TTO 3 - Quiz rich and poor + globalisation

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TTO 3 - Quiz rich and poor

The HDI (Human Development Index) shows how well a country is doing. It DOESN´T measure... ?

1. Education
2. Health
3. Availability of water
4. How much you can buy for your income

Look at the map. Which term can be a title for this map?

1. Population density
2. GDP per person
3. Life expectancy
4. Literacy rate

Look at the following jobs. To which sector do they belong? 

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Postmen

Bus driver

Farmer

Fishermen

Baker

Website maker

Construction worker

The infant mortality rate the highest in ...

1. MEDCs
2. LEDCs
3. NICs

What is NOT a disadvantage of the use of the GDP per capita?

1. Regional disparities are not visible
2. It doesn't show the income from the informal sector
3. It doesn't take the size of the population into account
4. It doesn't show how the wealth is divided over the population

I earn less than $1,25 per day. This is ...

1. absolute poverty
2. relative poverty
3. the poverty trap

As countries develop, the .......... rate rises, as a result of .............

1. urbanisation rural-urban migration
2. urbanisation emigration
3. suburbanisation immigration
4. suburbanisation emigration

This number shows how much people can buy for their money

1. GDP per person
2. GDP
3. Purchasing power
4. HDI

Because of globalisation the American culture has more influence all over the world. This is........

1. Cultural homogenisation
2. Cultural heterogenisation

Which answer describes cultural heterogenisation?

1. We now eat Indian, Italian and Mexican food here in The Netherlands.
2. You can also eat 'kroket' and 'bitterballen' in Spain.
3. There are Macdonalds all around the world

Causes for globalisation

Read the sentence below. Finish it by putting the correct words in the empty spots. 

As a result of improved ............................................................, the ............................................................ between places are shrinking. Even though the ....................................................................

between Amsterdam and New York is still nearly 6000 km, it takes much less time nowadays. 

This process is called .............................................................................

globalisation

relative distance

transportation technology

absolute distance

interconnectedness

time-space convergence

Which improvement in the transportation technology made trade between countries much easier?

1. Invention of the aeroplane
2. Containerisation
3. Invention of the internet

Make the correct combinations between term and description/picture. 

Mainport

Hinterland

Intermodal transport