APHG Quiz: Development

Of the following areas, the Human Development Index is highest in

• South Asia
• East Asia
• South America
• Europe

Created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all interdependent on each other.  Divides us into three tiers of economic prosperity.

• Dependency Theory

• Neo liberal counterrevolution

• structural adjustment loan

• World Systems theory

 LDC's that have less education, income, and technology so that they get bullied by MDC's since we are all connected in the global economy.

• Core
• Periphery
• Semi-periphery
• Liberal Model

The percentage of the population that can read and write is called.. 

• Literacy rate
• Life expectancy
• Death rate
• Birth rate

What is GDI

• A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology
• Compares the level of development of women with that both sexes
  
• The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period
  
• Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making
  

GDP per capita is highest in

• South America
• East Asia
• North America
• Eastern Europe

Which of the following measures of development attempts to measure other components of economic prosperity BEYOND income and production?

• GDP

• GNI

• HDI

• GNI per Capita

A farmer operates in which industry sector?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Quaternary

• Quinary

Toyota car manufacturer operates in which industry sector?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Quaternary

• Quinary

A Fireman and Policeman (or women) operate in which industry sector?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Quaternary

• Tertiary