IBGP.3.1 Defining & Measuring Development Quiz

A sustained increase in the standard of living and well-being of a level of social organization.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• positive freedom

• development

• relative poverty

Total value of all the goods and services produced in an economy, a measure of national income is _____________.

• Absolute Poverty

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Purchasing

  Power Parity (PPP)

• Human Development Index (HDI)

Positive freedom would BEST identify with gaining

• financial wealth

• opportunity

• knowledge

• resources

The ‘international dollar,’ that takes account of the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of different countries, is sometimes used to identify the

• Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

• Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)

• Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI)

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Which is NOT applied to the Happy Planet Index (HPI)?

• Life Expectancy

• Per Capita Income

• Inequality of outcomes

• Ecological Footprint

Theory that there is a single, linear path to development, reflected in the transformation of western countries from traditional, pre-industrial, agrarian societies to industrial and mass consumption ones.

• Modernization Theory

• Marxism

• North-South Divide

• Sustainable Development

Check all that would apply to the Alternative View of poverty and development.

• Promotes economic growth and free markets

• Humanistic view of poverty that emphasizes opportunity, freedom and

  empowerment.

• Ecological balance, sustainability and conservation of the ‘global commons’

  (water, land, air, forest).

• Social and cultural inclusion through respect for cultural diversity and the

  interests of marginalized groups such as women and indigenous groups.

When analyzing development, a realist would be most aligned with which economic philosophy?

• Promote free trade and globalization

• Mercantilism/ Protectionism

• Marxist-Socialism

• Kleptocracy

Physical, mental, and social health, and the opportunities they have to create meaningful futures are people's ____________.

• wealth.

• well-beings.

• sustainable development

• freedoms.

__________ measures wealth using countries' natural, manufactured, human and social capital.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Happy Planet Index (HPI)

• Human Development Index (HDI)

• Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI)