The changing economic world
AQA GCSE Geography revision on The changing economic world. Aligned to the AQA GCSE Geography 8035 specification. This bank has 50 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 50)
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Question 1
HIC, NEE and LIC stand for what?
- A) High/New/Low Industry Country
- B) High/Newly Emerging/Low Income Country
- C) High/New/Long Income Country
- D) Heavily/Newly/Low Industrialised Country
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Answer: High/Newly Emerging/Low Income Country
World Bank thresholds (rough): HIC > $13,205/year, NEE = middle income with rapid industrial growth, LIC < $1,085/year. Replaces older 'developed/developing' labels. Examples: UK (HIC), India (NEE), Malawi (LIC).
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Question 2
Which of these is NOT a measure of development?
- A) GNI per capita
- B) Life expectancy
- C) Literacy rate
- D) Number of football clubs
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Answer: Number of football clubs
Standard measures: GNI per capita (economic), Human Development Index (HDI — combines income, education, life expectancy), Gini coefficient (inequality), literacy rate, infant mortality, life expectancy, access to clean water, doctors per 1000. The HDI is the most commonly cited single number.
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Question 3
Tourism in Kenya/Tunisia can boost development by...
- A) Creating jobs and bringing foreign currency
- B) Reducing biodiversity
- C) Causing food shortages
- D) Decreasing GNP
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Answer: Creating jobs and bringing foreign currency
Benefits: employment (hotels, drivers, guides), foreign exchange earnings, multiplier effect (tourists spend locally), infrastructure (roads, airports) that locals also use. Drawbacks: leakage to foreign-owned chains, seasonality, vulnerability to political unrest/disease, cultural erosion, environmental damage.
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