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Year 10 Geography · Measuring human wellbeing

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which is NOT one of the three dimensions of the HDI?
- ☐ (a) Life expectancy
- ☐ (b) Education
- ☐ (c) Income
- ☐ (d) Number of cars
2. What is a limitation of GNI per capita?
- ☐ (a) It is an average that can hide inequality
- ☐ (b) It measures life expectancy
- ☐ (c) It counts schools
- ☐ (d) It is always zero
3. HDI scores range between…
- ☐ (a) 0 and 100
- ☐ (b) 1 and 10
- ☐ (c) 0 and 1
- ☐ (d) −1 and 1
4. Which organisation publishes the HDI?
- ☐ (a) The World Bank
- ☐ (b) The United Nations Development Programme
- ☐ (c) The Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ☐ (d) The International Olympic Committee
5. Which is an example of spatial variation in wellbeing?
- ☐ (a) Remote areas having less access to health services than cities
- ☐ (b) Everyone having the same income
- ☐ (c) A country having one capital city
- ☐ (d) The sun rising in the east
6. What does the abbreviation HDI stand for? Human Development ____.
7. Incomes are $40,000, $50,000 and $60,000. What is the mean income in dollars?
8. The average number of years a person is expected to live is called life ____.

Answer sheet

1. Number of cars — The HDI uses health, education and income.
2. It is an average that can hide inequality — Averages can hide large differences between people.
3. 0 and 1 — HDI values range from 0 to 1.
4. The United Nations Development Programme — The UNDP publishes the HDI.
5. Remote areas having less access to health services than cities — Differences between places are spatial variations.
6. Index — HDI stands for Human Development Index.
7. 50000 — (40,000 + 50,000 + 60,000) ÷ 3 = 50,000.
8. expectancy — Life expectancy is a key health indicator.