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1
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As a country developed we can say it’s becoming more…

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Industrialised

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What does industry mean

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Business

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Give 3 examples of social indicators to developement

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Life expectancy
Birth rate
Literacy rate

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What is an MEDC

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A more economical developed country

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Give examples of MEDC’S

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Saudi Arabia
Germany
Canada

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What are LEDC’S

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Less economically developed countries

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Give examples of LEDC’S

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Bangladesh
Nepal
Iraq

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What are NIC’S

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Newly Industrialised Countries

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What countries are in BRICS

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Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa

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What countries are in MINT

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Mexico
Indonesia
Nigeria
Turkey

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What’s the GDP

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The gross domestic product is the total value of goods and services produced by a country per year (the wealth)

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What’s the HDI

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The human development index

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What does the HDI do

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It paints a fuller picture of development using social and economic factors

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What are the indicators for HDI

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Life expectancy
Education
GNI (wealth)

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What are four factors relating to the development gap

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Environmental
Debt
Corrupt Government
War

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How can MEDC’S help LEDC’S to develope

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Trade: make it fairer
Debt: cancel it
Aid: MEDC’S could aid them
Colonialism: former powers could help them as they partially caused it

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