World Geo Development Practice Test

The UN's Human Development Index (HDI) is calculated using which three factors?

• a decent standard of living, access to knowledge, and a long and healthy life.

• crude birth rates, crude death rates and the percentage of women in the workforce.

• life expectancy, percentage of population under 15 and the availability of clean drinking water.

• doctor/patient ratio, infant mortality rates and good governance.

Which of the following regions has the lowest HDI?

• East Asia

• Europe

• North America

• Sub-Saharan Africa

The United Nations measures the average income in countries through a complex index called

• gross domestic product.

• gross national income per capita at purchasing power parity.

• gross national income at HDI.

• annual gross national product at average income.

Agriculture is part of what economic sector?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quarternary

The United Nations considers ________ to be the most critical measure of the ability of an individual to gain access to the knowledge needed for development.

• Years of schooling

• Quality of teacher instruction

• Family income

• Job availability

Which world region (or area) has the highest overall life expectancy?

• North America

• Japan and South Korea

• Latin America

• Sub-Saharan Africa

Perfect equality, as measured by the United Nations, is when the

• HDI is more than the IHDI

• IHDI is more than the HDI

• HDI and IHDI are the same

• IHDI is zero

The areas of the highest inequality are found in

• Europe

• Canada and the United States

• Africa and South Asia

• South America

The United Nations measurement of a country's Gender Inequality Index (GII) combines measures of

• reproductive health, empowerment and the labor market.

• reproductive health, education and empowerment.

• education, employment and the fertility rate, upward mobility

• education, salary and reproductive health

Which continent has the highest maternal mortality rates?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• North America