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Development

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Means becoming better, stronger, more advanced.

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Indicators

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Information and statistics that tells us about the level of development of a country.

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Standard of living

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Amount of wealth and access to resources that people have.

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Quality of life

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How good a persons life is/ the level of comfort that person has.

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Infrastructure

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Installations such as roads, bridges, sewers, railways etc.

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Basic needs

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Things people need to live eg food, clothing, clean water and housing.

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Deplete

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Reduce resources, often to a level where they don’t recover.

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GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

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Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year.

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GDP per capita

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Gross Domestic Product divided by the total population of a country. (The average amount of money available to be spent on each person in the country.)

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Adult literacy rate

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The percentage of adult population (>15) who can read and write.

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HDI (human development index)

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Measures well being and compares the level of development of different countries.

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Life expectancy

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The average number of years a person in a particular country is expected to live.

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What does MEDC stand for?

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More economically developed country.

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What does LEDC stand for?

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Less economically developed country.

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What are some characteristics of MEDC?

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  • High level of development.
  • High standard of living.
  • Good literacy.
  • Low death rate.
  • Low birth rate.
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What are some characteristics of LEDC?

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  • Low level of development.
  • Poor standard of living.
  • Poor literacy.
  • High DR.
  • High BR.
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What are the 3 main aspects of development?

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Economic aspects.
Social aspects.
Environmental aspects.

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What are the economic aspects of development?

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How wealthy a country is.

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What is an example of an economic indicator?

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Per capita income.

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What is per capita income?

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The average amount of money that a person earns per year.

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How do LEDCs earn most of their income?

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From primary activities.

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How do MEDCs earn most of their income?

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From secondary or retired activities.

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What do social aspects of development include?

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Quality of life, access to social services, infrastructure and access to basic needs.

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What social aspects do MEDC have?

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Strong democracies, personal freedom, and their people have basic human rights (racial and gender equality).

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What are the environmental aspects of development?

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How countries use their resources.

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How should development be environmentally?

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Environmentally sustainable-causes little long-term damage to the environment and leaves enough resources for future generations.

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What are used to measure development?

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Social, economic and environmental indicators.

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What are some reasons why GDP per capita doesn’t improve in certain countries?

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Wars
Rapid population growth
Paying off debts
Lack of resources for development
Natural + human disasters
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What is the most commonly used statistic for measuring development?

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The human development index (HDI)

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Why does the HDI give a more balanced picture of the level of development?

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It combines a few indicators, therefor giving a more balanced picture of the level of development.

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What does the human development index measure?

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It measures well-being and compares the level of development of different countries.

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Which indicators does HDI use?(3)

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Life expectancy, Eduction, GDP per capita.

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What type of indicator is life expectancy?

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Social

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What type of indicator is eduction?

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Social

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What type of indicator is GDP per capita?

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Economic.

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What numbers indicate what the HDI is?

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An HDI of 0 indicates the worst possible quality of life, and a rating of 1 indicates the best.

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Why is life expectancy one of the best social indicators?

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It is influenced by factors such as level of nutrition and standard of health services in a country.

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Why has LE improved in MEDCs the last 50 years?

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Improvement in medicines and medical treatment.

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Why has LE dropped in some LEDCs?

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Diseases such as AIDS and Malaria.

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What do good education systems produce?

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Well-qualified people who can use their skills to make good use of resources, start industries and generally to increase the level of development of the country.

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Why would the level of eduction be bad in some countries?

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Overcrowded schools, children have to leave school to find work, some countries girls are denied education.

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What does GDP stand for?

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Gross Domestic product.

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What does per capita mean?

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Per person: divided by total population.

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What currency is GDP per capita given in?

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US dollars.

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How do you work out GDP per capita?

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Divide total GDP by the total population.

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Why is GDP as an indicator misleading?

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  • High incomes don’t guarantee high levels of development.
  • Cost of living varies from country to country.
  • Size of population.
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Exploiting

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Using something that belongs to another person for your own benefit.

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Colonialism

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Policy of taking over political control of another country occupying it with settlers and exploiting its resources.

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Trade deficit

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Amount by which the cost of imports exceeds the value of exports.

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Trade barriers

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Measures that make it more difficult for other countries to export their products into the country that imposes these trade barriers.

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Subsidies

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Money paid by the government to local farmers or suppliers to make their prices lower and sharper than imported goods.

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Trade tariffs

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Taxes added to prices of imported goods, making them more expensive so that they don’t sell as easy as local goods.

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Embargoes

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Laws preventing a particular country from selling goods to the country passing the laws.

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Industrialization

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A country changes from being a producer of primary goods to being a manufacturer of products in large factories.

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What are some reasons for differences in development?

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Historical, political, economic, or associated with education, heath and welfare.

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When did colonialism occur?

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1400s continue into the 1900s.

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What often occurred when a country took over political control of another country?

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They often exploited its resources.

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What did countries exploiting the resources of the country they colonized result in?

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Increased level of development of the colonic power, but opposite effect on the colony.

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What have countries learnt? (Trade)

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How to use new resources and have made an income by selling their surplus resources leading to an increase in wealth and development of countries.

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When does trade imbalance occur?

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When the income received from exports does not equal the cost of imports.

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When does a trade deficit occur?

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When the value of imports is greater than the value of exports.

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What might the country have to do if they have a trade deficit?

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May need to take a loan to pay the difference.

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Why are trade barriers created?

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To protect their own industries and this affects countries that want to sell goods to them.

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What are examples of unfair trade practices?(3)

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Subsides, trade tariffs and embargoes.

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What does fair trade encourage?

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Importers in developed countries to pay higher prices for imports from developing countries.

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What is the best example of industrialization?

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Industrial Revolution in Britain in the late 18th century.

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Why did many of the First Nations to become industrialized move into new areas? (Like information technology)

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Negative environmental impacts (air, water pollution) caused by industries.

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Who are now some of the worlds biggest manufacture?

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. (BRICS)

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What are NICs?

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Newly industrialized countries.

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What’s happened to the countries that have industrialized and use advance technology?

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The living standards of the population have improved a great deal.

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What indicators does HDI not use?

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Environmental.

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