South Asia Today

What type of country is poorer with a lower GDP per capita?

• Developing countries
• Emerging economies
• High-income countries
• Developed countries

What type of country is wealthier with a higher GDP per capita?

• Developing countries
• Developed countries
• Emerging economies
• Low-income countries

What is an area in a city that is crowded with poor housing and bad living conditions?

• slum
• suburb
• ghetto
• metropolis

What is the condition of too many people living in one place?

• Overpopulation
• Migration
• Suburbanization
• Urbanization

What are the basic systems of a society such as roads, bridges, sewers, and electricity?

• Infrastructure

• Urban planning systems
• Public utilities
• Transportation networks

What is the level of goods, services, and material comforts of people in a country?

• Quality of life
• Economic growth
• Standard of living
• Social welfare

What are reasons people migrate? What causes them to leave or draws them to a place?

• Reasons

• Push/Pull Factors

• Shove Factors

• Incentive Factors

What is the shifting of jobs to workers outside of a company, often to a foreign country?

• Insourcing
• Outsourcing
• Offshoring
• Telecommuting

What type of government does India have?

• Unitary presidential republic
• Monarchy
• Authoritarian regime
• Federal parliamentary democratic republic

Name some challenges that India faces. (Mark all that apply.)

• Overpopulation

• Slums

• Pollution

• Dictatorship