Lesson Y7-U05-L05

Reading Development Data Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 5

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U05-L05, Reading Development Data: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 5: Year 7: Africa: A Continent of Diversity, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the term 'development' measure in geography?

    • Total annual rainfall
    • Wealth and comfort
    • Physical land area
    • Wildlife population size

  2. What is a development indicator?

    • A weather forecast
    • A measuring statistic
    • A population total
    • A country boundary

  3. What does GDP per person measure?

    • Average life span
    • Average individual wealth
    • Annual rainfall level
    • Total country population

  4. What does life expectancy measure?

    • Annual earnings
    • School attendance rate
    • Average age reached
    • Total population size

  5. What is the lowest possible HDI score?

    • 1
    • 0
    • 100
    • 10

  6. Does a higher HDI mean a more or less developed country?

    • Less developed
    • More developed
    • Equally developed
    • Undeveloped

  7. Which three measures are combined to calculate the Human Development Index?

    • Wealth, health and education
    • Area, climate and relief
    • Population, births and deaths
    • Rainfall, soil and crops

  8. Why do geographers use multiple indicators to measure development?

    • For fuller accuracy
    • To measure profit
    • To count population
    • To save time

  9. Egypt has a life expectancy of 72 years and Niger 62 years. Which is higher?

    • Both equal
    • Egypt
    • Niger
    • Neither

  10. Rank these by HDI highest first: Kenya 0.60, Norway 0.97, Niger 0.39. Which is first?

    • Norway
    • Niger
    • Equal rank
    • Kenya

  11. Rank these by HDI highest first: Kenya 0.60, Norway 0.97, Niger 0.39. Which is last?

    • Niger
    • Kenya
    • Norway
    • Equal rank

  12. Using the table of life expectancy, Niger 62, Egypt 72, Kenya 67, what is the correct order from highest to lowest?

    • Kenya, Egypt, Niger
    • Niger, Kenya, Egypt
    • Egypt, Niger, Kenya
    • Egypt, Kenya, Niger

  13. Using GDP per person in dollars, South Africa 6000, Egypt 4300, Kenya 2100, Niger 600, which country is the least wealthy by this indicator?

    • Niger
    • Kenya
    • South Africa
    • Egypt

  14. On a development bar graph, where do you read a country value?

    • Bottom corner
    • Graph title
    • Middle of bar
    • Axis scale end

  15. GDP per person for South Africa is 6000 dollars and for Niger is 600 dollars. Roughly how many times more is South Africa's?

    • About 5 times
    • About 2 times
    • About 100 times
    • About 10 times

  16. Why might GDP per person alone fail to show true national development?

    • It ignores health inequalities
    • It includes life expectancy
    • It measures school enrolment
    • It tracks literacy rates

  17. Why is the Human Development Index considered a fairer measure than GDP alone?

    • It ignores education
    • It measures weather
    • It includes social factors
    • It only counts money

  18. Why might two countries with identical GDP per person have different qualities of life?

    • Same average daily weather
    • Identical population totals
    • Different healthcare and schooling
    • Equal physical land areas

  19. Which card sort clue belongs under health indicators?

    • Annual income total
    • Literacy percentage
    • Average life span
    • School attendance rate

  20. Which indicator combines wealth, health and schooling into one score out of 1?

    • Life expectancy
    • GDP per person
    • HDI
    • Average rainfall

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