Ch 9 Development (Test Review)

Development refers to

The more developed regions include all but which of the following?

The difference in per capita GDP between the more developed and less developed regions is

On a north polar projection, less developed countries appear to be located

The value of total output of goods and services in a year in a country is its

In 1995, the per capita GDP in Sudan was about $400; this indicates that it is a

Per capita GDP is a good indicator of all but which of the following?

An example of a primary sector activity is

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

The tertiary sector includes all but which of the following?

Compared to more developed countries, less developed countries have a higher percentage of workers in which sector of the economy?

Tertiary sector jobs involve the

In more developed countries, employment is increasing in

The large percentage of population involved in agriculture in China indicates that

People are more productive in more developed countries because they

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

Today, European countries obtain raw materials

In less developed countries, consumer goods such as telephones, televisions, and motor vehicles are

Compared to less developed countries, more developed countries have higher rates of all but which of these educational characteristics?

Which of the following is not an indicator of a country's level of development?

A major health care problem for people in Africa and Asia is

Correlating economic, social, and demographic indicators of development shows that

Compared to more developed countries, less developed countries typically have all but which of the following characteristics?

The Anglo-American region is the world's leading provider of all but which of the following?

The more developed region that displays the highest level of cultural homogeneity is

Western Europe is distinguished from Anglo-America by its

Under communism, Eastern Europe was characterized by all but which of the following?

The major asset of the Eastern European region is

Japan's principal asset for promoting development was

The Middle East shows promise of becoming more developed primarily because of what characteristic?

Petroleum reserves in the Middle East are

The highest level of development within Latin America is found in

The less developed region with the highest percentage of people living in urban areas is

In the decades following the 1949 Communist victory in the civil war, the Chinese people were subjected to increasing amounts of all but which of the following?

Population was traditionally low in Southeast Asia because of

Agricultural output in South Asia each year depends primarily on the

Development prospects are limited in Sub-Saharan Africa because of all but which of the following?

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

According to the international trade approach to development, a country should identify all but which of its following assets?

The biggest problem in promoting development through the international trade alternative is

Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the international trade alternative primarily because of

China in the twenty-first century has seen all but which of the following economic changes?

In contrast to the international trade approach, the self-sufficiency approach to development

Traditional barriers to international investment have included

In recent years, countries such as India have

Which of the following is not an indicator of global gender inequality?

The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Fair Trade movement?

The biggest problem faced by less developed countries in financing development is

What do critics charge are some effects of Structural Adjustment Programs for refinancing loans to LDCs?

What is the principal difference between less developed and more developed countries with regard to the percentages of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector workers?

How do countries typically secure the funds they need to finance development? What is the most significant problem faced by many less developed countries in using this method to finance development?

There are two approaches for a developing country to promote development. If a country has a natural resource, such as petroleum, which is in considerable demand in the rest of the world, which is the more logical of the two approaches to development for that country? What is the other approach to development?

Why is the percentage of a country's labor force engaged in agriculture an important indicator of the level of development?

What demographic variable is NOT an indicator of the level of a country's development?

Name two economic indicators of a country's level of development.

Name at least two social indicators of a country's level of development.

What are these regions HDIs? Eastern Europe- Western Europe- Middle East- East Asia-

What are these countries student to teacher ratio? India- Brazil- United States- France-

Compared to a less developed country, is a more developed country likely to have a higher or lower level for each of these development indicators? ____________________ GDP per capita ____________________ percent engaged in agriculture ____________________ telephones per capita ____________________ percent illiterate ____________________ infant mortality rate

Discuss the relative merits and problems of the international trade and the self-sufficiency approaches to promoting development.

How is development measured? Why do we use more than one indicator?

Discuss the Fair Trade variation of the international trade model of development.

To what extent is development a continuum or a bipolar distribution?

Explain the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM).