3.10 QUIZIZZ REVIEW-5B-11C-12A-17C-18C

Country A has an adult literacy rate of 99%, a median life expectancy of 81, and an annual income per capita of $40,000. Based on these indicators, one could infer that in Country A (WG.11A, WG.5B)

• Most workers are engaged in primary activity.

• The national fertility rate is well above replacement level.

• Most workers are engaged in tertiary or quaternary activity.

• Healthcare infrastructure is under-resourced.

Country B has an adult literacy rate of 25%, a life expectancy of 54.7 years, and an annual per capita income of $600. Based on these indicators, Country B would be best classified as a(n) (WG.5B)

• Underdeveloped country

• Peripheral country

• Less developed country

• Sub-imperial country

The Human development

Index (HDI), a standard of a country’s well-being, is a Comparative measure of — (WG.5B)

• oil production, health, and child welfare

• education, democracy, and life expectancy

• income per capita, goods produced, and resources

• education, life expectancy, and income per capita

The majority of African economies are best categorized as (WG.5B)

• Less developed

• Newly industrialized

• More developed

• Third World

A valid conclusion that can be made is that nations with a low capita GNP supported by the graph- WG.5B

• greater life expectancy

• greater public expenditure on health per capita

• a high infant mortality rate

• a high adult literacy rate

Which problem faces many of the least developed nations today? WG.5B

• Too many varieties of crops are being grown.

• An excessive amount of investment capital is available.

• Low literacy rates limit economic development.

• A malnourished population exists on a high-calorie diet.

A nation’s level of economic development may be measured by its Gross National Product (GNP). Less developed countries would have a low GNP because— (WG.5B)

• they are nations that are in debt

• they have sophisticated technology

• many are mainly agricultural

• they have international trade partners

Which pair of countries in the chart would most likely be categorized as “more developed”

or as having “very high human development” on the Human Development Index? (WG.5B)

• Countries A and C

• Countries B and C

• Countries A and D

• Countries B and E

Which of the following is NOT an indicator measured by the Human Development Index? (WG.5B)

• Literacy

• Life expectancy

• Purchasing Power Parity

• GDP Per Capita

Which set of factors most likely corresponds to a country that is classified as more developed? (WG.5B, WG.22C)

• literacy rate = low;

  life expectancy = high

• literacy rate = high;

  infant mortality = high

• life expectancy = high;

  infant mortality = low

• life expectancy = low;

  infant mortality = high