Which of the following best explains an important limitation of per capita national income?(1 point)

Responses

Per capita national income does not take total national income into account.
Per capita national income does not take total national income into account.

Per capita national income does not take population size into account.
Per capita national income does not take population size into account.

Wealth distribution in most countries is uneven.
Wealth distribution in most countries is uneven.

Wealth distribution in most countries is uniform.

Which factor is included in the human development index (HDI)?(1 point)
Responses

environmental pollution levels
environmental pollution levels

automobile ownership
automobile ownership

life expectancy
life expectancy

obesity rates

Which of the following is an example of the connection between economic scarcity and economic development?(1 point)
Responses

A country with few forests suffers from a shortage of building materials.
A country with few forests suffers from a shortage of building materials.

A country with limited farmland imports most of its food.
A country with limited farmland imports most of its food.

A country with ample water resources suffers from a shortage of safe drinking water.
A country with ample water resources suffers from a shortage of safe drinking water.

A country with rich coal deposits invests in mining technology.

Which form of scarcity would apply to the following example? A city experiences a period of drought in which rivers and groundwater wells dry up, so there is no fresh water available.(1 point)
Responses

economic scarcity
economic scarcity

physical scarcity
physical scarcity

political scarcity
political scarcity

artificial scarcity

Assess how geographic information system (GIS) analysis could be used to increase the number of customers that shop at a store. (1 point)
Responses

identify the addresses of all the residences within five miles of the store so coupons can be sent to them
identify the addresses of all the residences within five miles of the store so coupons can be sent to them

capture images of the terrain around the store to identify physical barriers to access
capture images of the terrain around the store to identify physical barriers to access

Geographic information system (GIS) cannot be used for this type of analysis.
Geographic information system (GIS) cannot be used for this type of analysis.

track an individual customer’s route to and from the store to determine traffic flow problems

1 answer

  1. Which of the following best explains an important limitation of per capita national income?

    • Wealth distribution in most countries is uneven.
  2. Which factor is included in the human development index (HDI)?

    • life expectancy
  3. Which of the following is an example of the connection between economic scarcity and economic development?

    • A country with limited farmland imports most of its food.
  4. Which form of scarcity would apply to the following example? A city experiences a period of drought in which rivers and groundwater wells dry up, so there is no fresh water available.

    • physical scarcity
  5. Assess how geographic information system (GIS) analysis could be used to increase the number of customers that shop at a store.

    • identify the addresses of all the residences within five miles of the store so coupons can be sent to them