Lesson Y9-U06-L08

Aid, Trade and Closing the Gap Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U06-L08, Aid, Trade and Closing the 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 term describes help given by one country or organisation to another?

    • Trade
    • Aid
    • Debt
    • Tariff

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

    • Trade
    • Subsidy
    • Aid
    • Grant

  3. Which type of aid responds rapidly to disasters with short-term help?

    • Tied aid
    • Emergency aid
    • Voluntary aid
    • Development aid

  4. What term describes when a country relies heavily on outside help and struggles alone?

    • Industrialisation
    • Sustainability
    • Globalisation
    • Dependency

  5. What term refers to the basic physical and organisational structures needed for a country to function?

    • Infrastructure
    • Consumer goods
    • Natural resources
    • Raw materials

  6. Which of these is a key example of infrastructure that development aid might provide?

    • Military weapons
    • Luxury vehicles
    • Private housing
    • Clean water supply

  7. Why does exporting finished chocolate earn Ghana more money than exporting raw cocoa beans?

    • Cheaper labour supply
    • Added processing value
    • Higher farming taxes
    • Lower transport costs

  8. Which of these economic activities is an example of trade rather than aid?

    • Getting free medical supplies
    • Receiving emergency food parcels
    • Accepting charity donations
    • Selling coffee for profit

  9. Which of these is a classic example of emergency aid?

    • Installing power grids
    • Training local nurses
    • Tents after earthquakes
    • Building ten-year schools

  10. Which of these is a classic example of long-term development aid?

    • Sending bottled water
    • Training local nurses
    • Providing emergency tents
    • Airdropping food parcels

  11. Which issue can accidentally cause aid to hold a country back?

    • Exporting
    • Dependency
    • Taxation
    • Inflation

  12. What is a major potential drawback of foreign aid?

    • Strict conditions
    • Total independence
    • Endless wealth
    • Guaranteed profits

  13. What is a key benefit often provided by aid?

    • Higher taxes
    • Clean water
    • Trade deficits
    • National debt

  14. Why does trade often give a country more control than aid?

    • It has rules
    • It is donated
    • It is free
    • It is earned

  15. Which economic strategy provides a country with lasting recurring income?

    • Bailouts
    • Relief
    • Trade
    • Charity

  16. What is the primary aim of fair trade?

    • Fair prices
    • Free shipping
    • Higher tariffs
    • Lower wages

  17. What financial system involves charging higher tariffs on imported manufactured goods than on raw materials?

    • Quota system
    • Flat taxation
    • Tariff escalation
    • Trade embargo

  18. Which country typically shows the largest development gap on global HDI charts?

    • Norway
    • Chad
    • Germany
    • Canada

  19. Which development strategy typically helps a country more in the long run?

    • Loans
    • Grants
    • Aid
    • Trade

  20. What is a key feature of fair trade in action?

    • High taxes
    • Stable prices
    • Cheap labour
    • Free goods

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