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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Composition bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A city doubles in population but housing and services stay the same. What has happened?Read the answer and worked solution →Which term describes a qualitative change that is always value positive?Read the answer and worked solution →Who introduced the concept of human development as enlarging people's choices?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Dr Haq create the Human Development Index?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Nobel laureate saw an increase in freedom as the main objective of development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which government programme is named in the text to address the falling child sex ratio?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the three key areas of human development?Read the answer and worked solution →Human development rests on four pillars. Which are they?Read the answer and worked solution →Equal access to opportunities regardless of gender, race, income or caste is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Each generation should have the same opportunities as the last. Which pillar is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Having the power to make choices, gained through freedom and capability, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is NOT one of the four approaches to human development listed?Read the answer and worked solution →HDI scores fall in which range?Read the answer and worked solution →Which indicator does HDI use to assess health?Read the answer and worked solution →How is access to resources measured in the HDI?Read the answer and worked solution →What weight does each of the three HDI dimensions carry?Read the answer and worked solution →A country scores 0.983 on the HDI. How is this level described?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the HDI not the most reliable measure?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body proposed the basic needs approach naming six needs like health, food and housing?Read the answer and worked solution →Which UN body publishes the Human Development Report each year?Read the answer and worked solution →The human poverty index counts the probability of not surviving to what age?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the only country to officially measure progress by Gross National Happiness?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the HDI partsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pillarsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the development factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the basic needsRead the answer and worked solution →Growth or developmentRead the answer and worked solution →Which pillarRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    102
    Question
    World average males per 100 females
  2. Answer
    85
    Question
    Males per 100 females in Latvia
  3. Answer
    311
    Question
    Males per 100 females in Qatar
  4. Answer
    139
    Question
    Countries where the sex ratio favours females
  5. Answer
    72
    Question
    Countries where it is unfavourable to females
  6. Answer
    7
    Question
    Minimum age counted for literacy in India
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 3, Population Composition._

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Composition bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Females per thousand males in India.
    Item
    Sex ratio
  2. Clue
    Highest sex ratio, 85 males per 100.
    Item
    Latvia
  3. Clue
    311 males per 100 females.
    Item
    Qatar
  4. Clue
    Diagram of age-sex structure.
    Item
    Pyramid
  5. Clue
    Triangular pyramid with wide base.
    Item
    Nigeria
  6. Clue
    Narrow base, low births and deaths.
    Item
    Japan
  7. Clue
    Rising share of older people.
    Item
    Ageing
  8. Clue
    Farming, fishing, forestry, mining.
    Item
    Primary
  9. Clue
    Research, IT and new ideas.
    Item
    Quaternary
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 3, Population Composition._

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A city doubles in population but housing and services stay the same. What has happened?

  1. Growth without development
  2. Development without growth
  3. Negative growth of the city
  4. Sustainable development
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Correct answer: A. Growth without development

1. Growth is quantitative and value neutral. 2. Development is a qualitative, positive change. 3. More people without better services is growth only. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 4, Human Development._

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