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Jobs and development

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two of the following sentences are correct, choose the right ones

a)

Employments structures are the same everywhere

b)

Employment structures may vary from place to place

c)

A country based on tertiary jobs is a developed country

d)

Poor countries have many workers in primary industries

2.

Two of the following sentences are correct, choose the correct ones

a)

Employment structures change from time to time

b)

Poor countries have few workers in primary industries

c)

Rich countries have few workers in primary industries

3.

Using map B, choose the three most developed countries

a)

Japan

b)

USA

c)

Italy

d)

Ghana

e)

China

4.

Using map B, choose the three least developed countries

a)

Ghana

b)

Nigeria

c)

Kenya

d)

USA

e)

UK

5.

A country that their citizens mainly work in farming and mining the job structure is based in..

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

6.

Countries with a higher percentage of primary jobs depend on

a)

Raw materials

b)

Machinery

c)

Farming and raw materials

d)

Technology

7.

Countries with a higher percentage of tertiary or quaternary jobs... (choose more than one)

a)

buy primary goods from other countries

b)

don't need primary goods

c)

are researching to improve primary goods

d)

don't have enough space to produce primary goods

8.

The improvement of the secondary jobs in a country can lead to

a)

tertiary jobs

b)

go back to primary jobs

c)

quaternary jobs

d)

none

9.

A country that nowadays have a higher percentage of tertiary jobs never had a higher percentage of primary jobs

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which is the reason why some countries cannot move to next stage of development? According to the job structure

a)

The loans they have to acquire to try to improve in every stage

b)

Prices are not that high for primary goods so they are not able to sell at a good price

c)

The other countries take over the market and sell primary goods

d)

There is no market for primary goods

11.

Which level of development is a country where most people work at the subsistence level?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

12.

Countries where many people work in research and development are in this level of economic development.

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

13.

Country where there are factories that make products mainly for export are in which level of economic development.

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

14.

Countries in this level of economic development have most of their people living in rural areas.

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

15.

Which level of economic development are countries where people are beginning to move from rural to urban areas in search of factory jobs?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

16.

____________ economic activities add value to raw materials by processing them or changing their form. Ex: wood being made into tables/furniture

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

17.

A farmer would fall under which economic activity?

a)

Quaternary

b)

Tertiary

c)

Secondary

d)

Primary

18.

A mining company operates in which economic sector?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

19.

Which of the following is the dominant economic sector in developed countries?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

e)

quintary

20.

Which pairing of economic sectors is correct? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Fishing/primary

b)

Automobile manufacturing/secondary

c)

Apple executive/tertiary

d)

Soft drink bottling plant/tertiary

e)

Accountant/tertiary

21.

As less developed countries start developing economically, fewer citizens work in the ______________ economic sector because _____________ ?

a)

Tertiary; the need for services is greater in poor countries

b)

Secondary: developed countries send their manufacturing industries overseas.

c)

Primary: a country’s resources are being used up as it develops

d)

Primary: technology makes these jobs more efficient so fewer workers are needed

e)

Secondary: as a country’s wealth increased, fewer factories are needed.

22.

Which is the LEAST developed among the following regions?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

East Asia

d)

Sub-Saharan Africa

23.

One's level of wealth, comfort, and material goods is called..

a)

economic development

b)

human development

c)

standard of living

d)

social change

24.

Blake and Herman have opened a very successful furniture making factory. They are a part of which economic sector?

a)

Secondary

b)

Tertiary

c)

Primary

d)

Quaternary

25.

Jaylynn has opened a restaurant serving strawberry desserts. Tien and Marcela are security guards at the restaurant. They all work in the ______________________ sector.

a)

Tertiary

b)

Primary

c)

Quaternary

d)

Secondary