Measuring Development Quiz

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Identify the term used to describe the progress of a country as it becomes more economically, technologically advanced and improvements in people’s quality of life.

Population

Gross National Income

Development

Urbanisation

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Which organisation classifies countries as HICs, LICs and NEEs?

The European Union

UNICEF

The United Nations

The World Bank

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What is an LIC?

Less industrialised country

Limited income country

Low income country

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What is a HIC?

Highly industrialised country

Huge income country

High income country

Highly independent country

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What is a NEE?

New evolving economy

Nearly economised environment

Newly emerging economy

No established economy

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Identify the type of country described below. A country which is experiencing rapid economic growth and development.

HIC

NEE

LIC

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Identify the type of country described below. A country in which the people have a poor quality of life with inadequate services and opportunities.

HIC

LIC

NEE

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Identify the type of country described below. A country where most people enjoy a good standard of living based on relatively high levels of income.

NEE

HIC

LIC

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How are countries such as France, the USA and UK classified?

NEE

HIC

LIC

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How are countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Ethiopia classified?

NEE

LIC

HIC

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How are countries such as Brazil, India and China classified?

NEE

HIC

LIC

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Which of the following is not an example of social or economic development?

Marriage Rate

Death Rate

Infant Mortality

GNI

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What does GNI stand for?

Gross national investment

Gross national internment

Gross national income

Grand national income

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How do you calculate GNI per capita?

Total income of a country including money made overseas divided by the population.

Total income of a country excluding the income earned from investments that its businesses and people have made in other countries divided by the population.

Total income of a country divided by the working population.

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Which of the following is not a limitation of using GNI as a measure of development?

Average figures can be misleading. A few wealthy individuals can distort the figures.

Data about income is sensitive and people may not always be honest.

Not all deaths are of children are reported in LICs.

In poorer countries many people work in farming or the informal sector and their income is not taken into account by official GNI records.

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Which measure of development is the number of deaths of children aged less than one year of age per 1000 population?

Infant mortality

Death rate

Life expectancy

Birth rate

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True or false? Death rates are relatively low throughout much of the world due to basic improvements in health care.

True

False

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What is the typical life expectancy in NEEs?

80+

65-75

50-60

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Identify the measure of development developed by the United Nations and is the most commonly used measure of development.

Gross Domestic Product

Gross National Income

Human Development Index

Literacy Rates

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If a country has a HDI close to 1 what does this mean?

It is a high income country.

It is a newly emerging economy

It is a low-income country.

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Measuring Development Quiz