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Development Y9 Flashcards

1
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What is development?

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Development is about improving peoples lives and allowing individuals and society’s to progress across a wide range of areas.

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Where are the majority of more developed places?

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In Europe and richer parts of Asia

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Where are the majority of less developed places?

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Africa and poorer Asia

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In 1810 what were all countries

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Poor and sick

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5
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During the industrial revolution what continents income and life expectancy rise

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North Africa and europe

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Two events that saw a life expectancy drop

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1st world war and Spanish flu

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What event happened in the 1920s and 1930s that saw a drop in income

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Great depression( western countries still were getting more income and better with health.)

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Is the inside of a country all the same development wise?

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No some parts of a country are a lot less developed than others

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What percentage of global population lived in extreme poverty in 1800?

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85%

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10
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What percentage of global population lived in extreme poverty in 1850?

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80%

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What percentage of global population lived in extreme poverty in 1900?

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70%

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What percentage of global population lived in extreme poverty in 1950?

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55%

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In what year did more people not live in extreme poverty than did?

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1970

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What happened to Asia and African colonies in the 1940s 50s and 60s

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They got independence

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What is an economic indicator?

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Give insight into wealth and jobs

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What is a social indicator?

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Give insight into peoples quality of life

17
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What is a Technological indicator ?

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Give insight access to new technology

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What is a composite indicator?

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Combined data from two or more indicators into a single statistic

19
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Examples of economic indicators

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GDP per capita
Percentage of the population employed in agriculture

20
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Examples of social indicators

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  • adult literacy
  • percentage of the population with access to treated drinking watet
    -life expectancy
21
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Examples of technological indicators

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-Number of mobile phones per 100 people
-percentage of the country with aces to electricity

22
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Examples of composite indicators

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  • Human development index (HDI)
  • World Happiness index
23
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Why could a landlocked country be less developed?

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Has no coastline-trickier to trade

24
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Why would an a scene of conflict make countries less developed?

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Provides no stability for development

25
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Why could natural disasters affect the development level?

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Can cause severe damage and hold a country back - all money goes towards fixing

26
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Why could diseases affect the development level?

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Prevent people from contributing to economic growth

27
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Why could natural resources affect the development level?

A

Can make more money off of them

28
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Ways to bridge the development gap

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Let poor countries develop by themselves
Aid
Charity
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

29
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Why should we let poor countries develop by themselves

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To let them find their natural resources e.g Singapore who used the fact that it is situated in a Malacca Straits, a narrow shipping lane

30
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What is aid

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Aid is the voluntary transfer of resources from one country(usually developed) to another(usually developing) for altruistic purposes.

31
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What is bilateral aid?

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Resources that are given from the government of one country directly to the government of another country

32
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What is multilateral aid?

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Resources that are given by rich countries to supra- national organisations such as the United Nations. Then given to recipient countries..

33
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What is emergency aid?

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Often given after a natural disaster, it is usually food water medication and tents.

34
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What is development aid?

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Usually monetary and funds given for development projects E.G healthcare, education, energy

35
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Examples of charity

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Comic Relief -red noses

36
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What is foreign direct investment?(FDI)

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Foreign direct investment is when businesses in one country put money into businesses in another country. This is not aid-it is a commercial transaction with a view to make profit.

37
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What is an example of foreign direct investment?

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Chinese firms have high levels of investment in many countries in Africa since 2000. China have brought benefits to the continent, infrastructure and better services . In return China is able to secure good trade deals that allow it to extract Africa’s valuable natural resources. It also gives China increasing geopolitical power on a world stage and has seen Africa become a huge and growing market for Chinese produced goods.

38
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What is tied aid?

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Bilateral aid with strings attached- the country given the aid has to sign a trade deal with the other country

39
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What is tied aid?

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Bilateral aid with strings attached- the country given the aid has to sign a trade deal with the other country

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