Development Geography & Indicators is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Geography CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Development, in a geographical sense, refers to:
A broad, multi-dimensional process of positive change in economic, social and general standard-of-living conditions over time
Only an increase in the value of goods and services a country produces
A process that can only ever apply to already wealthy countries
A single, fixed measurement with no relationship to social conditions
Answer: A broad, multi-dimensional process of positive change in economic, social and general standard-of-living conditions over time — Development is a broad, multi-dimensional process of positive change in a country's economic, social and general standard-of-living conditions, wider than economic growth alone.
Easy
2. MEDC is an abbreviation for:
More Economically Developed Country
Middle Eastern Developing Country
Most Efficient Development Category
Minimally Educated Developing Community
Answer: More Economically Developed Country — MEDC stands for More Economically Developed Country, a term emphasising the economic dimension of the development spectrum, with LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country) as its counterpart.
Medium
3. What is the key difference between economic growth and development, as understood in Geography?
Answer: Economic growth is only an increase in the value of goods and services produced, while development is a wider concept including health, education and quality of life — Economic growth refers narrowly to an increase in the value of goods and services a country produces, while development is a wider concept that also includes improvements in health, education, life expectancy and overall quality of life.
