GE201 Economic and Social Development

Fill in the blank: At the beginning of the 21st century, global economic development was

• Decreasing

• Largely staying the same

• Increasing

• At its lowest point

Opinions on whether globalization is a positive/negative force highly depend on different points of view.

• False

• True

What model did scholars devise due to an uneven distribution of economic power?

• Core-periphery model

• Core-peripery model

• Telescope

• Seismograph

What is a synonym often used for a developing world?

• Evolution

• All of the above

• Third world

• Underdevelopment nations

What is GDP?

• All of the above

• Gross domestic product

• Gross development product

• Government Domestic Product

Growth is both qualitative and quantitative.

• True

• False

How did indicators of social development track United Nations world's countries?

• Human development index

• Human domestic index

• Human development

• All of the above

People in developing countries do not struggle with writing and reading skills.

• True

• False