WorksheetsDevelopment Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
The measurement of a country's development using the dimensions a long healthy life, access to education, and a decent standard of living is called what?
Gender Wage Gap
Human Development Index
Gross Domestic Product
Development Model
The difference between the earnings of men and women is referred to as what?
Gender Equality
The Human Development Index
The Demographic Transition Model
The Gender Wage Gap
Which dimension of the HDI includes measuring the access that one has to goods and services, average income, and opportunities available?
A long and healthy life
Access to education
A decent standard of living
Which of the following is a true reason for why women are disadvantaged in access to high-quality healthcare?
Medical research has mostly been conducted on men
Women have less access to health insurance
It costs more for hospitals to care for women than men
Which of the following correctly explains life expectancy?
The highest age people can reach in a particular country
The quality of life one can expect being born into a certain group or country
The average age that people in a particular group will be when they die
The measure of overall development of a particular country
What is the overall goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?
Eliminate all forms of injustice in the United States
To achieve a better more sustainable future for all
Maintain the power and prestige of the United Nations
Ensure women have equal rights to men
What is meant by the term "working poor"?
People who are employed but are paid low wages and are still impoverished
People who live in poverty because they refuse to work
A "working" definition of what it means to be poor - the definition changes based on changing world circumstances
Which of the following groups is most likely to spend time doing unpaid caregiving work?
Men
Women
Americans
Europeans
What theory says that some countries (periphery) provide raw materials and are exploited by other countries (core) and that there are countries that both exploit other less developed countries and are exploited by more developed countries (semi-periphery)?
Global Development Theory
The Demographic Transition Theory
Wallerstein's World Systems Theory
The Human Development Index
Periphery countries are...
Places where the economy is based on providing finished goods and services
Places where the economy includes some extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, and limited providing of finished goods
Places where the economy is concerned with the extraction of raw materials - mining, fishing, agriculture, and forestry
True or false: Development within a country is equal - meaning that in highly developed countries every region is highly developed and less developed countries every region has low development
True
False
True or False: Indigenous people have benefited immensely from increased globalization and development.
True
False
True or False: In many countries, people are impoverished due to the inability to speak the dominant language (i.e. they speak only an indigenous language)
True
False
Which of the following is true concerning the political empowerment of women
Women are underrepresented in major elected government offices worldwide
Women are unable to vote in many countries in the world
Women have little desire to be involved in politics
Women now outnumber men in holding the top government office in countries worldwide.
True of False: providing small loans to people in poverty to start businesses has been an effective way to assist them in improving their economic situation
True
False
Which is the correct definition for adult literacy rate?
The number of adults in a country that received an education
The percentage of the adult population that can read and write
The amount of adults in a country who are unable to read at an adequate level
A measure of overall intelligence of the adults in a particular country
