1. What demographic variable did we say IS NOT a good indicator of a country's level of development?
a. Crude death rate
b. Crude birth rate
c. Infant mortality rate
d. Total fertility rate
2. In terms of employment sector (primary, secondary, tertiary), which of the following is the best example of a "primary" economic activity?
a. Farming
b. Manufacturing
c. Teaching
d. Retail sales
3. Soft drink (or beer) bottling is an example of a:
a. perishable industry
b. specialized industry
c. bulk-gaining (or weight-gaining) industry
d. commercial industry
4. Very roughly, how much of the world's fish supply comes from aquaculture (fish farming)?
a. Less than 10%
b. About half
c. More than 90%
d. This is a trick question; fish farming supplies virtually none of the world's fish supply.
5. Cultivation in which people plant roots or cuttings from plants, rather than seeds, is called:
a. paddy agriculture
b. vegetative agriculture
c. commercial agriculture
d. Mediterranean agriculture
6. What is one of the reasons for the rise of aquaculture?
a. Overfishing has depleted some natural fish stocks
b. Cost - it can be cheaper to raise some kinds of fish (catfish, tilapia, etc.) then it is try to catch wild fish
c. Increased demand (from rising populations) cannot be met without fish farming
d. Actually, all of these are reasons for the rise of aquaculture
7. Plantation agriculture:
a. is a form of commercial agriculture, since the people who engage in plantation agriculture don't actually "subsist" on what they produce
b. is usually practiced today in tropical (or sub-tropical) areas of the world
c. usually involves lots of labor (including hand-labor)
d. Actually, all of the above are statements about plantation agriculture
8. While it's true that the Human Development Index (HDI) can use any of several different variables, the only variable used today (since 2006) is:
a. per capita Gross Domestic Product
b. the amount of direct foreign investment
c. Per capita direct foreign investment
d. This is a trick question; the HDI uses several different variables (including life expectancy and education), not one