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Geographies of Wellbeing

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  • Adult literacy rate means...
    Number of children that attend school
    Percentage of adults that can read and write
    Percentage of adults that can do simple maths
  • There are how many continents?
    6
    5
    7
  • Which country has the lowest Human Development Index
    Burkina Faso
    Congo
    Central African Republic
    Niger
  • Cambodia is located in
    Asia
    South-East Asia
    Middle-East
  • What does the tapered top of the pyramid shows?
    High birth rates
    High working population
    High death rates
    Medium birth rates
  • HDI stands for...
    Huge Development Index
    Human Death Indicator
    Human Development Index
  • Life expectancy means...
    The number of years before a child must attend school
    The number of years a child is expected to live from birth
    How old parents must be before they have a child
  • Pyramids like this are indicative of LEDCs
    TRUE
    FALSE
  • What does the wide base of this population pyramid means?
    Medium birth rate
    High death rate
    High birth rate
    High amount of working people
  • Uruguay is part of South America?
    True
    False
  • Which country inspired the world happiness report?
    Vietnam
    Bhutan
    Singapore
    Phuket
  • Global disparities exist because of...
    Historical reasons
    Economic reasons
    All of the above
    Political reasons
  • Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Central African Republic are the 5 lowest-income...
    False
    True
  • Norway, Switzerland, USA, Japan, and Denmark at the 5 highest-income countries of the world...
    True
    False
  • America has a high poverty rate...
    False
    True
  • Rectangular shaped pyramids like this one are indicative of more economically developed countries
    FALSE
    TRUE
  • Which country has the highest Human Development Index
    Norway
    Switzerland
    Australia
    Denmark
  • We measure poverty because...
    It gives us an understanding of global human wellbeing
    All of the above
    Tells us how the rest of the world lives
    Allows us to identify and target problem areas
  • What does standard of living means?
    The standard in which we live
    Measure of wealth, access, wellbeing, development, health
    Measurement of how good or bad life is
  • Australia is considered a
    All of the above
    continent
    island
    country
  • South America is a continent?
    False
    True