Quality of life Indicators
What are the four major quality of life factors?
Economic, environmental, political, and social
What do the acronyms "LECD and MECD" stand for?
Less economically developed country / More economically developed country
Which group of people were forced to attend residential schools?
Indigenous peoples
These three inventions helped to free women from domestic work, enabling them to pursue higher education, contributing to innovation and boosting quality of life overall.
The washing machine, microwave, and dishwasher
How tall is Mr. Simmonds?
5'9 (but 5'10 with Blundstones on)
Which quality of life indicator includes factors such as healthcare and education?
Social
What is the name of the most popular model used to measure quality of life today?
The Human Development Index
What was the intended purposes of the residential school system?
To eliminate indigenous culture, traditions, languages, and ways of life
In 1993, the internet was released to the public domain. However, it was not then called the internet, but had alliterative three-word name starting with Ws. What was it then called?
The World Wide Web
What undeniably delicious flavor of chips causes Mr. Simmonds to get hives?
Roast chicken
What three measurements are used by the Human Development Index?
Life expectancy, mean years of schooling, and GDP per capita
In the North/South model for quality of life, which part of the world is generally considered to be wealthy and democratic?
The Northern hemisphere
Roughly how many children are estimated to have attended residential schools?
150,000
What twentieth-century medical invention is said to have increased the average human lifespan by 23 years?
Antibiotics
Who is Mr. Simmonds favorite football team?
The Panthers (which has significantly lowered his quality of life)
If a country is ranked 0.25 on the Human Development Index, is this considered to be high, medium, or low?
Low, because the Human Development Index works on a scale of 0-1 (zero being the lowest, and one being the highest)
Which countries were included in the Second World category of the Three World Model?
Russia, China, and other communist-aligned countries
The last residential school closed in what year?
1996
Innovations can have both positive and negative impacts on quality of life. In 1932, scientists discovered how to split atoms apart, which releases a lot of energy. This gave us the technology for nuclear power, but it also gave us a more destructive tool. What is this more destructive tool?
The Nuclear Bomb
How old is Mr. Simmonds?
29 (with the face of a 15 year old but the hairline of a 45 year old)
How is a country's GDP per capita calculated?
Dividing all of the money in a country's economy by its population
According to the Human Development Index, which country currently has the lowest quality of life in the world?
South Sudan
Indigenous peoples are 15% less likely to complete high-school than non-Indigenous people, face higher unemployment rates, and make up ______ % of the incarcerated population.
26%
The first fully synthetic (or man-made) polymer was invented in 1907. Now, we see polymers every day in clothes, phones, food packaging, sports equipment, books, etc. What is the common name for polymer based products?
Plastics
What is the only sport that Mr. Simmonds regularly does?
Skateboarding