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1
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What is the second world?

A

Communist/ USSR allies

2
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What is the third world?

A

Pretty much everyone else

3
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Who created HDI and what does it stand for?

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Created by the UN to rank countries- stands for Human Development Index

4
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What is the country with the highest HDI in the world?

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Norway (at .94)

5
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What is the country with the lowest HDI?

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (.340)

6
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Where are the highest HDIs usually found?

A

In Western Europe, North America, and Australia

7
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How many of the 32 lowest ranking countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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30 out of the 32 lowest countries

8
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What are the 3 ways in which HDI is measured?

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GDP (gross domestic product), literacy rate and amount of education, and life expectancy

9
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What is the first world?

A

Western-style democracies/ US allies

10
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What is the GDP?

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The total output of a country’s goods and services in one year

11
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What do developed countries typically devote their resources to?

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Schools, hospitals, welfare services, and infrastructure

12
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What does a well-educated and healthy population do to a country’s economy?

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The country is more economically productive and has a better standard of living

13
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Where are the highest literacy rates?

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Western Europe + Taiwan + Singapore

14
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Where are the lowest literacy rates?

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Sub-Saharan Africa, Afganistan

15
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What is the country with the highest life expectancy?

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Monaco- 90 years

16
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What is the country with the lowest life expectancy?

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Chad- 48 years

17
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What is the Brandt Line (1980)?

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It’s a fictional line separating more developed, wealthy northern countries and poorer, less developed countries in the south. States that rich countries should help the poor though equal trade and investment.

18
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What countries have begun to defy the Brandt Line?

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Most of South America, China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, etc

19
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What is the primary sector of the economy?

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Raw materials (mining, forestry, agriculture, etc). Common in LDCs- labor intensive but not very economically productive.

20
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What is the secondary sector of the economy?

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Processing and manufacturing (the transformation of raw materials). Developing countries + some MDCs. Ex: China, India, Mexico, etc.

21
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What is the tertiary sector of the economy?

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Services (sales, stores, banking, restaurants, etc). These jobs require some training but not higher education. MDCs- Ex: US, EU, Japan.

22
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What is the quaternary sector of the economy?

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Highly educated workforce (Doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, etc). MDCs/ late stage 3, stages 4 +5

23
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What is the quinary sector of the economy?

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Top level executives/ CEOs and government officials