unit 6 APHuG

According to the Human Development Index (HDI) which of the following would be considered a social measurement of development?

•  Literacy rate.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

• Energy production per capita.

• Birth rate.

• Life expectancy.

Which of the following demographic characteristics of development would not be typical of a less developed country in 2008?

• Low Crude Birth Rate (CBR).

• Life expectancy of only 60 years.

• Natural increase of less than 2%.

• Twenty-five percent of the population below age 15.

• High infant mortality rate of 57 deaths per 1000 births.

The Great Big Tennis Shoe Company makes its shoes with leather from a company in Argentina, the shoelaces and thread come from companies in the United States, and the rubber for the soles from Indonesia. The shoes are assembled in factories in China and the shoes are ultimately sold in Europe and the United States. All of the following factors help explain why this global assembly line process occurs except

• improvements in data communication.

• relatively low transportation costs due to containerization.

• decreasing incomes in the developed regions of the world

• relatively low labor costs in different regions of the world.

• the durability of the good being processed.

Which of the following countries in 2008 has the largest percent of its workforce engaged in the tertiary or service sector?

• Peru

• Nigeria.

• China.

• Egypt

• Germany.

A peasant in rural China is most likely employed in which sector of the economy?

• Primary.

• Quaternary.

• Quinary.

• Secondary.

• Tertiary.

Which set of data best describes the overall structure of a highly developed country's workforce in 2008 (% of workforce engaged in each sector)?

• Primary 75%, secondary 15%, tertiary 10%.

• Primary 25%, secondary 50%, tertiary 25%.

• Primary 10%, secondary 30%, tertiary 60%.

• Primary 50%, secondary 25%, tertiary 25%.

• Primary 33%, secondary 33%, tertiary 34%.

On a global scale, in which of the following sectors do most people work?

• Primary.

• Secondary.

• Quaternary.

• Quinary.

•  Tertiary.

In the countries of China, Vietnam and India which of the following sectors of the economy is losing the most people?

• Primary

• Secondary.

• Quaternary.

• Quinary.

• Tertiary.

The largest sector of the economy in Post-industrial countries is

• primary.

• secondary.

• quaternary.

• quinary.

• tertiary.

Which of the following economic sectors is least likely to occur in the core area of a country?

• Primary.

• Secondary

• Quaternary.

• Quinary

• Tertiary.