Geography - 40. What is a "Developed" Country?

What is the estimated amount of oil beneath the Middle East and North Africa region?

• 150 billion metric tons

• 113.2 billion metric tons

• 100 billion metric tons

• 50 billion metric tons

What was the region often called Mina known for even before the value of oil increased?

• Great power and wealth

• Influential schools of thought

• Powerful empires

• All of the above

What term was used to describe countries with standards of living similar to Europe and North America in the mid-20th century?

What is one way to measure the strength of an economy?

• Gender Inequality Index

• Gross Domestic Product

• Gross National Happiness

• Human Development Index

Which country is one of the top 30 countries for 2020 Gross Domestic Product?

• Lebanon

• United Arab Emirates

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabia

What economic policy attempts to make imports expensive through high tariffs or taxes on imported goods?

• Import substitution

• Free market economy

• Foreign investment

• Austerity measures

What index looks at variables like access to safe water, birth rate, death rate, education, and access to healthcare to determine a country's level of development?

• Gross Domestic Product

• Gross National Happiness

• Gender Inequality Index

• Human Development Index

What is the compound index calculated by the United Nations to measure development?

• Human Development Index

• Gross National Happiness

• Gender Inequality Index

• Gross Domestic Product

Which region is being managed as an economic whole rather than several individual states?

• North America

• Asia

• Europe

• Middle East and North Africa

What is the term used to describe the response that gained increasing prominence throughout the 1970s and onwards as a critique of eurocentric labels?

• Postcolonialism

• Neocolonialism

• Imperialism

• Colonialism