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Geography Flashcards

1
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What is development?

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development is the standard of living and the quality of like in a country

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what are the signs of a developed country?

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multicultural,modern buildings,nice cars,lots pof buildings,tarmac roads

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What are the signs of an undeveloped

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mud huts, mud roads,older clothes, small buildings, dirty

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what is a HIC

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high income country (over $12,700 anually)

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what is a MIC

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middle income country

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What is a LIC

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low income country(less than $1045 annually)

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what is a NEE

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newly emerging economy

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how can you measure development

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life exectancy at birth, infant mortality, birth rate, GNI per capita (how much each person earns),fertility rate

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what is the human development index ( HDI)

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a score that gives each country a score between 1 and ), the closer to 1,the more developed

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what does a high life expectancy say about a country

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it shows that it is a HIc, because people live for longer,which mean the country has money to spend on thing like healthcare and good diets

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why do HIC’s have a low birth rate

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because they don’t need lots of children hoping only one will survive

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why do HIC’s have a low infant mortality

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because the kids have good healthcare and are well looked after

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why do HIcs have a low fertility ratte

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because they have contraceptives, because they don’t need lots of children hoping only one will survive

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why do HIC’s have a high GNI per capita

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people have higher paying jobs,and the work in tertiary and quaternary jobs

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what are primary jobs

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jobs that involve getting raw materials, such as farming and fishing

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what are secondary jobs

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jobs that involve making things,such as carpenter

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what are tertiary jobs

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jobs that provide a service,such as teaching and nursing

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what are quaternary jobs

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jobs that include technology

19
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what is the development gap

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the gap between the difference in standards of living and wellbeing

20
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how can goats help a LIC country?

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meat, milk, cheese, skins, entertainment for kids , manure for soil

21
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what is bottom up development scheme

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a scheme where experts figure out what a poor community needs, and provides it, such as goats

22
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what layers does the earth have

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crust,mantle , outer core and inner core

23
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what are the two types of crust

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continental and oceanic

24
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what is the difference between continental and oceanic crust

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oceanic is more dense,but only 5-10km thick, whereas the continental crust is up to 70 km thick

25
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what is the covection current

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a heat cycle that happens in tectonic plates

26
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what is a constructive plate boundary

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where two plates pull apart, creating a gap where magma can the onto the surface.

27
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what is the destructive plate boundary

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where the oceanic crust collides with the continental crust,and the oceanic crust is pushed under the continental crust. This pushes lava up creating a volcano

28
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what is a conservative plate boundary

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where two plates are stuck because of friction,so pressure builds up overtime and they eventually slip past each other, causing a huge earthquake

29
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What is the focus in an earthquake

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the centre point, where the earthquake originates

30
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what is the epicentre

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the piece of land thats directly above the focus

31
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what is a seismic wave

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waves of energy created by the earthquake

32
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what are earthquakes measured in

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magnitude,on the magnitude scale

33
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what are the two types of volcano

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composite and shield

34
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what are the factors of a composite volcano

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steep,erupts in an explosive way because the magma is sticky and clogs up the exit, so then pressure builds and eventually blows

35
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what are the factors of a shield volcano

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bowl or shield shaped, lava is very runny and travels very far,they aren’t explosive

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