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Life in Rural Ghana (Yr8)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does LIC stand for?

a)

Less Income Country

b)

Low Income Country

c)

Less Increase Country

d)

Low Improved Country

2.

What does HIC stand for?

a)

Highly Improved Country

b)

High Increase Country

c)

High Improvement Country

d)

High Income Country

3.

What is meant by a NEE?

a)

Newly Emerging Economy

b)

New Economy Emerging

c)

Newly Enhanced Economy

d)

New Economic Enhancement

4.

What does The Brandt Line show?

a)

The divide between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

b)

The divide between hot and cold countries

c)

The divide between rich (HIC) and poor (LIC) countries

5.

Ghana is located in the (a)   of Africa.

6.

Ghana is an example of a...

a)

LIC

b)

HIC

c)

NEE

7.

What is meant by poverty?

a)

Not have any money

b)

Not having access to education

c)

Not having a job

d)

Not having access to the basic needs (food, shelter, clothing)

8.

What % of the Ghanaian workforce is in agriculture? (Farming)

a)

19%

b)

39%

c)

59%

d)

79%

9.

Ghana exports a lot of ____ through agriculture.

a)

Cocoa

b)

Coffee

c)

Cotton

d)

Bananas

10.

How much money, per year, does Ghana make from cocoa?

a)

$1.2 million

b)

$1.2 billion

c)

$12 million

d)

$12 billion

11.

What % of people in rural Ghana do not have access to clean water?

a)

35%

b)

25%

c)

15%

d)

5%

12.

Infant mortality rates are high in rural Ghana. What is meant by infant mortality rate?

a)

The total number of deaths, per 1,000, per year

b)

The total number of children, per 1,000, who dies before their 5th birthday

c)

The total number of babies, per 1,000, who die before their 1st birthday

d)

The average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime

13.

Education is limited in rural Ghana. Which of the following development indicators tells us about education?

a)

Advanced Literacy Rate

b)

Advanced Education Rate

c)

Adult Literacy Rate

d)

Adult Education Rate

14.

How many Ghanaians are able to read and write?

a)

2/3 (two-thirds)

b)

1/2 (half)

c)

3/4 (three-quarters)

15.

The Gross National Income (GNI) per capita tells us how much people earn. What is the GNI per capita of Ghana?

a)

$215

b)

$2,154

c)

$12,54

d)

$22,540