Core 1 Flashcards
Most populated areas?
Areas by bodies of water - fertile soils, transport, food and work, also more temperate
Population distribution
The pattern of where people live
Population density
Number of people per km squared: no. of people/area of land
Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)
A country where the level of economic development ranks between developed and highly developed e.g Kenya
Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC’s)
A low income country with a lack of infrastructure e.g. Bangladesh
Least Developed Countries (LDC’s)
The poorest countries in the world; vulnerable to economic fluctuation e.g Yemen
More Economically Developed Countries
The richest countries that have developed infrastructure and highly economically developed e.g U.S.A
Recently Industrialized Countries (RIC’s)
Developing countries moving towards industrialization e.g. South Africa
BRICS
An acronym for five major emerging national economies; Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (becoming more prominent)
MINT’s
An acronym for the economies of; Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey
CIVETS
An acronym for the countries of;
Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa, which in the late 2000s were widely regarded as the next emerging markets economies that would rise quickly during the coming decades.
Next 11
N11 countries or the Next 11 countries refers to a group of eleven countries—specifically Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea, and Vietnam—which have emerging markets that could potentially become some of the world’s largest economies.
Centrally Planned Economies (CPE’s)
Definition – A centrally planned economy is an economy where decisions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom are taken by the government in a centrally managed bureaucracy.
Oil Rich Countries:
Countries that gained their wealth from oil located in their regions
Natural Increase
Natural Increase: when the birth rate is higher than the death rate which causes the population to grow over time including migration
Doubling time and how to calculate it
The amount of time it takes for a population to double (divide 70 by the annual growth = 70/r)
Population Projection
An estimate of the future population structure might look like in regards to size, age, and sex-based on current trends
Population momentum
The ratio of the size of the population at that new equilibrium level to the size of the initial population (the population won’t change quickly it happens over generations)