WorksheetsSSWG6a Playlist Practice 1
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 13mins
One way to compare economies is to compare the average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit. This average is known as
Gross national product (GNP)
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Per capita income
infrastructure
Which statement best describes the impact that the literacy rate has on a country's purchasing power?
Both literacy rate and per capita remain constant and have no impact on one another.
Countries with no focus on improving literacy rates will see financial growth in the purchasing power of their country.
The countries with the highest purchasing power also have the highest literacy rate.
The lower the literacy rate, the higher the purchasing power of the country.
A developed country has sophisticated systems of communication, transportation, sanitation, power, and education systems known as the nation's __________________.
infrastructure
natural resources
GDP
economy
The position of which country included on the graph shown provides evidence that countries with a GDP of $100,000 or more will have a life expectancy rate of age 75 or higher?
United States
Sierra Leone
Hong Kong
Qatar
Which statement best describes the purpose of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030?
The purpose is to outline steps that all people can take to address global changes related to poverty, environmental degradation, gender equality, justice and more.
The purpose is to provide a list of specific changes for the governments of various industrialized nations to use in order to increase their infrastructure.
The purpose is to provide a timeline of when human impact will cause the highest rate of global decline.
The purpose is to outline the steps that countries with low GDP rates need to take in order to develop more sophisticated infrastructure.
The total value of of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time:
per capita income
gross domestic product (GDP)
gross national product (GNP)
central business district (CBD)
Estimates suggest that in a pre-modern, poor world, life expectancy was around 30 years in all regions of the world. In the early 19th century, life expectancy started to increase in the early industrialized countries. Use the graph to determine when industrialization begin in Africa.
1990
1850
1900
1925
Make a prediction. Which demographic or social indicator would you find in a country with advanced infrastructure and a high GDP rate?
low rates of literacy
a high drop out rate
equal access to health care
a limited transportation system
