Transcript A True or False Quiz

True or False Quiz
Development
Read the statement that appears and then choose true or false.
True
The UK is the most developed country in the world
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False
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The UK is usually quite high but we still only came
13th out of the 182 countries listed by the United
Nations in 2005.
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The UK does quite well but only came
13th out of the 182 countries listed by
the United Nations in 2005.
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True
Niger is the least developed country in the world
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False
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Niger, which is in North Africa, comes at the bottom
of the rankings whichever method of measurement
you use. It is the poorest and least developed country
in the world.
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Niger, which is in North Africa, comes at the bottom
of the rankings whichever method of measurement
you use. It is the poorest and least developed country
in the world.
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True
A development indicator is used to measure development
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False
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Development indicators are statistics which are
used to rank countries and show differences in
development. Examples are:
• life expectancy
• birth rate
• energy use per person
• telephones per person
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Development indicators are statistics which are
used to rank countries and show differences in
development. Examples are:
• life expectancy
• birth rate
• energy use per person
• telephones per person
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True
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The letters HDI stand for Human Development Index
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False
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The Human Development Index is a mix of
three statistics (wealth, education, life
expectancy) and is used by the United Nations
to compare how developed countries are.
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The Human Development Index (HDI) is a mix
of three statistics (wealth, education, life
expectancy) and is used by the United Nations to
compare how developed countries are.
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True
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Countries grow rapidly if BR is greater than DR
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False
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If Birth Rate (BR) is higher than the Death Rate (DR)
then there will be far more babies born than people
dying and the population will grow rapidly.
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If Birth Rate (BR) is higher than the Death Rate
(DR) then there will be far more babies born than
people dying and the population will grow
rapidly.
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True
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The Sahel region is one of the richest in Africa
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False
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The Sahel region of Africa contains most of the
poorest and least developed countries in the
world. It includes Mali, Niger, Chad and Ethiopia.
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The Sahel region of Africa contains most of the
poorest and least developed countries in the world.
It includes Mali, Niger, Chad and Ethiopia.
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True
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Many poor countries depend on exporting raw materials
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False
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Almost all of the poorest developing countries
depend on exporting raw materials such as tea,
coffee, tin and timber. The price of these products
is relatively low and often falls even lower over
time.
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Almost all of the poorest developing countries
depend on exporting raw materials such as tea,
coffee, tin and timber. The price of these products
is relatively low and often falls even lower over
time.
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True
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The letters GDP stand for General
Development Project
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False
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The letters GDP stand for Gross Domestic
Product and they are a measure of the wealth
created by the country each year.
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The letters GDP stand for Gross Domestic
Product and they are a measure of the wealth
created by the country each year.
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True
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Millions of children die each year due to diarrhoea
False
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Sadly, millions of children in the poorest
countries die from simple illnesses and diseases
that can be easily prevented or cured in countries
such as the UK.
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Sadly, millions of children in the poorest countries
die from simple illnesses and diseases that can be
easily prevented or cured in countries such as the
UK.
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True
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Workers picking tea in Kenya earn about £1 per day
False
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Even after working for 8 hours
in the fields doing back
breaking work, the labourers on
the tea plantations earn very
little. One of the ways of
improving this situation is for
people in the UK and other rich
countries to buy more Fairtrade
products.
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SORRY! That is the wrong answer…..
Even after working for 8 hours
in the fields doing back
breaking work, the labourers on
the tea plantations earn very
little. One of the ways of
improving this situation is for
people in the UK and other rich
countries to buy more Fairtrade
products.
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True or False Quiz
Development
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