Development and Resource Issues overview quiz - WJEC GCSE Geography quiz

Only the size of a country's population

The progress a country makes in wealth and quality of life

The number of cities in a country

The amount of farmland a country has

Life expectancy

Literacy rate

GNI per head

Birth rate

It combines income, life expectancy and education into one measure

It only uses average income

It ignores health and education

It is always out of date

The gap between two cities

The difference in wealth and quality of life between richer and poorer countries

The time it takes to build a road

The gap between two harvests

A dry climate

Frequent earthquakes

Colonialism that took resources and set up unfair trade

Lack of rivers

A country that has never had any industry

A country developing rapidly through industry and investment, such as India or Brazil

The richest group of countries

A country with no cities

Raising trade barriers against poor countries

Stopping all aid

Cutting education spending

Fairtrade and microfinance

When demand is close to or above the sustainable water supply

When there is far more water than needed

When water is frozen

When rivers flood every year

Heavy year-round rainfall

A growing population and more irrigation and industry

A cool, wet climate

Many large rivers

Building ever more dams only

Ignoring leaks

Fitting water meters and fixing leaks

Using more water for everything

From quaternary to primary

From tertiary to primary

From secondary to primary

From primary to secondary then tertiary

A company that operates in only one town

A government department

A large company operating in many countries

A charity

Some regions have advantages such as resources, ports and cities, attracting growth

All regions always develop equally

Only the capital city matters

Rural areas are always the richest

As coursework only

By data response in the Unit 2 written exam (1 hour 30 minutes)

By a spoken presentation

In the fieldwork enquiry only