Development Review

Human Development Index is...

• the average number of years a person is expected to live.

• a tool for ranking countries based on their level of economic development.

• how much humans develop over time.

Which level of development is a country where most people work at the subsistence level?

• More Developed

• Newly Industrialized

• Less Developed

Countries with high infant mortality rates and low life expectancy are in which level of economic development?

• More Developed

• Newly Industrialized

• Less Developed

Improving the economic situation → better lives for people

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Modernization

• Economic Development

Country with relatively low average per capita income and less developed infrastructure, education and health care system

• Developing

• Developed

____________ economic activities add value to raw materials by processing them or changing their form. Ex: wood being made into tables/furniture

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Which of the following are used to calculate HDI? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• Literacy rate

• GNI per capita

• Poverty rate

• Life expectancy

• Average years of schooling

A mining company operates in which economic sector?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Which of the following is the dominant economic sector in developed countries?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quaternary

• quintary

As less developed countries start developing economically, fewer citizens work in the ______________ economic sector because _____________ ?

• Tertiary; the need for services is greater in poor countries

• Secondary: developed countries send their manufacturing industries overseas.

• Primary: a country’s resources are being used up as it develops

• Primary: technology makes these jobs more efficient so fewer workers are needed

• Secondary: as a country’s wealth increased, fewer factories are needed.