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Map, Vocab, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology is:

a)

Productivity

b)

Development

c)

Gender Inequality Index

2.

The average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live at current mortality rates

a)

Literacy Rate

b)

Development

c)

Life expectancy

3.

What is The UN's Human Development Index (HDI)?

a)

a measurement of a decent standard of living, access to knowledge, and a long and healthy life.

b)

crude birth rates, crude death rates and the percentage of women in the workforce.

c)

life expectancy, percentage of population under 15 & availability of clean drinking water.

4.

Which of the following regions is the most wealthy?

a)

Latin America

b)

Western Europe

c)

East Asia

5.

Which of the following is true today of the developed world?

a)

Developed countries make more money than developing countries.

b)

Developed countries have less access to healthcare.

c)

In recent years, developed countries have had less access to education.

6.

In less developed countries, employment is highest in

a)

the primary sector.

b)

the secondary sector.

c)

all three sectors.

7.

What is the relationship between income and life expectancy?

a)

When income increases, life expectancy decreases.

b)

When income increases, life expectancy increases.

c)

When life expectancy decreases, income decreases.

8.

The percentage of a country’s people who can read and write is:

a)

Literacy Rate

b)

Productivity

c)

GNI

9.

What is productivity?

a)

The amount of money it costs to make something

b)

The value of a product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it

c)

What something costs in one country compared to another country

10.

Over 60% of jobs in MDCs would be in what sector of the economy?

a)

tertiary

b)

primary

c)

secondary

11.

The United Nations considers _______ to be the most important measure of the ability of an individual to gain access to knowledge needed for development.

a)

years of schooling

b)

the income of the family

c)

access to jobs

12.

Countries with the lowest HDI would be found in what region?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Central Asia

c)

sub-Saharan Africa

13.

Created by the UN in 1980, this is an indicator of the level of development for each country. It combines income, literacy, education, and life expectancy.

a)

Human Development Index (HDI)

b)

Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)

c)

Gini Coefficient (GI)

14.

This region has the world's highest percentage of people living in poverty and suffering from poor health and low education levels.

a)

South Asia

b)

East Asia

c)

Sub-Saharan Africa

15.

What region is represented by letter I?

a)

Sub-Saharan Africa

b)

S. America

c)

Southeast Asia

16.

What region is represented by letter B?

a)

Sub-Saharan Africa

b)

South America

c)

Southeast Asia

17.

What region is represented by letter H?

a)

Sub-Saharan Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Southeast Asia

18.

What region is represented by letter K?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

South America

c)

Southwest Asia

19.

What region is represented by letter G?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

South America

c)

Southwest Asia