Lesson Y9-U06-L07

Development and the Power Gap Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U06-L07, Development and the Power Gap: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Contested Worlds: Resources, Conflict and Geopolitics, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the term development measure in a country?

    • Land area size
    • Wealth and well-being
    • Annual rainfall total
    • Total military strength

  2. Which three core strands does overall national development cover?

    • Mining, farming and fishing
    • Imports, exports and taxes
    • Wealth, health and education
    • Area, climate and relief

  3. What does GDP per person measure about a nation?

    • Total country debt
    • Government spending
    • Maximum tax rate
    • Average annual income

  4. What three factors does the Human Development Index combine into one score?

    • Imports, tariffs and GDP
    • Transport, energy and housing
    • Area, population and rainfall
    • Wealth, health and education

  5. Between which two numerical values does the HDI scale run?

    • -1 to 1
    • 0 to 1
    • 1 to 100
    • 0 to 10

  6. What key limitation applies to using a single development indicator?

    • Counts population
    • Measures climate
    • Calculates rainfall
    • Hides inequality

  7. Using the HDI chart, which country has the highest score?

    • Norway, at about 0.97
    • Chad, at about 0.39
    • India, at about 0.64
    • Brazil, at about 0.79

  8. Which country typically shows the lowest GDP per person among many African nations?

    • Norway
    • USA
    • Chad
    • Japan

  9. Which development indicator measures health, education and income combined?

    • GDP
    • Death rate
    • HDI
    • Birth rate

  10. Which is the gap in HDI between Norway and Chad, using the values 0.97 and 0.39?

    • About 0.58
    • About 0.36
    • About 1.36
    • About 0.08

  11. Compare Norway and India using HDI. What is the approximate gap?

    • About 0.61, from 0.97 against 0.36
    • About 1.61, from 0.97 plus 0.64
    • About 0.13, from 0.97 against 0.84
    • About 0.33, from 0.97 against 0.64

  12. Which factor represents a physical cause of the development gap?

    • Low minimum wage
    • Landlocked location
    • Poor education system
    • Corrupt government

  13. Which factor represents a historical cause of the development gap?

    • Lack of rainfall
    • Colonial borders
    • Mountainous terrain
    • Volcanic eruptions

  14. Which factor represents an economic cause of the development gap?

    • Lack of coastline
    • Selling cheap raw materials
    • Mountainous terrain
    • Frequent earthquakes

  15. Why does exporting only cheap raw materials often keep a country poor?

    • High manufacturing output
    • Rapid population growth
    • Low unstable income
    • Excessive foreign debt

  16. Chad is landlocked, was a colonised territory, and exports oil. What do these factors represent?

    • Climatic and social
    • Political and cultural
    • Physical and historical
    • Environmental and demographic

  17. Which country has the higher approximate GDP per person?

    • Bangladesh
    • Pakistan
    • India
    • Brazil

  18. What additional factors does the Human Development Index include alongside wealth?

    • Health and education
    • Area and population
    • Weather and soil
    • Military and trade

  19. What major flaw is hidden by relying solely on a high GDP per person?

    • High literacy
    • Low population
    • Income inequality
    • Good healthcare

  20. Which indicator measures health in the development lesson?

    • Years of schooling
    • GDP per person
    • Life expectancy
    • Income per household

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