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Select the correct answer to these questions about Economic Development & Growth. This quiz is designed to help you revise for exam questions on this topic.

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Economic Development & Growth

Economic Development & Growth

Questão 1 de 8

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What is economic development?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • An increase in output per person

  • An increase in output per person, accompanied by a fundamental change in the structure of society

  • An increase in the investment in the economy from one year to the next

Explicação

Questão 2 de 8

1

A Less Developed Country generally starts out as what kind of society?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A Traditional Society

  • A Productive Society

  • A High Society

Explicação

Questão 3 de 8

1

Which of the stages of economic growth does the following scenario describe?

Obstacles to progress are removed and the population of urban areas increase

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The Preconditions for Take-Off

  • The Take-Off

  • The Drive to Maturity

Explicação

Questão 4 de 8

1

Select the characteristic of a less developed country from the below list:

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • There's a large level of substitute goods in the market

  • Most of the population live by the coast

  • There's a high dependence on one crop

Explicação

Questão 5 de 8

1

Why does low levels of adult literacy hold an LDC back from development?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Road signs cannot be constructed as people couldn't understand them - this means roads can't be built

  • Booksellers face a very low level of demand and are forced out of business

  • New technologies cannot be read about and taken advantage of

Explicação

Questão 6 de 8

1

What characterises the shanty towns that many living in LDCs live in?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Solar panels on the houses

  • An absence of sewage systems

  • An absence of local government

Explicação

Questão 7 de 8

1

What effect does increasing agricultural output have for an LDC?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • It reduces dependence on outside food aid

  • It gives access to new markets

  • It provides more resources for education

Explicação

Questão 8 de 8

1

What is the most important thing LDC governments should reduce spending on in order to drive growth?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Imports

  • Military

  • Snob Items

Explicação

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