Research and Development #1

The process of improving the standard of living for people through knowledge and technology is called...

• inequalities

• development

• disparities

• Human Development Index (HDI)

Developed countries have...

• high literacy rates

• short life expectancy

• dirt roads

• high level of technology

Developing countries have...

• easy access to water and sanitation

• low birth rate

• shorter life expectancy

• low income

The number of people who can read and write in a country is called...

• life expectancy

• education

• literacy

• gender

There are disparities between countries and inside the same country.

• There are similarities between countries and inside the same country.

• There are inequalities between countries and inside the same country.

• There are conflicts between countries and inside the same country.

The total income (money) earned by people of businesses in a country is called...

• GII (Gender Inequality Index)

• GNI (Gross National Income)

• HDI (Human Development Index)

Standard of living is different from one country to another.

• False

• True

The money needed to pay for monthly rent, electricity, food, clothes is called...

• standard of living

• cost of living

• quality of life

Industrialized countries with good economy and advanced technology are...

• developing countries

• developed countries

Poor, agricultural countries, trying to become more advanced are...

• developed countries

• developing countries