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IG-Geo-Development

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a componant of HDI?
a)
Literacy rate
b)
Per Capita Income
c)
Poverty rate
d)
Life expectancy
2.
What is the most common method of measuring the economic development of a country?
a)
Security
b)
Income
c)
Freedom
d)
Equal Treatment
3.
GDP per capita is highest in
a)
South America
b)
East Asia
c)
North America
d)
Eastern Europe
4.
Regarding sector employment in MDCs and LDCs over the 100 years, it is true that:
a)
The primary sector has increased in MDCs
b)
The tertiary sector has decreased in MDCs
c)
The primary sector has trended slightly lower in LDCs
d)
The tertiary sector has increased in LDCs
5.
GDP per capita is the only economic indicator that can reliably determine the level of development for a country.
a)
TRUE 
b)
FALSE
6.
Of the following areas, the Human Development Index is highest in
a)
South Asia
b)
East Asia
c)
South America
d)
Europe
7.

Development of a country can generally be determined by its:

a)

per capita income

b)

average literacy level

c)

health status of its people

d)

none of these

8.
What is life expectancy?
a)
How long you are expected to live for when you're born
b)
What people expect out of life
c)
Whether or not you will be born
d)
Amount of money a country has
9.
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
10.

Which of the following includes farming?

a)

Primary Industry

b)

Secondary Industry

c)

Tertiary Industry

d)

None of the above

11.

Which of the following is a factory worker?

a)

Primary Industry

b)

Secondary Industry

c)

Tertiary Industry

d)

None of the above

12.

Tertiary Sector is also known as----------------

a)

Service sector

b)

trade

c)

hotel and restaurant

d)

none of these

13.

When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the:

a)

Secondary sector

b)

Tertiary sector

c)

Primary sector

d)

Organised sector

14.

What does a literacy rate show?

a)

a percentage of people who can drive.

b)

a percentage of people who can read and write.

c)

a percentage of people who can speak English.

15.

____________ 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

16.

Total income of the country divided by its

total population is known as: ‘

a)

Capital Income

b)

National Income

c)

Per capita income

d)

GDP

17.

What is the best definition of poverty?

a)

Not having the latest iphone

b)

Not being able to afford new clothing

c)

not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter

d)

Being homeless, not having food and wearing old clothes.

18.

An MEDC can also be called

a)

Third world

b)

High Income Country (HIC)

c)

Middle Income Country (MIC)

d)

Low Income country (LIC)

19.

Norway is an example of a...

a)

LIC

b)

MIC

c)

HIC

d)

NIC

20.

Most people in LDCs are engaged in _____________ economic activities.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

21.

The number of adults who are able to read and write in a country is the....

a)

proportion of labor

b)

GNI

c)

literacy rate

d)

per capita rate

22.

"Development" as measured by the UN means...

a)

An increase in the value of the output of a country’s goods and services

b)

The improvement in a country’s wealth and the living conditions of its people

c)

The division of a nation’s jobs into different sectors

d)

The quality and price of goods imported into a country

e)

The value of a product compared to the needed labor

23.

How do geographers measure levels of development?

a)

they study economic factors

b)

they study social factors

c)

they study demographic factors

d)

they study all of these factors