Global Development quiz

More questions about Global Development

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1. 1 Easy

   Where did nearly 800 million people escape extreme poverty?

   Answer: China

   Why: That fall made up close to three-quarters of the drop in extreme poverty worldwide over the same four decades.

2. 2 Medium

   What did 'Second World' mean during the Cold War?

   Answer: Communist bloc

   Why: The First World meant the US and its allies, and the Third World the countries that sided with neither bloc.

3. 3 Hard

   What was the first country to leave the UN's least developed list?

   Answer: Botswana

   Why: De Beers geologists found the Orapa diamond deposit in 1967, a year after Botswana's independence.

4. 4 Easy

   Where do most people in the Global South live?

   Answer: Asia

   Why: In 2024 India alone had about 1.45 billion people, close to the 1.52 billion of all of Africa.

5. 5 Medium

   Whose animated bubble charts made world health data famous?

   Answer: Hans Rosling

   Why: His Gapminder Foundation, set up in 2005 with his son and daughter-in-law, built the bubble-chart tool.

6. 6 Hard

   How did Rostow subtitle his 1960 book on the stages of growth?

   Answer: A Non-Communist Manifesto

   Why: Rostow later served as national security adviser to US President Lyndon Johnson, from 1966 to 1969.