APHG Chapter 10: Development

Question 1

The goal of _______ is safe working conditions and living wages for primary/secondary workers.

Accepted Answer

Fair Trade

Question 2

Which question would most likely be studied by using the Gini Coefficient?

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whether or not incomes are equally distributed

Question 3

Which of these would be TRUE of an LDC?

Accepted Answer

CBR near 50

Question 4

Which model places countries on a "path to development" ignoring the impact of neocolonialism?

Accepted Answer

Rostow's Modernization Model

Question 5

Which statement best demonstrates the concept of Purchasing Power Parity?

Accepted Answer

A pair of jeans that cost $9 in Pakistan cost $95 in the US

Question 6

Which of the following pairs have the greatest degree of gender inequality?

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economy and politics

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of the MOST developed regions of the world?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 8

Wilbur Zelinsky predicted that migration in Stage 2 countries would be mostly

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rural to urban, searching for jobs in cities

Question 9

Which of the following best explains outsourcing factory jobs to maquiladoras in Mexico?

Accepted Answer

cheap labor

Question 10

Which of these countries has the largest number of people working in the tertiary sector?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 11

Which of these countries has the largest primary sector?

Accepted Answer

Philippines

Question 12

The main benefit for countries that create Export Processing Zones is...

Accepted Answer

thousands of new jobs are created, boosting their economy

Question 13

What is the biggest limitation of using per capita GDP as a measure of economic development?

Accepted Answer

GDP fails to take into account the informal economy

Question 14

MDCs have mostly ____ sector jobs, while LDCs have mostly ____ sector jobs.

Accepted Answer

Tertiary; Primary

Question 15

Which of the following countries is NOT one of the 4 Asian Tigers?

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Bangladesh

Question 16

Microcredit (loaning money to women in rural villages) helps the economy. However, it also

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alters the gender balance by limiting male dominance

Question 17

Which figure is the best determinate of a country's level of economic development?

Accepted Answer

per capita GDP

Question 18

In which country would the difference between HDI and GDI be the greatest?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 19

Today the gap between MDCs and LDCs is

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Increasing

Question 20

Based on Wallerstein's World Systems Theory, which country is classified as semi-periphery?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 21

Fixing someones computer is an example of a _____ sector job.

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Tertiary

Question 22

Barriers to development in LDCs include all of these EXCEPT:

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rising rates of urbanization

Question 23

Manufacturing a car is an example of a _____ sector job.

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Secondary

Question 24

Falling rates of natural increase (CBR-CDR/10) in LDCs today is MOSTLY due to...

Accepted Answer

increased female education

Question 25

According to the Epidemiologic Transition, as a country develops, diseases go from ____ to ____

Accepted Answer

infectious/chronic

Question 26

Which of the following is TRUE? (Around the world, on average __________)

Accepted Answer

Women live longer than men

APHG Chapter 10: Development

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APHG Chapter 10: Development

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