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Chapter 30 - The World Community - Outline Questions – p. 404
A. DEFINITIONS Define the following
Terms
1) global village
2) GDP per capita
3) developed country
4) newly industrializing
country
5) developing country
B. MULTIPLE
CHOICE
6) Developed
countries are
characterized by
A) low infant mortality
and low electrical
power capacity.
B) high infant mortality
and a low number of
workers in agriculture.
C) small population
under 15 years of age
and low literacy rate.
D) high GDP per
capita and a large
population under 15
years of age.
E) high literacy rate
and high GDP per
capita.
7) Maps that reflect
Canada's history for
most of the last 300
years have been
centred on
A) Hudson Bay.
B) the Atlantic Ocean.
C) Ottawa.
D) the Pacific Ocean.
E) the Arctic Ocean.
8) What do you call
the the length of time
that a newborn baby
can expect to live?
A) death expectancy
B) life expectancy
C) natural increase
D) dependency level
E) none of the above
9) What do you call
the percentage of a
population that can
read and write?
A) school achievement
rate
B) literacy rate
C) education potential
D) achievement level
E) education
achievement rate
10) What type of
industry dominates
developing countries'
economies?
A) secondary
industries, in
particular, shipbuilding
B) primary industries,
in particular agriculture
C) tertiary industries
D) primary industries,
in particular forestry
E) manufacturing
industries
11) What countries
make up the "Four
Dragons"?
A) Taiwan, South
Korea, Hong Kong,
and Singapore
B) Brazil, Taiwan,
Philippines, and North
Korea
C) Malaysia, South
Korea, Chile, and
Taiwan
D) Brazil, Chile, China,
and Thailand
E) North Korea, China,
Singapore, and Hong
Kong
12) Developing
countries are
characterized by
A) low levels of
education and fastgrowing populations.
B) primary industries
and slow-growing
populations.
C) citizens that earn
little cash income and
pay high taxes.
D) low taxes and high
levels of education.
E) fast-growing
populations and a
highly developed
service sector.
13) Which countries
are considered newly
industrializing?
A) Brazil, Mexico,
India, and Philippines
B) Japan, India,
Indonesia, and
Sweden
C) Italy, US, Egypt,
and Iran
D) Libya, Turkey,
Canada, and Australia
E) Venezuela,
Germany, UK, and
South Africa
14) Which countries
have long life
expectancies?
A) Iran, Kenya, PapuaNew Guinea
B) Congo, Zimbabwe,
and Brazil
C) Singapore,
Australia, and Japan
D) Thailand,
Bangladesh, and Iran
E) China, Nigeria, and
Chile
15) Developed
countries have
A) economies largely
based on
manufacturing.
B) low literacy rates.
C) low levels of health
care.
D) high population
growth rates.
E) low numbers of
people per doctor.
C. SHORT ANSWER
16) The term
__________ refers to
the idea that the world
is becoming like one
large village because
of improvements in
communication
technology.
17) The __________
measures the total
value of the goods and
services that a country
produces per person in
one year.
18) Countries in which
the citizens have high
incomes, abundant
food, good housing,
and many luxuries are
called __________
countries.
19) Countries with
poorly developed
economies in which
citizens have low
incomes, shortages of
food, and poor housing
are called __________
countries.
20) Countries in the
transition stage
between developing
and developed are
called __________ .
21) Life expectancy
measures the average
__________ of a
country's people.
22) Generally
speaking, people in
tropical regions need
__________ food
energy than those in
colder climates.
23) The percentage of
a population that can
read and write is called
the ________ rate.
24) One way to
measure the quality of
the __________
system is to calculate
how many people
each doctor must look
after.
25) "Food, money,
and products are given
by rich countries to
poorer countries."
This is known as
__________ .
26) The economies of
developed economies
are based increasingly
on the __________
sector.
27) Most African
countries are
__________ countries.
28) A __________
country has a small
population growth rate
and a high literacy
rate.
29) Most of the
world's countries
belong to the group of
countries known as
__________ countries.
30) A country with a
low life expectancy
and a large number of
people per doctor is
considered a
__________ country.
31) Developed
countries contain
about __________ %
of the world's
population, but use
most of the world's
resources.
32) For most of
Canada's history,
settlers came from
__________ countries.
33) There is no clear
agreement about what
a country is. A
commonly used way of
identifying the world's
countries is to consider
the membership in the
__________ .
34) The life
expectancy is different
in Japan, Mexico,
Brazil, the US, and
Zimbabwe. Of these
countries, __________
has the longest life
expectancy.
35) Most immigrants
to Canada currently
come from
__________ countries.