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Worksheetspedro's development
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
ted trainer the author would believe in what school of economic thought.
a)
keynesian economics
b)
supply side economics
c)
trickle down economics
d)
appropriate development
2.
the economist constantly tells pedros he doesn t understand economics but he is the one who gets it wrong and is really talking about.
a)
globalisation
b)
economic growth
c)
sustainable economic efficiency
d)
economies of scale
3.
which is the best term to describe Uncle Frederico , cousin Manuel and all taking benefits from the government and the president.
a)
corruption
b)
nepotism
c)
trickle down
d)
foreign direct investment
4.
who said ..Oh yes. At the theoretical macroeconomic level the required adjustment strategies are well established but that is not to say that their implementation is entirely without adverse experiential consequences..
a)
economist
b)
Pedro
c)
world bank official
d)
foreign investor
5.
when the economist talks about efficiency he means .
a)
At first a few will get much richer than the rest , and for a time you poor people in the countryside
will not get so much benefit.
b)
of course our brilliant scientists will work out ways of providing energy that doesn't release carbon
dioxide, like windmills and solar panels.
c)
If people can get their fruit free from village trees, or use a free village workshop they won't buy
their fruit nor buy new furniture will they
d)
let the forces of supply and demand determine the distribution of scarce resources
6.
The world is developing into one big economy in which we will all be free to buy and sell what we like. We will have got rid of all the tariffs and restrictions that previously hindered trade and efficiency.. the economist would define this as .
a)
appropriate development
b)
trade protection
c)
supply side economic policy
d)
globalisation
7.
which strategy from the president would NOT attract foriegn investmentinto Pedro's country.
a)
tax holiday
b)
regulation of environmental and worker conditions
c)
social infrastructures provided by government
d)
subsidies to foreign multinationals
8.
what did the multinationals want to produce in pedros's story .
a)
mass produced clothes using cheap labour
b)
commodities like iron ore - raw materials
c)
flowers and baseballs
d)
heavy industry - steel works
9.
what was the World bank official offering Pedro and his country .
a)
subsidised labour
b)
better education
c)
better education
d)
reduced wages
10.
what creature did Pedro see fly overhead when the economist saidBelieve me Pedro, in time there will be trickle down. We economists understand these things.".
a)
dove
b)
pig
c)
eagle
d)
fish
11.
The consensus currently emerging from economic research over the last four decades indicates that in perhaps in one generation, or maybe two, the share of gross national income accruing to the upper quintile of the population should begin to diminish in favour of the lower quintile..., tis is what the economist described as .
a)
economic development
b)
economic growth
c)
trickle down
d)
globalisation
12.
agriculture in MDC's on average uses how much more energy per energy of agricultural output
a)
three times
b)
ten times
c)
hundred times
d)
twenty times
13.
who said this ..Much of the land that used to grow food for us is now growing crops to export the forests we had, now cardboard in Japan. Development just mean we lose what we had. Development great for you; it means you end up with the land, water, forests we once had..
a)
pedro
b)
president
c)
economist
d)
world bank official
14.
which scene would this best describe ..This great country has a proud history of justice and fairness. We will not tolerate our peasants being dispossessed of their land, their birthright, just to enable some rich foreign corporations to grow fat on the misery of the people..
a)
land reform
b)
green revolution
c)
trickle down
d)
farming infrastructure
15.
when Pedro starts to complain he is accused of being.
a)
a post classical socialist subsistence reformer
b)
a communist subversive
c)
an anarchist
d)
a free market entrepreneur
16.
the main theme of Pedros development is .
a)
economic development and economic growth are not the same
b)
more efficient to feed 30000 Americans than 15,000 people like me.... I'll never understand
development?
c)
President: Isn't that great! What a relief. For a moment there you had me worried. I thought we
wouldn't all be able to live like you someday.
d)
development great for you; it means you end up with the land, water, forests we once had.
17.
Foreign Investor; Well...er...but don’t forget all the aid we give you. In the late 1990s we gave $20 billion each year to the Third World... this cost LDc's .
a)
50 billion
b)
nothing because the debt was cancelled
c)
270 billion in interest repayments
d)
it was interest free
18.
pedro's development is most likely set in.
a)
spain
b)
africa
c)
south america
d)
asia
19.
who said ..That would be bad news for people like my family. You are suggesting that we should make them stop producing things they are getting good prices for, and earning income for the country..
a)
foreign investor
b)
world bank official
c)
structural adjustment planner
d)
president
20.
But if Pedro uses it to grow beans it will generate no business turnover for anyone.... refers to
a)
land reform
b)
subsistence farming
c)
green revolution
d)
import substitution
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