Lesson Y9-U01-L06

Y9-U01-L06 Winners and Losers of Globalisation Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 13

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The 20 questions

  1. What does GDP stand for?

    • Gross Domestic Product
    • Gross Divided Population
    • General Development Policy
    • Global Debt Payment

  2. What is GDP per person?

    • The value of goods and services a country makes in a year, shared out per person on average
    • The total number of people living in a country
    • The price of the cheapest product sold in a country, measured in each region's main shopping centres
    • The amount of money a government borrows each year

  3. What does the Human Development Index (HDI) measure?

    • The amount of rainfall in a typical year
    • Health, education and income, combined into a score from 0 to 1
    • The number of cars on the roads each year, counted in each district and then added to the national total
    • Only the height of the land above sea level

  4. Which of these is a development gap?

    • The gap between a bus stop and the school gate
    • The gap between two football teams in a league table, measured by points and goals scored each season
    • The gap between two symbols in a map legend
    • The gap in wealth and wellbeing between richer and poorer countries

  5. GDP per person in 2023 (US$): USA 80,000; China 12,600; India 2,500; Nigeria 1,600. Which country had the highest?

    • India, at US$2,500
    • China, at US$12,600
    • USA, at US$80,000
    • Nigeria, at US$1,600

  6. GDP per person in 2023 (US$): USA 80,000; China 12,600; India 2,500; Nigeria 1,600. Which country had the lowest?

    • USA
    • India
    • China
    • Nigeria

  7. GDP per person (US$): the USA has 80,000 and India has 2,500. How many times higher is the USA's figure?

    • 8 times
    • 100 times
    • 50 times
    • 32 times

  8. GDP per person (US$): the USA has 80,000 and Nigeria has 1,600. How many times higher is the USA's figure?

    • 25 times
    • 50 times
    • 40 times
    • 80 times

  9. GDP per person (US$): China has 12,600 and India has 2,500. Roughly how many times higher is China's figure?

    • About 5 times
    • About 10 times
    • About 2 times
    • About 20 times

  10. China's HDI rose from about 0.48 in 1990 to about 0.79. By how much did the score rise?

    • 0.41
    • 0.31
    • 0.27
    • 0.21

  11. What does a higher HDI score mean for a country?

    • A lower average temperature across the year
    • A greater number of cars for each person
    • Better overall health, education and income
    • More people living in the same amount of space

  12. Which of these is a winner from globalisation?

    • A farmer who cannot compete with cheap imports
    • A factory worker on a low wage in Bangladesh
    • A UK worker whose factory moved abroad
    • A skilled software engineer in Bengaluru

  13. Which of these is a loser from globalisation?

    • A skilled software engineer in Bengaluru
    • A company headquartered in a rich country
    • A UK worker whose factory moved abroad
    • A TNC shareholder in New York

  14. Why might a factory in a richer country close as part of globalisation?

    • Globalisation stops all trade between rich countries
    • Workers in richer countries are banned from having jobs
    • Factories may only operate in the country where they were founded
    • Production moves to cheaper countries where labour costs less

  15. Why do profits from TNCs often flow back to rich-country headquarters?

    • Headquarters are usually in rich countries and receive most of the profits
    • Profits must be stored in the country where they were first earned
    • Local people in poorer countries refuse to accept any money
    • Profits are always spent on local schools before leaving the country

  16. Why can a high average GDP per person still hide poverty?

    • It counts only the money earned by the government
    • It is an average, which can hide a very unequal spread of wealth
    • It includes only the income of people on the richest street
    • It ignores all goods and services a country produces

  17. Equatorial Guinea has a high GDP per person, yet most people stay poor. What best explains this?

    • Everyone in the country earns exactly the same income
    • Oil wealth is not shared with most of the people
    • The country has no natural resources at all
    • The country has no trade with any other country

  18. Which statement best judges whether globalisation has made the world fairer or more unequal?

    • It has no effect on fairness at all, because globalisation is really only about transport, ships and cargo at sea
    • It has made the world entirely more unequal, with no benefits at all
    • It has made the world entirely fair, with no losers anywhere
    • It has lifted many people out of poverty, but profits and wealth remain unevenly shared, so the answer is mixed

  19. Which fact best supports the claim that globalisation has helped poorer countries?

    • Asian manufacturing hubs have lifted millions out of poverty, with rising exports and jobs
    • Profits from every factory are sent to the poorest country
    • Rich-country TNCs have closed all factories in the poorest places, leaving local workers with no jobs at all
    • Wages in every industry have fallen to zero worldwide

  20. Which is the best counter-argument to the claim that globalisation makes the world fairer?

    • Globalisation has spread technology across many countries quickly
    • Globalisation has created new jobs in Asia and new skills for workers
    • Globalisation has brought cheaper goods to every shop in the world
    • Profits often flow back to rich-country TNCs, and the development gap remains wide

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