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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Development 2 (Questions)

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A poor country is known as a Less Economically Developed Country, or LEDC for short. Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature.

Test your knowledge with this second Geography quiz on the subject.

Work such as making pottery and selling it in the street is called what?

[ ]	Immature
[ ]	Immoral
[ ]	Informal
[ ]	Internal

When poor people become poorer they are said to be trapped in a poverty what?

[ ]	Cycle
[ ]	Maze
[ ]	Puzzle
[ ]	Wheel

Why do many UK banks use call centers in India?

[ ]	The bosses can have free trips to India
[ ]	There are more telephones in India
[ ]	They can pay lower wages
[ ]	They cannot find workers in the UK

Which of these would be an obstacle to development?

[ ]	Flat landscape
[ ]	Lack of natural resources
[ ]	Plentiful water supply
[ ]	Temperate climate

Which organization often lends money to LEDCs?

[ ]	Global Bank
[ ]	International Bank
[ ]	Pan European Bank
[ ]	World Bank

A poor country owned by a richer one is called what?

[ ]	A colony
[ ]	A mug
[ ]	A principality
[ ]	A republic

What is the best definition of a civil war?

[ ]	A war between a monarch and politicians
[ ]	A war between a rich and a poor country
[ ]	Countries in the same continent fighting each other
[ ]	Different groups in the same country fighting each other

Goods sold to other countries are called what?

[ ]	Exports
[ ]	Imports
[ ]	Inports
[ ]	Outports

LEDCs mainly rely on what type of industry?

[ ]	Primary
[ ]	Quaternary
[ ]	Secondary
[ ]	Tertiary

10.

What means 'the difference between the value of imports and the value of exports'?

[ ]	Balance of trade
[ ]	Juggling of trade
[ ]	Trade deficit
[ ]	Trading scale

Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Development 2 (Answers)

Work such as making pottery and selling it in the street is called what?

[ ]	Immature
[ ]	Immoral
[x]	Informal
[ ]	Internal

Informal employment is common in LEDCs. A Less Economically Developed Country

When poor people become poorer they are said to be trapped in a poverty what?

[x]	Cycle
[ ]	Maze
[ ]	Puzzle
[ ]	Wheel

Why do many UK banks use call centers in India?

[ ]	The bosses can have free trips to India
[ ]	There are more telephones in India
[x]	They can pay lower wages
[ ]	They cannot find workers in the UK

Which of these would be an obstacle to development?

[ ]	Flat landscape
[x]	Lack of natural resources
[ ]	Plentiful water supply
[ ]	Temperate climate

Raw materials can be extracted and used to increase wealth

Which organization often lends money to LEDCs?

[ ]	Global Bank
[ ]	International Bank
[ ]	Pan European Bank
[x]	World Bank

A poor country owned by a richer one is called what?

[x]	A colony
[ ]	A mug
[ ]	A principality
[ ]	A republic

Colonies were common in the past - rich countries stripped many of them of their wealth

What is the best definition of a civil war?

[ ]	A war between a monarch and politicians
[ ]	A war between a rich and a poor country
[ ]	Countries in the same continent fighting each other
[x]	Different groups in the same country fighting each other

Money for development may be wasted on the war

Goods sold to other countries are called what?

[x]	Exports
[ ]	Imports
[ ]	Inports
[ ]	Outports

LEDCs mainly rely on what type of industry?

[x]	Primary
[ ]	Quaternary
[ ]	Secondary
[ ]	Tertiary

Natural resources are usually sold for low prices

10.

What means 'the difference between the value of imports and the value of exports'?

[x]	Balance of trade
[ ]	Juggling of trade
[ ]	Trade deficit
[ ]	Trading scale