APHG Development

The Brandt Line might best relate to which of the following ideas?

• Rostow's Ladder
• Location of Alpha World Cities
• Divisions in First and Second World States
• Wallerstein's Core-Periphery Model

Which of the following might be considered a semi-periphery country?

• The United States of America
• Lesotho
• Russia
• France

Which of the following is not a stage on Rostow's Ladder.

• Takeoff
• Drive to Maturity
• High Mass Maturity
• Traditional

• Tertiary Sector
• Secondary Sector
• Primary Sector
• Quaternary Sector

The U.N. measure of development known as the Human Development Index (HDI), focuses on which four factors?

• Poverty Rates, Life Expectancy, Literacy Rates, and Healthcare
• Income, Life Expectancy, Literacy Rates, and Healthcare
• Income, Life Expectancy, Literacy Rates,  and Education
• Poverty Rates, Education, Healthcare, and GNI per capita

Which might best reflect average income of a person in a country?

• GDP per capita
• GNP per capita
• GNI per capita
• HDI per capita

• Primary Sector
• Tertiary Sector
• Secondary Sector
• Quaternary Sector

• Primary Sector
• Quinary Sector
• Secondary Sector
• Tertiary Sector

GDI is generally higher in Western Europe and lower in Sub-Saharan Africa. It stands for

• Gross Domestic Income
• Global Defense Initiative 
• Global Domestic Income
• Gender Development Index

What are the top three energy sources used in the world today?

• Oil, Natural Gas, and Solar
• Oil, Coal, and Hydroelectric
• Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas
• Oil, Coal, and Nuclear