Development

Question 1

GNP per capita

Answer 1

Value of countrys final output of goods and services per year per person

Question 2

Literacy rate

Answer 2

% of ppl that read and write

Question 3

Life expectancy

Answer 3

Average expected living time

Question 4

HDI

Answer 4

Composite index- life expectancy, education, income per capita

Question 5

Why use composite indexes better than single indicators

Answer 5

Wider representation

Question 6

Why are some countries poorer than others

Answer 6

Former colony, drought and famine, corrupt gov, export cheap goods and forced to buy expensive quality goods, pay back loans w/ interest, civil wars, subsistence farming, flooding, natural disasters, high birth rate, factories pf companies due to globalisation but cheap wages and profit goes to company, wealth inequality

Question 7

Inequality withing countries

Answer 7

Natural resources, climate, natural beauty/ tourist attractions/ physical features

Question 8

Core region

Answer 8

More developed region with more wealth

Question 9

Periphery region

Answer 9

Less developed and less wealthy region that depends on core regions

Question 10

Primary industry

Answer 10

Obtaining natural raw materials

Question 11

Secondary industry

Answer 11

Converting raw materials into products

Question 12

Tertiary industry

Answer 12

Provision of services

Question 13

Quaternary industry

Answer 13

Intellectual activities

Question 14

Employment structure pattern

Answer 14

Early stage of dev has high primary employment, as industrial base is developed secondary increases, further economical developmet grows tertiary industry and decreases secondary

Question 15

Globalisation

Answer 15

Process by which the world becomes interconnected because of trade and cultural exchange

Question 16

Results of globalisation

Answer 16

More international trade, more dependemce on global economy, easier movement of goods, companies operating abroad, big companies in LEDCs

Question 17

Reasons for globalisation

Answer 17

Improvement in transport and cheaper trade, freedom of trade remove barriers between countries, improved communication internationally through internet, labour availability in LEDCs used by big companies

Question 18

TNCs

Answer 18

Transnational Corporation- firm that owns or controls operations in over one country through foreign direct investment

Question 19

How TNCs have affected globalisation rate

Answer 19

Investment in LEDCs, mass media to sell prods, relocation of skilled workforce

Question 20

Economic factors affecting growth of globalisation

Answer 20

Trade blocks, outsourcing of key functions

Question 21

Positive impacts of globalisation

Answer 21

Inward investment by TNCs, TNCs bring wealth and fpreign currency to economies, sharing of lifestyles with foreign ppl, awareness of events in far away countries, ppl more aware of global issues

Question 22

-ve impacts of globalisation

Answer 22

Moslty in interest of richer countries, no guarantee inward investment will help local economy, absence of strict international laws, can be seen as threat to cultural diversity since it might drown out local traditions, industry grows in LEDCs and ppl lose jobs in MEDCs

Question 23

Local globalisation impacts

Answer 23

Small businesses cant compete w/ TNCs, TNC closing a plant may lead to job loss, lower cost of international travel, development of ethnic villages

Question 24

National impacts of globalisation

Answer 24

Loss of sovereignty to TNCs, hoher levels of international tourism, TNCs create employment, trans- boundary pollution

Question 25

Global impacts of globalisation

Answer 25

Growing power of TNCs, hierarchy of global cities, environmental degradation