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Geographies of Wellbeing

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