WorksheetsDevelopment (topic 5) GCSE Geography A
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is "development?"
a)
An improvement in the quality of life of a country over time including income, health, life expectancy, education, participation
b)
Economic growth leading to higher levels of income measured using GDP only
c)
how babies turn in to children
d)
turning an idea into a complete object
2.
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
a)
How happy people are
b)
How much a country produces
c)
Literacy, life expectancy and income per person
d)
How much aid a country receives
3.
What is included in the Human Development Index?
a)
Healthcare spending, Imports and Exports
b)
Infrastructure levels, physical geography
c)
Life expectancy, education, income per person
d)
corruption and pollution levels
4.
Which sector expands with development?
a)
Tertiary
b)
Primary
c)
Secondary
d)
Quaternary
5.
What impact did free trade have on India over the past 30 years?
a)
Worse literacy, life span and income levels
b)
Fall in foreign direct investment
c)
Increase in unemployment and rural population
d)
Cheaper imports, Export led growth based on IT services
6.
How is income inequality measured?
a)
Gini Coefficient
b)
Average GDP per person
c)
Total Government spending
d)
Exports less imports
7.
What is absolute as opposed to relative poverty?
a)
Always a challenge, sometimes a problem
b)
How many cars rich people own
c)
Living on a Pound a day vs 60% of median income
d)
Beauty vs Intelligence
8.
What is Colonialism?
a)
One country taking power over another
b)
One person becoming a Colonel in the army
c)
The shape of a Greek column
d)
Helping the poor with generous aid contributions
9.
When is technology not always appropriate to developing country conditions?
a)
When it is cheap and easy to use and creates jobs
b)
When it suits the need of the country in terms of cost and job opportunities
c)
When it is expensive requires complex support to repair and maintain
d)
When it is the most efficient option available
10.
What are remittances and how important are they for developing and emerging economies?
a)
Non Governmental organisations setting up bottom up projects to help poor people
b)
Investment flows by Multinational companies creating jobs
c)
Aid from rich to poor countries via Government organisations
d)
Money foreign workers send home which provides a higher quality of life
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