geograpghy Flashcards
Name a multiple ways you can stop bugalries
by creating a couldersac this prevents the robber from having a quick escape becuase they have to come out the entrance they came in from
they can also do this by making houses look on to each other so it is very obvious if a crime is taking place.
diffrence between HDI and GDP
GDP does not measure a standard of living at all – it should instead be seen as a measure of economic activity. Human development, on the other hand, concentrates on qualitative outcomes
for example irleand high gdp
lower HDI
what does HDI contain
life expectancy, number of year in education , GNI per capiter
why are some coutrys rich
becuase of corruption, no acess to good transportation eg warm water ports
what may some country’s struggle to develop
becuase of there history and there politcal side is not good becuase of corruption also the healthcare and education isnt good so the next genetation dosent have much hope.
the north south divide
there is a line around the middle of the coutry where the wages drop and everythig in general inculeding life expactancy all drops
layers of the earth
inner core, outer core , mantle and crust
what is slab push
Slab pull is the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight
what is ridge push
is when the convection currents pull apart two peices of crust and create a mid ocean ridge
what is destruckive plate
two plates pushed togher to make volcano
construtive planes are
this is where two plates are both being pulled apart to magma comes incontact with the cold oceana and slowly overtime forms a volcano
conserative plate bounderies are when
the plates are both moving the same way but one quicker then the other and when they release there pressure they cuase earhquakes
colsion plate bounderies
are when the bounderies both colide into each other forming a mountain
