HDI: Exam Part 1

What is the Human Development Index?

• The health of an individual.

• A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.

• The country a person lives in,

• The number of preventable diseases in a country.

Which one is NOT a factor when determining the HDI of a country?

• Education

• Health

• Income

• Miltary Size

What is the range of the Human Development Index?

• 0-1

• 0-100

• 50-99

• 99-100

The closer the HDI is to 0, the _____ developed the country is.

• less

• more

Japan has an HDI score of 0.884. The life expectancy is 79, literacy is 100%, and the income of an average family is $34,000. Japan would be classified as a less developed country.

• True

• False

Angola has a life expectancy age of 44, literacy (can read and write) is at 58% of the population and an average income of $4,941 a year. What type of country is Angola?

• Developed Country (Most developed)

• Developing Country (Middle)

• Less Developed Country (Least developed)

GDP per capita is the only economic indicator that can reliably determine the level of development for a country.

• TRUE 
• FALSE

Raising the GDP of a country means automatically higher standard of living for workers. 

• TRUE 
• FALSE

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

• South Asia
• East Asia
• South America
• Europe

What's GDP?

• the value of all the goods and services produced within the country

• the valure of all the goods produced within the country
• the goods in the country
• what I have in my house