relative

• Relativity

• Absolution

• Absolute

What type of poverty is a condition where household income is a certain percentage below median incomes.

• Absolute

• Real

• Relative

• Situational

What is development in terms of development geography?

• An irreversible constant increase in the size of an organ or even an individual cell.

• The process where a particular organism, not only grows physically but acquires mental and physiological growth

• The growth of the population of a country

• A process of change that affects people's lives. It may involve an improvement in the quality of life as perceived by the people undergoing change.

What is the term that means that development takes place at different rates in different regions?

• Bumpy

• Rough

• Lumpy

• Uneven

What is a NEE?

• A woman's family name at birth before the adoption of another surname usually after marriage

• A Newly Emerging Economy

• A country formally known by a different name.

• A Newly Emerging Enterprize

Which is the richest country in the world, calculated by

• United States

• United Arab Emirates

• Singapore

• Qatar

The GDP PPP$ for Qatar is US$132,886 (a measure of wealth). What is the GDP PPP$ of the United Kingdom?

• US$ 32,800

• US$ 36,800

• US$ 46,800

• US$ 86,800

For the third year in a row one country is number one when it comes to happiness. Which country?

• Finland

• Denmark

• Switzerland

• Iceland

Out of 189 countries where does the UK rank in terms of development? (Using HDI - Human Development Index measuring the health, education and income in the country)

• 13

• 21

• 24

• 29