Chapter 9- Development

Question 1

Implies a process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology

Answer 1

Development

Question 2

Which of the following is among the factors considered when calculating a country's HDI score?
Average affluence rate
Adult literacy rate
Crude birth rate 
Telephone per capita

Answer 2

Adult literacy rate

Question 3

Gross domestic product is the:

Answer 3

Total value of outputs of goods and services produced in a country during the year

Question 4

An example of a tertiary activity is:

Answer 4

Retailing

Question 5

An important example of an unconventional source of energy found in Canada is:

Answer 5

Oil sands

Question 6

The value of a product — the costs of raw materials and energy is:

Answer 6

Value added

Question 7

What are the four Asian Dragons?

Answer 7

South Korea
Taiwan
Singapore
Hong Kong

Question 8

An example of material conditions are

Answer 8

Drinking water and sewage systems

Question 9

Secondary sector of the economy includes what:

Answer 9

Construction

Question 10

Although there are fewer developed countries in the world, altogether they consume about _____ energy as LDCs

Answer 10

The same amount of total

Question 11

The Chernobyl incident occurred in:

Answer 11

Former Soviet Union

Question 12

The principal benefit of the self efficiency approach is to promote:

Answer 12

Balanced growth of all economic factors

Question 13

Processing of computer information is an example of which sector of the economy

Answer 13

Tertiary

Question 14

The inequality adjusted human development index of the U.S. is:

Answer 14

Inferior to that of Canada and most Western European countries

Question 15

Which of the following is a characteristic of developing countries? 
High status of women
High life expectancy 
High birth rate
High consumption of meat

Answer 15

High birth rate

Question 16

Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the international trade alternative primary because of ____

Answer 16

Petroleum reserves

Question 17

______ is responsible for supplying half of the world’s coal

Answer 17

China

Question 18

What are characteristics of the fair trade movement?

Answer 18

Standards intending to protect workers are instituted in LDCs
Fair trade coffee has become available in most North American cities
Cooperatives intend to benefit local farmers and artisans, rather than absentee people
NOT!!!! Protection of workers rights is already a priority for multinational corporations

Question 19

A government employee is rightly belonged to the _____ sector of the Economy

Answer 19

Tertiary

Question 20

Which three energy sources account for most of the world’s energy consumption?

Answer 20

Coal
Natural gas
Petroleum

Question 21

For several decades after it gained independence, _____ was a leading example of the self sufficiency strategy of development.

Answer 21

India

Question 22

The main health indicator contributing to the HDI is:

Answer 22

Life expectancy at birth

Question 23

What are three renewable energy sources?

Answer 23

Solar energy
Hydroelectricity
Wind energy

Question 24

According to Rostow’s development model, the process of development begins when:

Answer 24

An elite group initiates innovative activities

Question 25

What is an indicator of a country’s level of development?

Answer 25

Child mortality rate

Question 26

Which one of the statements is incorrect?
The higher the GDP of a country, the more equal its income distribution.
The primary sector accounts for larger share GDP for LCDs than MDCs

Answer 26

The higher the GDP of a country, the more equal its income distribution.