EQ3

Question 1

have average income RISEN or FALLEN globally since 1950

Answer 1

RISEN but very slowly in poor parts of the lgobe

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE is absolute poverty on the rise

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE have many countries advanced from low income to high income status

Answer 3

FALSE
low income to middle income status

Question 4

what does the gini coefficient measure

Answer 4

The gini coefficient measures the amount of income inequality within a country

Question 5

what does a gini coefficient value of zero suggest

Answer 5

everyone receives the same incomeh

Question 6

what does a gini coefficient of a hundred suggest

Answer 6

suggests one person gets all the income in a country

Question 7

define diaspora

Answer 7

the spread of a group of people from their original homeland

Question 8

define nationalist

Answer 8

a political movement focused on national independence

Question 9

define post-accession migrant

Answer 9

the flows of economic migrants after a country has joined the EU

Question 10

what are 7 causes of multicultural societies

Answer 10

glocalisation
TNCs
migration
westernisation
hybridisation
trade blocs
cultural diffusion

Question 11

define sustainability

Answer 11

meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generators meet their own needs

Question 12

define natural resources

Answer 12

material source of wealth, such as timber, freshwater, or minerals. They occur naturally and have economic value

Question 13

define ecological footprint

Answer 13

a measurement of the area of land or water required to provide for one person

Question 14

define food miles

Answer 14

the distance food travels from a farm to the consumer

Question 15

define water footprint

Answer 15

a measure of water used in the production and transport of food and products

Question 16

define transition town

Answer 16

a settlement were individuals and businesses have adopted bottom-up initiatives with the aim of making the community, more sustainable and less relying on global trade

Question 17

LOCALISM : not a flashcard

Answer 17

THERE IS A TABLE ON SUPERMARKETS VS FARM SHOPS IN YOUR LOCAL SOURCING NOTES EQ3 USE IT!! Idk hwo to turn it into flascards well i do but too lazy rn just learn it dingus

Question 18

define post-colonial migrants

Answer 18

people who moved to european countries from former colonies

Question 19

define net migration

Answer 19

the overall balance between immigration and emigration

Question 20

define trade protectionism

Answer 20

government policies and actions taken to restrict or limit international trade in order to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.

Question 21

trade protectionism is another form of controlling globalisation what are the 2 type of flows used to protect domestic industries

Answer 21

prohibited flows
criminal/illegal flows

Question 22

examples of prohibited flows

Answer 22

cuba –> usa (until 2015)
a commercial=financial blockade
china —> world
information flows are controlled
australia —> new zealand
aussie honey banned due to bio-security threat

Question 23

examples of illegal/criminal flows

Answer 23

afghanistan –> uk
60% of afghanistans gdp comes from opium trade feeding demand for heroin
colombia –> usa
99% of cocaine in the usa is from colombia usa military given us$3 billion to prevent drug trade
nepal –> india
human trafficking taken to india and sold to brothels

Question 24

define ethical purchase

Answer 24

a purchase where the consumer has considered the social and environmental costs of production for food, goods or services purchased

Question 25

define absolute poverty

Answer 25

when a person's income is too low for even the basic human needs to be met

Question 26

define relative poverty

Answer 26

when a person’s income is too low to maintain the average standard of living in a particular society

Question 27

define millennium development goods

Answer 27

8 specific objectives for the global community created at the UN millennium summit in New York in 2000

Question 28

define informal sector

Answer 28

unofficial forms of employment

Question 29

TRUE OR FALSE the global economy has grown slower than its population

Answer 29

FALSE Overall the global economy has grown enormously, faster than its population

Question 30

TRUE or FALSE have the incomes of people grown more overtime

Answer 30

TRUE the wealth and incomes of the majority of people have grown more slowly overtime

Question 31

TRUE or FALSE globalisation has pushed more people into absolute poverty

Answer 31

FALSE Globalisation has NOT pushed large numbers of absolute poverty

Question 32

YES OR NO? has globalisation pushed more people into relative poverty

Answer 32

globalisation may have pushed more people into relative poverty

Question 33

have the millennium development goals ___ poverty A. HALVED B. DOUBLED C. had no effect on

Answer 33

A. HALVED

Question 34

what are the 2 economic measures of development

Answer 34

income per capita and GDP economic sector balance

Question 35

what are the 3 social and environmental measures of development

Answer 35

HDI (human development index) GII (gender inequality index) Environmental quality

Question 36

what is a composite index

Answer 36

an index which measures more than one thing

Question 37

what is income per capita and GDP measuring

Answer 37

its the mean average income of a group of people -its calculated by taking an aggregate source of income for a country/smaller region and dividing it by population size to get an average GDP is a widely used aggregate measure, it's the final output of goods and services inside a nation's border

Question 38

what is economic sector balance measuring

Answer 38

a country or region’s economy can be divided into 4 economic sectors, their relative importance changes and country develop for example, Nigeria rebased its economic sector calculation in 2013 by reducing the share of agriculture from 35% to 22% of its GDP

Question 39

what is HDI measuring

Answer 39

HDI is a measure that ranks countries according to economic criteria (GDP per capita) and social criteria (life expectancy and literacy) -devised by the united nations development programme (UNDP)

Question 40

what is GII measuring

Answer 40

the gender inequality index (GII) is an index devised by the UNDP, it measures gender inequalities related to 3 aspects of social and economic development: -reproductive health -empowerment (parliament seats that are occupied by women) -labour force participation rate of female and male population

Question 41

what is environmental quality measuring

Answer 41

the measurement takes into account the amount of pollution found outdoors but also air quality within homes -for example, Bangladesh was ranked last place with 9 and ireland ranked highly with a score of 98.3