olyclass.com/library/social-g9-development-en


Development and quality of life Grade 9 · History & geography · 16 questions Back to the game Tip: print on A4, cut the flashcards along the dashed lines. The answers are on the last page. Print: Worksheet Answers Worksheet: Development and quality of life Name:Class: Answer the questions. What does GDP measure? a) The amount of money a government owesb) The number of people living in a countryc) The total area of a country's farmlandd) The total value of goods and services a country produces What does life expectancy tell us? a) The average age of a country's workersb) The average number of years a person is expected to livec) The longest age anyone has reachedd) The number of babies born each year What does the literacy rate show? a) The number of books printed each yearb) The share of people who attend universityc) The share of people who can read and writed) The share of people who speak two languages GDP per person is found by dividing a country's GDP by its population. a) Trueb) False Which three things are combined in the Human Development Index (HDI)? a) Army size, wealth and landb) Climate, trade and populationc) Health, education and incomed) Housing, sport and tourism A country with a high GDP always has a high quality of life for everyone. a) Trueb) False Why is HDI often seen as a better measure of development than GDP alone? a) It ignores how long people liveb) It includes health and education as well as incomec) It is measured in a different currencyd) It only counts the richest people Which is a physical factor that can make development harder for a country? a) A large school systemb) Frequent natural disasters such as droughtsc) Good roads and railwaysd) Many trained doctors How can a lack of access to the sea affect a country's development? a) It can make trade with other countries harderb) It gives the country more rainfallc) It guarantees good farmlandd) It makes the country's population grow Is a HDI score of 0.9 high or low? What is aid? a) A ban on trading with a countryb) A loan that must be repaid with extrac) A tax paid on goods that cross bordersd) Help such as money, food or skills given to another country What is the main idea of fair trade? a) Farmers must sell to one buyer onlyb) Goods are sold as cheaply as possiblec) Only rich countries may traded) Producers are paid a fair price for their goods Give one benefit of long-term aid, such as building schools, over emergency food aid. Historical factors, such as past colonial rule, can still affect how countries develop today. a) Trueb) False Name one reason poorer countries may stay poor when they only export raw materials. Which is an example of a country improving its development through education? a) Building a new airport onlyb) Reducing the number of schoolsc) Selling more raw materials unprocessedd) Training more teachers so more children can read Answers The total value of goods and services a country produces The average number of years a person is expected to live The share of people who can read and write True Health, education and income False It includes health and education as well as income Frequent natural disasters such as droughts It can make trade with other countries harder High (the scale runs from 0 to 1) Help such as money, food or skills given to another country Producers are paid a fair price for their goods It helps a country improve by itself over time True Raw materials sell for low prices; processed goods earn more Training more teachers so more children can read

Development and quality of life

Grade 9 · History & geography · 16 questions

Back to the game

Tip: print on A4, cut the flashcards along the dashed lines. The answers are on the last page.

Print: Worksheet Answers

Worksheet: Development and quality of life

Name:Class:

Answer the questions.

What does GDP measure?
a) The amount of money a government owesb) The number of people living in a countryc) The total area of a country's farmlandd) The total value of goods and services a country produces
What does life expectancy tell us?
a) The average age of a country's workersb) The average number of years a person is expected to livec) The longest age anyone has reachedd) The number of babies born each year
What does the literacy rate show?
a) The number of books printed each yearb) The share of people who attend universityc) The share of people who can read and writed) The share of people who speak two languages
GDP per person is found by dividing a country's GDP by its population.
a) Trueb) False
Which three things are combined in the Human Development Index (HDI)?
a) Army size, wealth and landb) Climate, trade and populationc) Health, education and incomed) Housing, sport and tourism
A country with a high GDP always has a high quality of life for everyone.
a) Trueb) False
Why is HDI often seen as a better measure of development than GDP alone?
a) It ignores how long people liveb) It includes health and education as well as incomec) It is measured in a different currencyd) It only counts the richest people
Which is a physical factor that can make development harder for a country?
a) A large school systemb) Frequent natural disasters such as droughtsc) Good roads and railwaysd) Many trained doctors
How can a lack of access to the sea affect a country's development?
a) It can make trade with other countries harderb) It gives the country more rainfallc) It guarantees good farmlandd) It makes the country's population grow
Is a HDI score of 0.9 high or low?
What is aid?
a) A ban on trading with a countryb) A loan that must be repaid with extrac) A tax paid on goods that cross bordersd) Help such as money, food or skills given to another country
What is the main idea of fair trade?
a) Farmers must sell to one buyer onlyb) Goods are sold as cheaply as possiblec) Only rich countries may traded) Producers are paid a fair price for their goods
Give one benefit of long-term aid, such as building schools, over emergency food aid.
Historical factors, such as past colonial rule, can still affect how countries develop today.
a) Trueb) False
Name one reason poorer countries may stay poor when they only export raw materials.
Which is an example of a country improving its development through education?
a) Building a new airport onlyb) Reducing the number of schoolsc) Selling more raw materials unprocessedd) Training more teachers so more children can read

Answers

The total value of goods and services a country produces
The average number of years a person is expected to live
The share of people who can read and write
True
Health, education and income
False
It includes health and education as well as income
Frequent natural disasters such as droughts
It can make trade with other countries harder
High (the scale runs from 0 to 1)
Help such as money, food or skills given to another country
Producers are paid a fair price for their goods
It helps a country improve by itself over time
True
Raw materials sell for low prices; processed goods earn more
Training more teachers so more children can read