Question 1

Which of the following is not a Fair Trade requirement?

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A)  protected by high environmental and safety standards 
B)  permitted to organize a union 
C)  paid fair wages 
D)  housing needs to be provided by employer 
E)  have the right to collective bargaining

Question 2

Southern Mexican coffee producers have taken advantage of Fair Trade opportunities and combined this with organic certification that demands a higher price.Non-organic coffee is a commodity and experiences significant price fluctuations because of the global market.The small producers form alliances,known as "colectivos" in Spanish,for more bargaining power.Describe how these actions provide long-term benefit for the small Mexican producers.

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Question 3

What is fair trade and what does it hope to achieve?

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Question 4

Which of the following is true of the international trade approach to development?

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A)  A country can develop by concentrating scarce resources on expansion of its distinctive local industries. 
B)  Belonging to international organizations is the overriding principle for the country. 
C)  Good governance is considered the principal mode of operation. 
D)  Businesses pay no taxes so they can export to bring in foreign exchange. 
E)  Businesses are not allowed to locate in some areas, in order to allow those areas to provide labor for industries.

Question 5

Figure 9.8.4 
-Which of the following countries has the highest debt as a percentage of GNI?

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A)  United States 
B)  Canada 
C)  Russia 
D)  China 
E)  Australia

Question 6

Figure 9.4.5
 
-Which of the following regions spends more money on health care per capita?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sub-Saharan Africa 
B)  South Asia 
C)  Southeast Asia 
D)  Southwest Asia 
E)  Latin America

Question 7

India implemented a self-sufficiency model after they gained independence from the UK.In the 1990s they switched to an International trade model that resulting in

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A)  a remarkably unresponsive economy. 
B)  an improved competitiveness and quality of Indian products. 
C)  higher tariffs on imported products. 
D)  a lowering of the GDP per capita. 
E)  a proliferation of monopolies.

Question 8

Figure 9.5.5 
-Looking at Figure 9.5.5,which of the following countries has the lowest female high school graduation rates?

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A)  Mexico 
B)  India 
C)  China 
D)  Chile 
E)  Russia

Question 9

(Figure 9.10.2 in the text) clearly shows

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A)  the life expectancy gap between developed and developing countries is relatively unchanging between 1952 and 2012. 
B)  the life expectancy gap between developed and developing countries is narrowing between 1952 and 2012. 
C)  the life expectancy gap between developed and developing countries is widening between 1952 and 2012. 
D)  the life expectancy gap in 1930 must have been much wider. 
E)  that the graph is wrong because some people clearly live more than 80 years.

Question 10

Why does the map in 9.1.3 show South America to be a developing area,yet Chile and Argentina are considered developed countries?

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A)  Chile and Argentina are barely ranked as developed. 
B)  In terms of global rankings, South America as a whole compared to other defined regions is considered developing. Each region may have a few countries that have very different HDI rankings. 
C)  Map 9.1.2 data was collected 10 years earlier. 
D)  It gives evidence that the ranking system is not very consistent. 
E)  Map 9.1.2 used a different HDI ranking methodology as compared to Map 9.1.3.

Question 11

To promote development,poor countries typically follow one of two models.Briefly describe them.

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Question 12

What is the rationale for the IMF and World Bank to provide loans to developing countries?

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A)  They will receive higher interest rates in return because of the higher risk. 
B)  They will enable new infrastructure that will lead more domestic and foreign businesses to open and expand. 
C)  for purely humanitarian reasons 
D)  They are chartered to loan to high risk countries, knowing that many of the financed projects will fail. 
E)  The huge growth potential will insure high returns.

Question 13

The United Nations measures the average income in countries through a complex index called

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A)  gross domestic product. 
B)  annual gross national income per capita at purchasing power parity. 
C)  gross national income at HDI. 
D)  annual gross national product at average income. 
E)  development index at purchasing power parity.

Question 14

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die giving birth per ________ births

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A)  1000 
B)  10,000 
C)  100,000 
D)  1,000,000 
E)  None of the answer choices is correct.

Question 15

Discuss the role of access to health care in development.

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Question 16

Figure 9.1.2 
-Looking at Figure 9.1.2,which of the following countries has the highest HDI?

Accepted Answer

A)  India 
B)  China 
C)  Saudi Arabia 
D)  South Africa 
E)  Madagascar

Question 17

The UN computes the Human Development Index (HDI)by considering these three main factors.

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A)  a decent standard of living, a long and healthy life, access to knowledge 
B)  a decent standard of living, number of children, level of education 
C)  level of education, income, and access to medical 
D)  level of education, access to entertainment, a long and healthy life 
E)  happiness, education, health

Question 18

Which of the following regions has seen the most improvements in its HDI since 1980?

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A)  East Asia 
B)  South Asia 
C)  Southeast Asia 
D)  Sub Sahara Africa 
E)  Latin America

Question 19

Figure 9.1.2 
-Looking at Figure 9.1.2,which of the following countries has the highest HDI?

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A)  India 
B)  China 
C)  Russia 
D)  Spain 
E)  Brazil

Question 20

Which of the following countries has not joined the WTO?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia 
B)  China 
C)  United States 
D)  Canada 
E)  Germany

Exam 9: Development