Unit 7 FRQ: Development Indicators

Directions: You have 25 minutes to complete your response to the following FRQ. It is suggested that you take up to 5 minutes of this time to plan and outline your answer. Be sure to read all prompts carefully and answer them fully.

Using the data categories in the table, identify ONE indicator that is used to calculate HDI scores.

Using a different indicator than the one identified in part A, explain why Brazil’s HDI score is higher than that of Afghanistan.

The UN and many countries have promoted sustainability principles. Describe ONE specific way that sustainability goals can respond to economic challenges.

Explain ONE reason why increasing women’s access to education is likely to affect a country’s total fertility rate.

SDG 8 is to “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.” Explain ONE way in which a country’s development of ecotourism might affect economic growth.

Using data from the table, explain how access to clean-burning fuels for people’s homes relates to the life expectancy of a country’s population.

Explain how ONE of the countries in the table would be classified according to Rostow’s stages of economic growth.