APHG 7.4 and 7.8

Which of the following development schools of thought advocates the best strategies for development are the use of micro loans for women and the poor, small-scale community based projects, and resource conservation?

• A) Appropriation.

• B) Dependency.

• C) Modernization.

• D) Sustainable development

Ecotourism is most closely associated with which of the following development theories?

• A) Appropriation.

• B) Dependency.

• C) Neoliberal Counterrevolution.

• D) Sustainable development

Which of the following best describes the objective of ecotourism?

• A) Transform and exploit the natural beauty of an area into a tourist destination.

• B) Create an environmentally-friendly tourist destination in an attempt to maintain the unique qualities of the region

• C) Create a small-scale representation of an environment to replace the previous environment which existed prior to tourism.

• D) Develop the economy of an area with tourist attractions.

Which of the following best describes the Kuznet’s curve related to development and pollution?

• As a country’s economy develops pollution levels increase.

• As a country’s economy industrializes, pollution will increase but as the population gets wealthier pollution will eventually decline

• Initially economic development leads to a decline in pollution levels but as a country

  becomes wealthier pollution increases.

• The transformation from an industrial society to an agricultural society leads to pollution decline.

Acid rain most impacts which of the following regions?

• Europe

• Antarctica.

• Australia.

• South America.

All of the following are negative impacts of acid rain except

• loss of aquatic life.

• destruction of the ozone layer

• damage soil microorganisms.

• reduction of food crop yields.

The gender empowerment index (GEM) attempts to measure the influence of women in a society by indexing woman’s income, participation in labor force, professional jobs and political influence. Which of the following regions scored the lowest on the GEM index in 2002?

• North America.

• Eastern Europe.

• Middle East

• East Asia.

The Gender Development Index (GDI) is the highest for women in

• Japan

• United States

• Scandinavia

• Canada

Development that doesn’t take away from future generations’ ability to provide for themselves is called

• equitable development

• sustainable development

• self-sufficiency

• marginalized development