Week 4: Causes of Uneven Development

What are variations in levels of development across the world known as?

• The development bridge

• The economic gap

• The economic bridge

• The development gap

True or false? The physical geography of a country or a region can create challenges for economic development.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a physical factor that creates challenges for economic development?

• Weather and Climate

• Relief

• Landlocked Countries

• Poverty

Which of the following is not an economic factor that creates challenges for economic development?

• Poverty

• Water Shortages

• Trade

True or false? Countries with a coastline are more likely to experience economic growth than those that are land-locked

• True

• False

True or false?

Countries in tropical environments are more likely to be developed.

• True

• False

True or false?

The lack of money in a household, community or country slows development.

• False

• True

Which of the following statements is true?

• HICs are more likely to sell high value goods and buy raw materials, which increases the trade imbalance between countries.

• HICs are more likely to sell low value raw materials and buy higher-value processed goods, which decreases the trade imbalance between countries.

Most colonial countries became independent in the mid-twentieth century. Which of the following statements is true?

• Since independence many countries have been affected by power struggles, civil wars but are now mostly HICs.

• Since independence many countries have flourished.

• Since independence many countries have been affected by power struggles, civil wars and face challenges from the legacy of hundreds of years of exploitation.

True or false?

Colonialism has hindered economic development in many LICs.

• True

• False