Lesson Y8-U03-L08

Y8-U03-L08 Closing the Gap: Aid, Trade and Investment Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 9

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The 20 questions

  1. Name the three strategies that help a country develop.

    • Tariffs, trade and debt
    • Aid, trade and investment
    • Aid, tourism and taxes
    • Investment, migration and aid

  2. What is aid?

    • Help given to a country, such as money, food or skills
    • A fee paid to join a trading group of countries
    • Goods a country sells abroad at a fixed price
    • Loans that a bank has decided never to collect

  3. What does 'trade' mean?

    • Putting money into a company to build a factory
    • Giving money to a country as a gift only
    • Buying and selling goods and services between countries
    • Taxing goods that come in from abroad

  4. What is investment?

    • Putting money into a place to build things and make money back
    • Giving food to people after a disaster, with no expectation of repayment
    • Taxing goods that come in from abroad to protect local industries
    • Selling raw materials to other countries at the world price each year

  5. What is a tariff?

    • A tax added to goods coming in from abroad, making them cost more
    • A fee paid for visiting a national park, collected at the entrance gate
    • A gift of money from one government to another, given with no conditions
    • A loan that must be repaid with interest over a set number of years

  6. What is emergency aid?

    • Long-term training that builds schools over many years
    • Fast, short-term help given right after a disaster
    • Investment in roads that earns profit
    • Trade deals signed to last for a decade

  7. What does 'sustainable' mean?

    • Able to be moved easily between countries, with little cost to the buyer
    • Able to be built in a single year, with a small team of local workers
    • Able to be sold at a very high price in the markets of rich countries
    • Able to keep going for a long time without running out or causing harm

  8. Why does processing cocoa into chocolate usually earn a country more money?

    • Raw cocoa beans are always sold at a higher price than chocolate
    • Processing makes cocoa lighter, so less money is paid for each tonne
    • Processing adds value, so the finished product sells for more per tonne
    • Finished chocolate sells for less because it is made from low-grade cocoa

  9. Food parcels are sent after an earthquake. Which type of aid is this?

    • Trade
    • Investment
    • Long-term aid
    • Emergency aid

  10. A 10-year project trains teachers in a country. Which type of aid is this?

    • Long-term aid
    • Emergency aid
    • Trade
    • A tariff

  11. A country exports T-shirts made from cotton instead of exporting raw cotton. Why does it earn more?

    • T-shirts are always given away as aid, so they earn no income at all
    • T-shirts weigh less, so they are cheaper to ship and sell abroad
    • Finished goods add value, so the country earns more income per tonne
    • Raw cotton is illegal to export from most countries in the world

  12. A foreign firm builds a new port. Which strategy is this?

    • Aid
    • Investment
    • Emergency aid
    • A tariff

  13. A country sells coffee to buyers in Europe. Which strategy is this?

    • Trade
    • Emergency aid
    • Aid
    • Investment

  14. Doctors are sent to train local nurses. Which strategy is this?

    • Trade
    • A tariff
    • Aid
    • Investment

  15. Why is relying only on aid risky for a country?

    • Aid can only be given after a war has finished, so it arrives too late
    • Aid can run out, and it can create dependence on outside help
    • Aid always costs more than trade in every case, so it is a poor choice
    • Aid is illegal in most countries, so governments cannot accept it at all

  16. A foreign factory creates jobs, but most of its profits are sent abroad. What does this show?

    • An example of emergency aid
    • Clear proof that investment never helps a country
    • A reason to ban every foreign firm
    • An uneven benefit of investment

  17. Evaluate: 'Aid does more harm than good.' Use one example.

    • Fully: aid is only ever given for political reasons, so it never helps the poor
    • Partly: aid saves lives in emergencies, but poorly designed aid can create dependence
    • Not at all: aid has never caused any problems, and its effects are always positive
    • Fully: aid always harms the country that receives it, leaving it worse off than before

  18. Assess why fair trade deals might help a country more than a one-off gift of aid.

    • A gift always lasts forever, while trade ends after one year of contracted supply
    • A one-off gift is always worth more than trade income over the long run for a country
    • Trade earns ongoing income that the country controls, while a gift ends once it is spent
    • Trade deals never earn any money for the country, so they bring it nothing at all

  19. Why might investment alone not close the development gap?

    • Investment earns nothing, so it cannot help at all
    • Profits may leave the country, and jobs may depend on the firm staying
    • Investment is only used to build schools and nothing else
    • Investment always reduces the number of jobs in a country

  20. Which statement best explains why processing raises a country's income?

    • Each processing step adds value, so the same tonne of goods sells for more
    • Processing moves goods to another country for free, so no money is earned
    • Processing makes raw materials cheaper to sell abroad, so the price falls
    • Processing removes all value, so the income of the country falls sharply

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