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Development Revision

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best definition of development?

a)

When conditions for the people in a country get better due to better technology

b)

When a poor country with little economic growth becomes more like the UK

c)

The economic progress of a country to improve the quality of life for its population

d)

When GNI per capita increases in a country resulting in economic growth

2.

Standard of living is about wealth and material _________

a)

Health

b)

Goods

c)

Education

3.

Quality of life includes standard of health, comfort and...?

a)

Wealth

b)

Housing

c)

Happiness

4.

Which of the following TWO are physical causes of the development gap?

a)

Debt

b)

Lack of natural resources

c)

War

d)

Climate hazards

e)

World trade

5.

Which of the following TWO are historical causes of the development gap?

a)

War

b)

Water supply

c)

Poor governance

d)

Being landlocked

e)

Colonialism

6.

Which of the following is an economic causes of the development gap?

a)

Climate

b)

Unequal access to world trade eg Land locked

c)

Rapid population growth

d)

Climate-related disease

7.

The slave trade is linked to which cause of the development gap?

a)

Natural resources

b)

World trade

c)

Colonialism

d)

War

8.

How can climate help countries develop?

a)

Diseases

b)

Great for crop growth

c)

Hazards like hurricanes

d)

Tourism (brings in money)

9.

Development is economic progress which positively affects people's standard of living and (a)  

10.

Which indicators would you want to use when looking to measure the standard of healthcare received in a country?

a)

Number of people per doctor

b)

% of qualified doctors

c)

GDP Per Capita

11.

What term describes the numbers of deaths per 1000 of the population per year?

(a)  

12.

Countries with high levels of literacy (reading and writing) are in which level of economic development?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

13.

HDI means?

a)

Human Development Inbox

b)

Human Development Index

c)

Human Demographic Index

d)

Human Declining Index

14.

What does life expectancy mean?

a)

Total number of deaths

b)

Total number of births

c)

The average years an individual is expected to live

d)

The lifespan of men and women combined

15.

What do development indicators tell you?

a)

How long they are expected to live until

b)

What level of education a population has

c)

What level of income a population has

d)

What the health of a population is like