APHUG: Rubenstein Ch. 9 Development

The best example of an LDC is:

True or False: Everyone agrees that GDP is the best way to measure a country's development.

Modification to the HDI to account for inequality within a country:

LDC is synonymous to:

Wind & solar power are:

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

Value of total output of goods/services produced in a country in a given time period (1 year):

Examples of this include agriculture, mining, fishing & forestry:

High supply & low demand result in:

Using renewable sources of energy is best aligned with:

Intended to create conditions encouraging international trade:

Materials from a nuclear reaction that emit radiation; contact with particles may be lethal:

The Swiss company, Syngenta, located in Golden Valley, MN, is an example of:

Number of women who die giving birth per 100,000 births:

Development of core regions at the expense of peripheral regions:

Alternative to international trade; promotes worker-run businesses, fair wages, unions & safety

A solar energy cell, usually made from silicon; collects solar rays to generate electricity:

Factories are generally considered to be a part of which sector of the economy?

A measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality:

The best example of a relatively developed country is:

Source of energy with finite supply, capable of being exhausted/destroyed:

Takes thousands of years to breakdown and no longer be harmful/deadly to humans:

Contact with these particles is harmful to people; must be safely stored for thousands of years

Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country:

How much & how fast workers can produce:

The Grameen Bank is known for:

A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium:

Any transnational corporation could exemplify:

Created by the UN:

HDI measures:

Power generated from moving water:

Adjusts income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods:

Quantity of something that producers have available for sale:

Process of improvement in material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge & tech

An American company owning an all-inclusive resort in Cancun, Mexico, is an example of:

LDCs are:

Portion of economy concerned with direct extraction of resources from Earth:

Switching to wind & solar energy exemplifies:

Percentage of a country's population who can read and write:

Sector of the economy concerned with processing, transforming & assembling raw materials:

Portion of economy; manufacturing products by processing, changing & assembling raw materials:

The gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials & energy:

A country that has progressed relatively far along the continuum of development:

Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices:

The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist:

Number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19:

The best example of a developed country is:

Pumping water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas:

A "developed country" is synonymous with:

Common method for gathering wind energy:

True or False: Countries with higher FLFPR's generally have stronger economies.

The quantity of a good or service that consumers (buyers) are willing and able to buy:

Provision of small loans to individuals & small businesses in developing regions:

Measures development of countries; based upon income, literacy, education, life expectancy

A country that is in a relatively early stage in the process of economic development:

Fuel derived from plant material and animal waste:

Generally speaking, low supply and high demand result in:

FDI stands for:

Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium:

Least amount of money a worker can make per hour, according to a country's law:

Rapid increase in value of houses followed by sharp decline in their value:

Splitting an atomic nucleus to release energy:

GDP stands for:

May include raising taxes, lower government spending, privatizing utilities, lowering inflation

The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it:

Energy source formed from the residue of plants & animals buried millions of years ago:

Power generated by sunlight:

Amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods & services in another country:

Coal & oil are:

The amount of something that buyers want & can afford to buy:

Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks:

The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits:

"Affluent" means:

HDI stands for:

MDC stands for:

Set of international development goals that all member states in the UN agree to achieve:

Average amount of money each person makes in a country:

Solar energy systems; collect energy through use of mechanical devices (ex. photovoltaic cells)

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

Value of output of goods/services produced in country in a year; includes $ that leaves/enters