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1
What is the main purpose of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?
To create a single global currency for international stability
To promote global trade agreements between wealthy nations
To guide countries toward economic, social, and environmental progress
To establish military alliances for humanitarian assistance
2
The World Bank provides loans are designed to help countries do all the following EXCEPT
raise international reserves
Pay for imports
Reform public institutions
stabilize currency & exchange rates
3
All of the following are characteristics of fair trade except
corporations pay farmers to grow cash crops
Promotes sustainable farming methods
democratic decision making
profits are reinvested in the community
4
All of the following are weaknesses of the international trade approach except
Lack of innovation and competition.
Unequal resource distribution
LDC's may reduce environmental or worker regulations to attract FDI.
Dependence upon MDC's as primary markets.
5
The BRICS countries have made it from the periphery to the semi- periphery due to all of the following reasons except.
Growing the service sector.
Engaging in primary sector activities.
Attract FDI
Industrialization
6
The states of the Arabian peninsula experienced almost overnight development with the discovery of natural gas.
False
True
7
Measures such as the IHDI & GII are needed because development can hide data such as gender inequality in other measures
False
True
8
Four Dragons were the first to adopt the int'l trade approach of development. In doing so they generally focused on
low labor costs
telecommunications
Petroleum
manufactured goods such as clothing & electornics
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The secondary sector of the economy involves the...
manufacturing
provision of goods & services
extraction of materials from the earth
Handling & processing of information & capital.
10
Which of the following factors does the HDI not take into account to measure development?
decent standard of living
access to knowledge
long and healthy life
female political participation
11
Which of the following is not found in the self-sufficiency approach to development?
Inefficient industries
Foreign Direct Investment
Corruption
Black Market
12
All of the following are shortcomings of the Self-Sufficiency approach EXCEPT
Lack of competitive pressure to innovate.
Protection of domestic manufacturing.
Little incentive to improve quality, lower costs, or increase production.
A large bureacracy which can lead to corruption.
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The new international division of labor as characterized by the world systems theory
Shift of manufacturing from core to core countries.
The bringing back of manufacturing from peripheral to core countries
Shift of manufacturing industries from core countries to pheripheral ones
The investment of semiperipheral counries to peripheral countries
14
Specifically, what measure is NOT a part of "access to knowledge" in the HDI?
Years of schooling of adults
Pupil/teacher ratio
Inequality in literacy rates
Expected years of schooling of youth
15
Mining, Forestry, Fishing, and Agriculture are all ______ sector activites?
Tertiary
Primary
Quinary
Secondary
16
According to Rostow a country is in this stage when it experiences rapid growth in a limited # of economic activities.
Drive to maturity
Preconditions for takeoff
Traditional society
Takeoff
17
The IMF provides loans to help countries do which of the following
develop & strengthen financial institutions
reform public administrative & legal institutions
strengthen a nations currency & balance of payments.
implement transportation and social service projects
18
The lending of small loans directly to individuals through banks such as the Grameen Bank is called microfinance.
True
False
19
According to Rostow a country is in this stage when the economy shifts from heavy industry to consumer goods.
Age of mass consumption
Drive to maturity
Preconditions for takeoff
Takeoff
20
The 3 dimensions of the GII include all of the following except
reproductive health
labor market
empowerment
Life Expectancy
21
In the Core Periphery Model core countries use peripheral & semi-peripheral mainly for secondary economic activities.
False
True
22
All of the following are key elements of countries that have chosen the self-sufficiency path of development except
Incomes in the countryside lag behind those in urban areas.
Isolation of domestic business from foreign competition
Investment is equally spread out among economic sectors.
Tariffs
23
Which region generally has the most inequality as measured on the IHDI?
South Asia
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Asia
24
The GII includes the following measures except
Empowerment
Consumer Goods
Reproductive Health
Labor Market
25
This organization represents 97% of the world and works to reduce barriers to international trade.
World Trade Org.
IMF
World Bank
European Union
26
What countries has the highest empowerment rating on the GII due to its high percentage of female legislatures?
Rwanda, Cuba, Nicaragua
Australia, Thailand, Canada
France, South Africa, China
Chile, Norway, India
27
Which region of the world is most developed according to its HDI score of .92?
North America
Europe
East Asia
SW Asia & N. Africa
