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Nation-states lie along a continuum of development which is based only upon quantifiable economic variables. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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2 | |
"Emerging economy" is considered a more positive synonym for "underdeveloped economy" when discussing world development. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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3 | |
The least developed nation-states have been identified by the UN as a group known as the _________________. |
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| | A) | First World |
| | B) | Second World |
| | C) | Third World |
| | D) | Fourth World |
| | E) | Fifth World |
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4 | |
The Brandt Report explains underdevelopment in part as a function of climate. This argument, one of environmental determinism, is rejected by human geographers such as your authors. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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5 | |
Underdevelopment is a function of overpopulation. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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6 | |
Nation-states containing large reserves of natural resources automatically are considered to be developed nation-states. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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7 | |
Which of the following factors is least important according to the Harvard Institute for International Development for explaining global differences in economic development? |
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| | A) | demographic change |
| | B) | initial economic level |
| | C) | physical geography |
| | D) | government policy |
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8 | |
According to the United Nations, the crucial factor for whether or not poverty-fighting and sustainable development is achieved successfully depends upon which of these factors? |
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| | A) | demographic change |
| | B) | initial economic level |
| | C) | physical geography |
| | D) | government policy |
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9 | |
The core-periphery model can be applied to which nation-state? |
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| | A) | United States |
| | B) | Brazil |
| | C) | Congo |
| | D) | Afghanistan |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The core-periphery model can be applied at which scale of geo-spatial inquiry? |
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| | A) | state/province |
| | B) | national |
| | C) | continental |
| | D) | global |
| | E) | all of the above |
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What money actually can buy in a nation-state is an economic measurement of development known as ____________________. |
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| | A) | gross national product |
| | B) | gross domestic product |
| | C) | purchasing power parity |
| | D) | currency exchange rate |
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12 | |
Economic activities which are conducted as "underground" transactions to avoid taxation are most detrimental to a developing nation-state's ____________________. |
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| | A) | gross national product |
| | B) | gross domestic product |
| | C) | purchasing power parity |
| | D) | currency exchange rate |
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13 | |
The most developed economies, also known as the industrial economies, remain the core in the core-periphery model of economic development and is reflected in part by the high percentage of world exports produced by them. What is that percentage? |
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| | A) | 45% |
| | B) | 50% |
| | C) | 60% |
| | D) | 75% |
| | E) | 90% |
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14 | |
Which of the following is a component in the UNDP human poverty index? |
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| | A) | simple income test |
| | B) | knowledge, i.e., literacy rate |
| | C) | longevity |
| | D) | deprivation in living standards |
| | E) | all of the above |
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15 | |
Distance decay is a function associated with poverty in the emerging economy nation-states according to the data from the World Bank. This study shows that poverty generally increases the farther people in the developing world live from ____________. |
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| | A) | seacoasts |
| | B) | mountains |
| | C) | cities |
| | D) | "A" and "B" |
| | E) | "B" and "C" |
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16 | |
Since the Industrial Revolution, the technology gap between developed nation-states and developing nation-states has ________________. |
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| | A) | decreased |
| | B) | remained stable |
| | C) | increased slightly |
| | D) | increased greatly |
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17 | |
According to the table of Relative Characteristics of Development, each positive factor listed for the developed economies is mirrored negatively for the less developed economies. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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18 | |
As a measure of economic development, it is the consumption, not the production, of energy which is emphasized. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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19 | |
Low consumption of energy and low per capita gross national product is closely associated with having what percentage of the workforce engaged in agriculture? |
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| | A) | low |
| | B) | middle |
| | C) | high |
| | D) | not a geo-spatial relationship |
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20 | |
Nourishment levels are as valid an indicator of economic development as dollar-indexed measures of production. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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21 | |
Rostow's Model of Economic Development has how many stages in it? |
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| | A) | two |
| | B) | three |
| | C) | four |
| | D) | five |
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Which is the most crucial stage in Rostow's Model of Economic Development? |
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| | A) | Traditional Society |
| | B) | Pre-conditions to Take-off |
| | C) | Take-off |
| | D) | Drive to Maturity |
| | E) | High Mass Consumption |
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23 | |
Debt relief is increasingly being accepted as one means to help the least developed nation-states try to overcome some of the fiscal barriers to economic development. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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24 | |
Which of these is a non-economic measurement of economic development? |
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| | A) | Education |
| | B) | Public Services |
| | C) | Health |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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25 | |
The Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) is an accepted means of measuring development and well-being. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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