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1
Which region of the world is likely to have more highly developed countries?
Southwest Asia
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Europe
2
Which of the following are considered renewable energy sources which help a country with sustainable development?
Wind power
Coal power
Hydroelectric power
Solar Power
3
A nation that is considered less developed will often have a large portion of the population working in agriculture.
True
False
4
Which of the following is true of an LDC?
Educational opportunities for girls are often more limited than for boys.
Birth rates will be higher than in MDC's.
The U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals are not a concern.
Diseases related to old age are more common than in MDC's
5
Agricultural activity is classified as employment within a country's
tertiary sector
primary sector
secondary sector
6
Which of the following is true regarding manufactoring processes?
LDC's focus exclusively on primary sector activities.
MDC's often outsource manufacturing to LDC's
MDC's hold a monopoly over manufacturing actvities.
LDC's rely on manufactured goods made in MDC's.
7
Which of the following was a major critizism of Rostow's modernization model?
Rostow did not consider economic development in his theory.
Rostow assumed that countries aspire to be industrialized and capitalist.
Rostow's model is seen as near perfect for understanding development
Rostow failed to consider the increasinly globalized world we live in.
8
The political empowerment index measures the extent to which people are biased against women in positions of power.
True
False
9
The international trade path towards development calls for a country to identify its unique economic assets for trade.
True
False
10
Which of the following is true of the relationship between more developed and less developed countries?
MDC's are required by international laws to not interfere with LDC's
MDC's aggressively isolate LDC's from international trade
LDC's often pass laws to limit foreign involvement from MDC's
LDC's provide resources and manufacturing labor to MDC's
11
Cocoa farms like those found in West Africa are classified as a tertiary sector economic activity.
True
False
12
Women working in manufacturing industries of LDC's are often paid less than men in those countries.
True
False
13
Per capita GNI measures the average wealth among people in a country, not the distribution of wealth among them.
False
True
14
The self-sufficiency path towards development encourages foreign ownership of businesses and resources.
True
False
15
Which of the following is NOT considered in measuring a country's Gender Development Index (GDI)?
Disparities in life expectancy among boys and girls.
Disparities in access to entertainment among men and women.
Disparities in standards of living among men and women in a country.
Disparities in education among boys and girls.
16
Women in developed countries are more likely than women in developing countries to hold full time jobs outside the home.
True
False
17
Rostow's Take-Off stage is best described as experiencing
low growth focused on tertiary activity
a period of mass consumption
a traditional society not focused on industrialization
rapid growth focused on primary and secondary activity
18
The world's most developed countries are among the world's top CO2 Emitters.
False
True
19
Which of the following positively correlates to the per capita gross national income (GNI) in a given country?
Rates of violence
Rates of food insecurity
Infant mortality
Years of schooling
20
Which of the following has allowed for the diffusion of industrial activities thorughout the world for over a century?
Trains and ships
The telephone
The Internet
Space technology
21
Life for a woman living in a country with a Gender Inequality Index (GII) score of 0.46 is likely living in an MDC.
True
False
22
Current climate change issues are attributed most directly to the usage of fossil fuels.
False
True
23
Mr. Garcia's job as a teacher is best classified as a job in the secondary sector of the economy.
True
False
24
One major hurdle to sustainable development is the slow adoption of renewable energy by most nations around the world.
True
False
25
Which of the following conclusions is supported by the map?
Women in Afghanistan are more likely to go to school than women in Spain.
Women in Russia are more literate than women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Women in Mexico are more engaged in drafting laws than in the U.S.
Infant mortality rates in South Asia are lower than rates in Europe.
26
According to Wallerstein’s world-systems theory, which of the following countries is considered a core nation?
Columbia
Germany
Papua New Guinea
Bangladesh
27
Which of the following is a focus of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Dictate economic activities of LDC's
Enforce International trade agreements
Reduce trade restrictions between countries
Enourage the creation of tariffs and trade embargos
28
There is an even distribution of economic development and geographical division of labor in the world.
False
True
