Norway has best quality of life, UN reports

Q: Norway was listed last week as the country with the best quality of life in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). Where is Norway?

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Q: The index uses many factors including life expectancy, average income, education, income inequality, gender equality and even Internet use to measure the quality of life in 169 countries. At the bottom of the list is a southern African nation once called Rhodesia and now known as . . .

A. Algeria

B. Bhutan

C. Belize

D. Zimbabwe

Q: Which area of the world has made the greatest strides in recent decades, largely because of rapid economic growth?

A. Asia

B. Europe

C. South America

D. North America

Q: The United States, which once dominated the top of all the measures, has gradually shifted downward into fourth place in the HDI. Which of these nations now ranks higher than the United States?

A. Canada

B. Germany

C. New Zealand

D. Sweden

Q: Overall, average life expectancy around the globe jumped to 70 years in 2010, up from 59 in 1970. Is the United States above or below that average?

A. Above

B. Below


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