Economic plans imposed upon LDCs by MCDs with the goal of improving the economy of the LCD:

structural readjustment programs

level of development for each country

Percentage of women holding paid, full-time jobs outside the home:

female labor force participation rate

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APHUG: Rubenstein Ch. 10 and 11 Development, Industry and Energy

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Number of women who die giving birth per 100,000 births:
dependency ratio
maternal mortality ratio
infant mortality rate
total fertility rate
2
The amount of something that buyers want & can afford to buy:
demand
supply
wages
profit
3
Any transnational corporation could exemplify:
FDI
IMF
WHO
NGO
4
Contact with these particles is harmful to people; must be safely stored for thousands of years
renewable resources
geothermal energy
nonrenewable resources
radioactive waste
5
Provision of small loans to individuals & small businesses in developing regions:
fair trade
microfinance
International Monetary Fund
foreign direct investment
6
Materials from a nuclear reaction that emit radiation; contact with particles may be lethal:
hydroelectric power
proven reserve
radioactive waste
photovoltaic cell
7
Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium:
nuclear energy
fusion
nonrenewable energy
fission
8
The Grameen Bank is known for:
its work with developed countries
its participation in the UN
making micro loans
its participation in the EU
9
Value of output of goods/services produced in country in a year; includes $ that leaves/enters
Gross Domestic Product
Gross National Income
Purchasing Power Parity
Per Capita Income
10
The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits:
potential reserves
possible reserves
supply
proven reserves
11
Least amount of money a worker can make per hour, according to a country's law:
PPP
minimum wage
salary
GPD
12
"Affluent" means:
educated
wealthy
impoverished
uneducated
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Created by the UN:
HDI
GDP
GNI
all of the above
14
The best example of a developed country is:
China
Brazil
Afghanistan
Canada
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Energy source formed from the residue of plants & animals buried millions of years ago:
biomass fuel
ethanol
fossil fuel
petroleum
16
An American company owning an all-inclusive resort in Cancun, Mexico, is an example of:
fair trade
GIS
foreign direct investment
GPS
17
The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist:
supply
reserve
proven reserve
potential reserve
18
Economic plans imposed upon LDCs by MCDs with the goal of improving the economy of the LCD:
microfinance
non-governmental organizations
structural readjustment programs
millennium development goals
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Alternative to international trade; promotes worker-run businesses, fair wages, unions & safety
right to work states
fair trade
capitalism
communism
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May include raising taxes, lower government spending, privatizing utilities, lowering inflation
microfinance
uneven development
purchasing power parity
structural adjustment programs
21
True or False: Everyone agrees that GDP is the best way to measure a country's development.
False
True
22
Common method for gathering wind energy:
wind turbines
flat-plate collectors
fracking
photovoltaic cells
23
Takes thousands of years to breakdown and no longer be harmful/deadly to humans:
petroleum
biomass fuel
radioactive waste
ethanol
24
Coal & oil are:
nonrenewable resources
renewable resources
25
GDP stands for:
gross domestic product
gross development production
global domestic product
global development production
26
HDI measures:
level of education in each country
level of development for each country
access to health care in each country
freedom and inequality in each country
27
How much & how fast workers can produce:
supply
productivity
demand
purchasing power parity
28
LDCs are:
sovereign states
developing countries
developed countries
wealthier countries
29
Average amount of money each person makes in a country:
per capita income
gross domestic product
minimum wage
gross national income
30
Set of international development goals that all member states in the UN agree to achieve:
Millennium Development Goals
Foreign Direct Investment
The Olympic Games
The World Cup
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A measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality:
Gender Equality Index
Female Labor Force Participation Rate
uneven development
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
32
Modification to the HDI to account for inequality within a country:
Gender Inequality Index
Foreign Direct Investment
Purchasing Power Parity
Inequality-adjusted HDI
33
Development of core regions at the expense of peripheral regions:
structural adjustment program
gender inequality index
millennium development goals
uneven development
34
A "developed country" is synonymous with:
LDC
developing country
MCD
state
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Examples of this include agriculture, mining, fishing & forestry:
primary sector
quarternary sector
tertiary sector
secondary sector
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Intended to create conditions encouraging international trade:
non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
structural adjustment programs
GMOs
foreign direct investment
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The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it:
supply
demand
productivity
gross domestic product
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A country that is in a relatively early stage in the process of economic development:
developing country/LCD
developed country
MCD
relatively developed country/undeveloped country
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MDC stands for:
more developed country
medium developed country
less developed country
migrant development country
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Adjusts income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods:
supply & demand
Purchasing Power Parity
Gross Domestic Product
Gross National Income
41
HDI stands for:
Human Development Index
Human Development Indicator
Human Development Interest
Human Development Ideal
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Value of total output of goods/services produced in a country in a given time period (1 year):
GII
GNI
GDP
PPP
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Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country:
foreign direct investment
fair trade
transnational corporation
GNI
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Percentage of women holding paid, full-time jobs outside the home:
gender inequality index
gender pay gap
development
female labor force participation rate
45
Portion of economy; manufacturing products by processing, changing & assembling raw materials:
secondary sector
tertiary sector
quarternary sector
primary sector
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Factories are generally considered to be a part of which sector of the economy?
primary
secondary
agricultural
tertiary
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High supply & low demand result in:
lower cost
higher cost
48
Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks:
geothermal energy
solar energy
nuclear energy
wind energy
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Process of improvement in material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge & tech
sustainability
development
globalization
fair trade
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Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices:
passive solar energy systems
wind farms
nuclear power plants
active solar energy systems
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Splitting an atomic nucleus to release energy:
fission
fracking
biomass fuel
fusion
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Fuel derived from plant material and animal waste:
petroleum
ethanol
biomass fuel
wood
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Source of energy with finite supply, capable of being exhausted/destroyed:
renewable energy
nonrenewable energy
coal
oil
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A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium:
breeder reactor
active solar energy system
flat-plate collector
wind farm
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Measures development of countries; based upon income, literacy, education, life expectancy
Purchasing Power Parity
Human Development Index
World Health Organization
Gender Inequality Index
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The best example of a relatively developed country is:
Iraq
Costa Rica
South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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FDI stands for:
foreign direct investment
female development index
foreign development index
financial development index
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The best example of an LDC is:
Sweden
Eritrea
USA
New Zealand
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LDC is synonymous to:
developing country
fair trade
MDC
developed country
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Generally speaking, low supply and high demand result in:
lower cost
higher cost
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Power generated by sunlight:
solar energy
wind energy
geothermal energy
nuclear energy
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The quantity of a good or service that consumers (buyers) are willing and able to buy:
GDP
demand
supply
GNP
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Percentage of a country's population who can read and write:
life expectancy
gender inequality index
literacy rate
infant mortality rate
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A solar energy cell, usually made from silicon; collects solar rays to generate electricity:
wind turbine
fracking/hydraulic fracturing
photovoltaic cell
geothermal energy
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A country that has progressed relatively far along the continuum of development:
undeveloped country
LDC
developing country
developed country/relatively developed country
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Solar energy systems; collect energy through use of mechanical devices (ex. photovoltaic cells)
biomass fuel
breeder reactor
ethanol
active solar energy systems
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Rapid increase in value of houses followed by sharp decline in their value:
housing bubble
mortgage
white flight
blockbusting
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The gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials & energy:
value added
GNI
supply
demand
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Using renewable sources of energy is best aligned with:
conservation
preservation
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Wind & solar power are:
nonrenewable
renewable
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True or False: Countries with higher FLFPR's generally have stronger economies.
true
false
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The Swiss company, Syngenta, located in Golden Valley, MN, is an example of:
microlending
fair trade
foreign direct investment
supranational cooperation
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Sector of the economy concerned with processing, transforming & assembling raw materials:
secondary
primary
quinary
tertiary
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Switching to wind & solar energy exemplifies:
preservation
standard of living
gender inequality
sustainability
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Amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods & services in another country:
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
productivity
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Gross National Income (GNI)
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Power generated from moving water:
wind energy
solar energy
hydroelectric power
geothermal energy
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Number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19:
infant mortality rate
total fertility rate
adolescent fertility rate
teen pregnancy
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Portion of economy concerned with direct extraction of resources from Earth:
tertiary sector
secondary sector
quinary sector
primary sector
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Quantity of something that producers have available for sale:
goods
demand
supply
services
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Pumping water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas:
fission
fracking/hydraulic fracturing
fusion
passive solar energy system

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