# Development and quality of life

> Grade 9: measures of development (GDP, life expectancy, literacy), HDI, why countries develop differently, aid and fair trade.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 9
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. What does GDP measure? (The amount of money a government owes / The number of people living in a country / The total area of a country's farmland / The total value of goods and services a country produces)
   Answer: The total value of goods and services a country produces
2. What does life expectancy tell us? (The average age of a country's workers / The average number of years a person is expected to live / The longest age anyone has reached / The number of babies born each year)
   Answer: The average number of years a person is expected to live
3. What does the literacy rate show? (The number of books printed each year / The share of people who attend university / The share of people who can read and write / The share of people who speak two languages)
   Answer: The share of people who can read and write
4. GDP per person is found by dividing a country's GDP by its population.
   Answer: True
5. Which three things are combined in the Human Development Index (HDI)? (Army size, wealth and land / Climate, trade and population / Health, education and income / Housing, sport and tourism)
   Answer: Health, education and income
6. A country with a high GDP always has a high quality of life for everyone.
   Answer: False
7. Why is HDI often seen as a better measure of development than GDP alone? (It ignores how long people live / It includes health and education as well as income / It is measured in a different currency / It only counts the richest people)
   Answer: It includes health and education as well as income
8. Which is a physical factor that can make development harder for a country? (A large school system / Frequent natural disasters such as droughts / Good roads and railways / Many trained doctors)
   Answer: Frequent natural disasters such as droughts
9. How can a lack of access to the sea affect a country's development? (It can make trade with other countries harder / It gives the country more rainfall / It guarantees good farmland / It makes the country's population grow)
   Answer: It can make trade with other countries harder
10. Is a HDI score of 0.9 high or low?
   Answer: High (the scale runs from 0 to 1)
11. What is aid? (A ban on trading with a country / A loan that must be repaid with extra / A tax paid on goods that cross borders / Help such as money, food or skills given to another country)
   Answer: Help such as money, food or skills given to another country
12. What is the main idea of fair trade? (Farmers must sell to one buyer only / Goods are sold as cheaply as possible / Only rich countries may trade / Producers are paid a fair price for their goods)
   Answer: Producers are paid a fair price for their goods
13. Give one benefit of long-term aid, such as building schools, over emergency food aid.
   Answer: It helps a country improve by itself over time
14. Historical factors, such as past colonial rule, can still affect how countries develop today.
   Answer: True
15. Name one reason poorer countries may stay poor when they only export raw materials.
   Answer: Raw materials sell for low prices; processed goods earn more
16. Which is an example of a country improving its development through education? (Building a new airport only / Reducing the number of schools / Selling more raw materials unprocessed / Training more teachers so more children can read)
   Answer: Training more teachers so more children can read