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Indicators of Development

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 3hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the average age a person lives to in a place?

a)

GNI per capita

b)

adult literacy rate

c)

life expectancy

d)

LEDC

2.

What is the infant mortality rate?

a)

babies under 1 year old who die per 1000

b)

children under 5 years old who die per 100

c)

babies under 1 year old who die per 100

d)

children under 5 years old who die per 1000

3.

Which is NOT a good indicator of development?

a)

population growth

b)

birth rate

c)

death rate

d)

population density

4.

Which three areas are included in the HDI?

a)

births, deaths and fertility

b)

health, wealth and education

c)

health, education and nutrition

d)

jobs, wealth and trade

5.

Which country is the odd one out in terms of level of development?

a)

USA

b)

UK

c)

Haiti

d)

Japan

6.

What does calorie consumption per day tell us?

a)

whether people have a healthy diet

b)

whether people have enough to eat

c)

how well educated people are

d)

how much electricity people use

7.

Which indicator is the number of children per 1000 women aged 15-45 in your population?

a)

Birth rate

b)

Fertility rate

c)

Life expectancy

d)

Sanitation rate

8.

Which term means the number of children who die before the age of 1 per 1000?

a)

Infant mortality

b)

Infant inmortality

c)

Infant morality

d)

Infant immorality

9.

Which of these indicators should go down the more developed a country is?

a)

GNI per capital

b)

Literacy rate

c)

Child mortality

d)

Life expectancy

10.

GNI stands for

a)

gross national income

b)

greatest natural income

c)

greatest natural income

d)

gross natural income

11.

Which word means the transport, communication, sanitation, utility, healthcare and education networks in a country?

a)

Technostructure

b)

Ultrastructure

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Macrostructure

12.

Which is NOT a good indicator of development?

a)

population growth

b)

birth rate

c)

death rate

d)

population density

13.

Which three areas are included in the HDI?

a)

births, deaths and fertility

b)

health, wealth and education

c)

health, education and nutrition

d)

jobs, wealth and trade

14.

A high GDP suggests a...

a)

strong economy

b)

a wealthy country

c)

equal distribution of money

d)

country without debt

15.
Which factor is the best indicator of the wealth of a nation?
a)
Prime Interest rate
b)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
c)
Number of millionaires
d)
Defense spending 
16.

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of standard of living?

a)

Literacy rate

b)

Population age distribution

c)

Infant mortality

d)

Cultural heritage

17.
What is HDI?
a)
Human Development Index
b)
Huge Donut Industry
c)
High Development Industry
d)
Highly Dubious Imagination
18.

Which of the following is a necessary condition for sustainable development?

a)

Increase in the quality of life

b)

Reduction in the level of pollution

c)

conservation of stock of natural capital

d)

All of these

19.
What is the literacy rate?
a)
The amount of adults who have written a book
b)
The amount of adults who can read and write per 1000
c)
The amount of adults who have electricity per 1000
d)
The amount of children that can read by age 5
20.
Mechanical farming is typically found in developed countries with high production rates and -
a)
High GDP per capita
b)
Erratic infant mortality rates
c)
Low GDP per capita 
d)
Low literacy rates
21.
What important challenge faces many less developed nations today?
a)
Social welfare programs have reduced military spending
b)
Due to improved agricultural technology many farmers have lost their jobs
c)
D  A high-calorie diet causes widespread obesity and a short life expectancy
d)
 High rates of illiteracy and a lack of infrastructure slow the pace of economic development
22.

Which economic activity is common in Caribbean?

a)

Oil Refinery

b)

Tourism

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Construction

23.
Which country is the least developed? 
a)
Country A
b)
Country D
c)
Country B 
d)
Country C
24.
True or false: Based on the table, Highly developed nations have lower birthrates. 
a)
True 
b)
False
25.
Which statement is true? 
a)
Developed Nations use unskilled labor 
b)
Developing nations have set up food centers 
c)
People are moving into the country side 
d)
Developing nations have problems  that slow down economic growth
26.
GDP per capita is the only economic indicator that can reliably determine the level of development for a country.
a)
TRUE 
b)
FALSE
27.
What is the most common method of measuring the economic development of a country?
a)
Security
b)
Income
c)
Freedom
d)
Equal Treatment
28.
The Human Development Index is a composite index. Which is NOT a development indicator used for this index?
a)
GDP
b)
Life expectancy
c)
Birth rate
d)
Adult literacy
29.

What is development?

a)

The process of change and growth of a country, which will improve the quality of life.

b)

A building being built

c)

A mars bar

d)

A country which is poor

30.

What is the development gap?

a)

It is the difference between a country's tallest buildings and lowest buildings.

b)

It is the difference between the richest countries and the poorest countries.

c)

The difference between morning and night

31.
What is literacy?
a)
the ability to read and write
b)
the ability to read
c)
the ability to hear
d)
the ability to write
32.
What is standard of living?
a)
the ability to read and write.
b)
the percentage of people in a country that can read and write.
c)
It measures how well off people in a country are. 
d)
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live. 
33.
If Mongolia has a fertility rate of 2.4, what does that mean?
a)
The average baby dies at 2.4 years old.
b)
2.4 people in each family can read.
c)
There are 2.4 doctors per 10,000 people.
d)
The average woman has 2.4 babies.
34.
What does Per Capita Mean?
a)
Per Household
b)
Per Object
c)
Per Worker
d)
Per Person
35.
This cause of uneven development began around 1400 when European explorers claimed new land for their countries. Since 1950 these places have gained independence but it has been difficult.
a)
feminism
b)
capitalism
c)
colonialism
d)
controlism
36.
These can stop development because the damage is so costly and they cause the economy to be put on hold
a)
natural disasters
b)
energy supply
c)
deforestation
d)
conservation
37.

There are three (3) dimensions which included in Human Development Index (HDI). What are they?

a)

Social, economic, education

b)

Education, technology, living standards

c)

Health, education, living standards

38.

A measure of the quality of life of people living in a given place. This may include indicators of wealth like GDP, but also take into account other indicators such as life expectancy and literacy rates.

a)

Social development

b)

Economic development

c)

Birth rate

d)

Life expectancy

39.

A composite index used to measure economic and social development. This index ranks countries in order of most to least developed.

a)

The Economic Development index (EDI)

b)

The Human Development Index (HDI)

c)

The Social Development Index (SDI)

d)

The Gender Inequality Index (GII)

40.
This term describes a society's level of wealth and material comfort...
a)
Standard of Living 
b)
GDP
c)
HDI
d)
Life Expectancy
41.

This measures the total value of all the goods and services produced the citizens and corporations of a country in a year. This includes overseas activity.

a)

GNP – Gross National Product

b)

GNI per capita – Gross National Income per

capita

c)

GDP per capita

d)

HDI