Development

Question 1

Define development

Answer 1

A countries use of resources, natural and human, to achieve higher standards of living

Question 2

What was development once solely based on

Answer 2

Economic factors

Question 3

What does development now encompass

Answer 3

Social measures such as freedom

Question 4

What is the development gap

Answer 4

The difference between more developed and less developed countries

Question 5

What would it make the planet become if the development gap was reduced

Answer 5

More equal

Question 6

What is happening to the development gap

Answer 6

It is expanding. Developed countries are getting richer and less developed countries are staying stationary

Question 7

What measures development

Answer 7

Key development indicators

Question 8

What two categories are KDIs broken up into

Answer 8

Economic and social

Question 9

Name 6 social KDIs

Answer 9

Life expectancy, literacy rate, infant mortality, death rate, birth rate and human development index

Question 10

Name an economic KDI

Answer 10

GNI per head

Question 11

What is the human development index made up of

Answer 11

GNI index, Life expectancy and Education Index

Question 12

What is HDI measured between

Answer 12

0 and 1, with 1 being more developed

Question 13

What is the demographic transition model

Answer 13

A special model to show how the population changes as countries become more developed

Question 14

What is a population pyramid

Answer 14

A type of bad graph used to show the age and gender structure of a country

Question 15

Name 9 causes of under development

Answer 15

Colonialism 
Slavery
Debt
Lack of fair trade 
Disease
Lack of education 
Conflict 
Climate
Natural disasters

Question 16

What was colonialism

Answer 16

The idea to gain superiority by accessing raw materials and labour

Question 17

What is fair trade

Answer 17

Paying fair money for crops, and an extra 15% goes to community work for development

Question 18

What is political corruption

Answer 18

Personal gain instead of being in the country’s best interests

Question 19

What leads to corruption

Answer 19

LICS and NEES becoming rich very quickly and spending it greedily or on unneeded things

Question 20

What can corruption cause

Answer 20

Civil wars

Question 21

What is the Gini coefficient

Answer 21

It shows us how developed a country is depending on who has control of the money

Question 22

What is the gini coefficient measured between

Answer 22

0 and 1, 1 being a dictatorship

Question 23

Name 3 types of aid

Answer 23

Bilateral, multilateral and voluntary

Question 24

Define bilateral aid

Answer 24

Money or resources from a rich to a poor country but with conditions

Question 25

Define multilateral aid

Answer 25

Rich countries give money to organisations such as the world bank who then distribute it

Question 26

Define voluntary aid

Answer 26

Donated to charities by the public and then given to poorer countries

Question 27

What is migration

Answer 27

The movement of people from one place to another

Question 28

What is emigration

Answer 28

Leaving a country

Question 29

What is immigration

Answer 29

Entering a country

Question 30

Describe Nigeria’s position on the planet

Answer 30

Coastal, with river niger flowing through. Tropical country with many countries bordering it

Question 31

Why is Nigeria in a central position for trading

Answer 31

It has the America’s on the right side and can send produce to Europe

Question 32

When was Nigeria he world 21st biggest economy

Answer 32

2014

Question 33

What percentage of the worlds oil does it supply

Answer 33

2.7%

Question 34

What is very big in Nigeria

Answer 34

Media

Question 35

What are some problems with Nigeria

Answer 35

Corruption, poor infrastructure and power cuts

Question 36

How many people live in Nigeria

Answer 36

184 million

Question 37

How can manufacturing stimulate the economy

Answer 37

Local firms provide refinery’s with components, locals earn more money from jobs, locals spend more money in local businesses, government up taxes, government spend the money on improving infrastructure which brings in more TNCs

Question 38

What is a trans national corporation

Answer 38

A company that has operations in more than one country

Question 39

Name 5 positives of tncs

Answer 39

Employment, brings money, education, better infrastructure and investment

Question 40

Name 5 negatives of TNCs

Answer 40

Exploitation, cheap laws, environment destroyed, well payed jobs already taken, bad pay

Question 41

What is dirty oil

Answer 41

Selling stolen oil on the black market

Question 42

How do they fuel the refines in illegal refineries

Answer 42

Using waste products from previous refines

Question 43

What was the amnesty programme

Answer 43

A programme put in place to help those in poverty

Question 44

Where are the illegal refineries ran

Answer 44

On the delta

Question 45

What do the military do when they find the illegal refineries

Answer 45

Destroy and burn everything, which causes unnecessary amounts of pollution

Question 46

How many barrels of oil were made a day when the amnesty programme was in place

Answer 46

2.5 million

Question 47

How many barrels of oil were made without the amnesty in place

Answer 47

1.85 million a day

Question 48

Name a rebel group

Answer 48

Niger Delta Avengers

Question 49

What do the Niger delta avengers do

Answer 49

Cause problems as they believe their future isn’t in oil

Question 50

What are loans

Answer 50

Sums of money that at some time in the future have to be paid back with interest

Question 51

What is aid

Answer 51

Gifts of money, goods, food, machinery technology or trained workers. The aim is to raise the standards of living

Question 52

If a country needs funds for development projects what do they do

Answer 52

They can borrow money from other countries, world financial organisation or international banks