Lesson Y7-U05-L05

Y7-U05-L05 Reading Development Data Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 5

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U05-L05, Reading Development Data: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 5: Year 7: Africa: A Continent of Diversity, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does 'development' mean?

    • How far a country is from the Equator
    • How wealthy and comfortable life is for people in a country
    • The number of trees planted in a country each year
    • The total number of languages a country has

  2. What is an indicator?

    • A map symbol for a river or lake, used to show the water on a map
    • A piece of data used to measure something, such as development
    • A type of rock formed by volcanoes, cooled quickly from hot molten lava
    • A government office that counts the people, based in the capital city

  3. What does GDP per person measure?

    • The total area of a country in square kilometres
    • How much money each person has on average
    • How long people are expected to live
    • The number of schools in a country

  4. What does life expectancy measure?

    • How many tourists visit each year
    • How many children each family has
    • How long people are expected to live
    • How much money each person earns

  5. What is the lowest possible HDI score?

    • 1
    • 0
    • 100
    • 10

  6. Does a higher HDI mean a more or less developed country?

    • Less developed
    • More developed
    • Neither, because HDI does not measure development
    • The same as a lower HDI

  7. Which three things does HDI combine?

    • Wealth, health and schooling
    • Population, area and distance
    • Rivers, mountains and deserts
    • Rainfall, temperature and wind

  8. Why do geographers use more than one indicator, not just money?

    • Money alone misses health and education, so the picture is incomplete
    • Money is always the most accurate measure of everything a country does each year
    • Indicators are only used for rivers and mountains, not for people or their lives
    • Using several indicators makes the numbers smaller, so they are easier to read

  9. Egypt has a life expectancy of 72 years and Niger 62 years. Which country has the higher life expectancy?

    • They are equal
    • Egypt, with 72 years
    • Niger, with 62 years
    • Neither, because the numbers are not comparable

  10. Rank these by HDI, highest first: Kenya 0.60, Norway 0.97, Niger 0.39. Which is in first place?

    • Norway, with 0.97
    • Niger, with 0.39
    • They are all equal
    • Kenya, with 0.60

  11. Rank these by HDI, highest first: Kenya 0.60, Norway 0.97, Niger 0.39. Which is in last place?

    • Niger, with 0.39
    • Norway, with 0.97
    • Kenya, with 0.60
    • They are all equal

  12. Using the table of life expectancy, Niger 62, Egypt 72, Kenya 67, what is the correct order from highest to lowest?

    • Kenya, Egypt, Niger
    • Niger, Kenya, Egypt
    • Egypt, Niger, Kenya
    • Egypt, Kenya, Niger

  13. Using GDP per person in dollars, South Africa 6000, Egypt 4300, Kenya 2100, Niger 600, which country is the least wealthy by this indicator?

    • Niger
    • Kenya
    • South Africa
    • Egypt

  14. On a bar graph of development data, where do you read a country's value?

    • At the very top of the chart, above the title
    • In the name of the country only
    • In the colour of the bar itself
    • At the end of the bar, against the scale

  15. GDP per person for South Africa is 6000 dollars and for Niger is 600 dollars. Roughly how many times more is South Africa's?

    • About 5 times
    • About 2 times
    • About 100 times
    • About 10 times

  16. Why might GDP per person alone not show the whole picture of development?

    • It does not measure health, schooling or how money is shared out
    • It measures only the weather in a country, from its rainfall to its wind speeds
    • It is always the same for every country, so it cannot tell countries apart at all
    • It counts every river in the country, from the smallest stream to the largest

  17. Explain why HDI is often seen as fairer than GDP per person on its own.

    • It counts the number of tourists who visit each year, from every country in the world
    • It ignores all data except rainfall, which is measured at a few weather stations
    • It combines wealth, health and schooling, so it gives a broader view
    • It only measures the money a country spends on tourism and its holiday resorts

  18. Two countries have the same GDP per person. Why might their quality of life still differ?

    • Their rivers flow in the same direction, towards the same ocean at the mouth
    • Their GDP per person is always measured in the same units, so it cannot differ
    • Their health care, schools and life expectancy can still be very different
    • Their populations are always identical, so the countries cannot be compared at all

  19. Which card sort clue belongs under 'life expectancy (health)'?

    • Average income of $4300 per person
    • Total money shared per person
    • People live to about 67 years
    • A score of 0.60 out of 1

  20. Which indicator combines wealth, health and schooling into one score out of 1?

    • Life expectancy
    • GDP per person
    • HDI
    • Average rainfall

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