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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Development 1 (Questions)

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You will learn in your Geography lessons that economic development is the increase in the standard of living in a nation's population with sustained growth from a simple, low-income economy to a modern, high-income economy.

Put simply, development is countries becoming what?

[ ]	Larger
[ ]	More peaceful
[ ]	More populated
[ ]	Richer

Which term means how well a person can live?

[ ]	Fact of life
[ ]	Life expectation
[ ]	Living values
[ ]	Quality of life

Poor farmers who just grow enough to eat are called what ?

[ ]	Subnormal farmers
[ ]	Subordinate farmers
[ ]	Subsistence farmers
[ ]	Sustenance farmers

The percentage of adults who can read and write is called what?

[ ]	Illiteracy rate
[ ]	Legitimacy rate
[ ]	Literacy rate
[ ]	Paper rate

Used to measure development, what is the HDI?

[ ]	Health and Development Initiative
[ ]	High Dependency Indicator
[ ]	Human Death Index
[ ]	Human Development Index

Which indicator is not used to measure HDI?

[ ]	Adult literacy
[ ]	Imports and exports
[ ]	Income per person
[ ]	Life expectancy

Of these statements, which one is false?

[ ]	1 in 5 of the world's population live in the 'rich north'
[ ]	70% of the world's population can read
[ ]	About 100 million people are homeless
[ ]	About 900 million people have no education

Which organization's Development Program created the HDI in 1990?

[ ]	Christian Aid
[ ]	Oxfam
[ ]	Save The Children Fund
[ ]	United Nations

Poor countries developing quickly are called NICs, meaning what?

[ ]	Nationally Integrated Countries
[ ]	Newly Improving Countries
[ ]	Newly Industrialized Countries
[ ]	No Illiterate Children

10.

Which former NIC is now an MEDC?

[ ]	Canada
[ ]	Luxembourg
[ ]	New Zealand
[ ]	Singapore

Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Development 1 (Answers)

Put simply, development is countries becoming what?

[ ]	Larger
[ ]	More peaceful
[ ]	More populated
[x]	Richer

Which term means how well a person can live?

[ ]	Fact of life
[ ]	Life expectation
[ ]	Living values
[x]	Quality of life

It includes things like health and education

Poor farmers who just grow enough to eat are called what ?

[ ]	Subnormal farmers
[ ]	Subordinate farmers
[x]	Subsistence farmers
[ ]	Sustenance farmers

They have no surplus to sell

The percentage of adults who can read and write is called what?

[ ]	Illiteracy rate
[ ]	Legitimacy rate
[x]	Literacy rate
[ ]	Paper rate

Used to measure development, what is the HDI?

[ ]	Health and Development Initiative
[ ]	High Dependency Indicator
[ ]	Human Death Index
[x]	Human Development Index

Which indicator is not used to measure HDI?

[ ]	Adult literacy
[x]	Imports and exports
[ ]	Income per person
[ ]	Life expectancy

The 3 are added and a score given between 0 and 1; the closer to 1, the higher the level of development

Of these statements, which one is false?

[ ]	1 in 5 of the world's population live in the 'rich north'
[x]	70% of the world's population can read
[ ]	About 100 million people are homeless
[ ]	About 900 million people have no education

Only approx. 30% of the world's population can read

Which organization's Development Program created the HDI in 1990?

[ ]	Christian Aid
[ ]	Oxfam
[ ]	Save The Children Fund
[x]	United Nations

Poor countries developing quickly are called NICs, meaning what?

[ ]	Nationally Integrated Countries
[ ]	Newly Improving Countries
[x]	Newly Industrialized Countries
[ ]	No Illiterate Children

South Korea in Asia is a good example of an NIC

10.

Which former NIC is now an MEDC?

[ ]	Canada
[ ]	Luxembourg
[ ]	New Zealand
[x]	Singapore

NIC stands for Newly Industrialized Country and MEDC means More Economically Developed Country