Lesson Y8-U03-L08

Closing the Gap: Aid, Trade and Investment Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 9

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What are the three main strategies used to help a country develop?

    • Loans, borders, tariffs
    • Aid, trade, investment
    • Tax, debt, relief
    • Imports, exports, aid

  2. What term describes resources or money given by governments or charities to help a country?

    • Aid
    • Investment
    • Trade
    • Tariff

  3. What term describes the buying and selling of goods and services between countries?

    • Investment
    • Aid
    • Trade
    • Colonialism

  4. What term describes putting money into a place to build infrastructure and generate profit?

    • Investment
    • Aid
    • Subsidy
    • Tariff

  5. What is a tax added to goods imported from abroad called?

    • Tariff
    • Grant
    • Subsidy
    • Dividend

  6. What type of aid provides fast, short-term relief immediately after a natural disaster?

    • Long-term aid
    • Emergency aid
    • Development aid
    • Tied aid

  7. What term describes something that can continue long-term without depleting resources or causing harm?

    • Industrial
    • Commercial
    • Temporary
    • Sustainable

  8. Why does processing raw cocoa beans into chocolate earn a country more money?

    • Lowers tariffs
    • Removes taxes
    • Reduces weight
    • Adds value

  9. Food parcels are sent after an earthquake. Which type of aid is this?

    • Trade
    • Investment
    • Long-term aid
    • Emergency aid

  10. A 10-year project trains teachers in a country. Which type of aid is this?

    • Long-term aid
    • Emergency aid
    • Trade
    • A tariff

  11. Why does exporting finished T-shirts instead of raw cotton earn a country more income?

    • Machines are cheap
    • Cotton is too heavy
    • Finished goods add value
    • Raw cotton is illegal

  12. A foreign firm builds a new port. Which strategy is this?

    • Aid
    • Investment
    • Emergency aid
    • A tariff

  13. A country sells coffee to buyers in Europe. Which strategy is this?

    • Trade
    • Emergency aid
    • Aid
    • Investment

  14. Doctors are sent to train local nurses. Which strategy is this?

    • Trade
    • A tariff
    • Aid
    • Investment

  15. What is a major risk of a country relying entirely on foreign aid?

    • Increases exports
    • Creates dependence
    • Guarantees growth
    • Eliminates debt

  16. A foreign factory creates local jobs, but most of its profits leave the country. What does this demonstrate?

    • Complete self-reliance
    • Total failure
    • Fair trade
    • Uneven benefit

  17. What term describes financial or material help given to a country in an emergency?

    • Tied debt
    • Emergency aid
    • Foreign investment
    • Fair trade

  18. Why might fair trade deals help a developing country more than a one-off gift of aid?

    • Requires no work
    • Guarantees free food
    • Provides ongoing income
    • Stops all taxes

  19. Why might foreign investment alone fail to close a country's development gap?

    • Wages always rise
    • Profits leave
    • Taxes are abolished
    • Jobs are permanent

  20. What does each stage of manufacturing do to raw materials?

    • Adds value
    • Lowers profit
    • Removes weight
    • Reduces tax

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