Geography Edexcel B - Development (2.6) (BA)

Question 1

How has rapid economic change effected fertility rates?

Answer 1

• Less child deaths therefore parents are having less children
• More opportunities for mothers such as working which will limit her time on having children

Question 2

How has rapid economic growth effected urbanisation?

Answer 2

• More job opportunities in cities for better salaries
• Jobs in demand in cities so more workers are needed
• Generally better life and healthcare in cities than in rural areas

Question 3

How has rapid economic growth created different regions with different socio economic characteristics?

Answer 3

The people that have moved to cities generally have left traditional life behind as it was and is not needed anymore in the cities however people living in rural areas are still kept to this traditional life style such as the caste system which means India has in some areas a separated society with different view on many things.

Question 4

How is Indias population changing?

Answer 4

It is going to have less of a young population compared to a greater elderly population. This also means India is soon to become the most populated country in the world.

Question 5

Impacts of economic development and globalisation on the air.

Answer 5

Has increased air pollution because of factories and car exhaust etc, so therefore in the cities the pollution in the air has become a big health problem for many people.

Question 6

Impacts of economic development and globalisation on the water.

Answer 6

Lots of untreated sewage in cities

80% of surface water in India may be polluted

Question 7

Impacts of economic development and globalisation on the land.

Answer 7

-Lots of deforestation therefore also desertification due to demand of resources. This means a lot of the land is gone and can never be used again for agriculture.

Question 8

Impacts of economic development and globalisation on greenhouse gases.

Answer 8

-More pollution from cities so more greenhouse gases are being emitted
Greenhouse gas emitted increased from 1994 to 2007 by 60%

Question 9

Which state in India has the highest GDP value?

Answer 9

Maharashtra

Question 10

What state in India has 86% rural population?

Answer 10

Bihar

Question 11

What are the demographic changes of economic growth?

Answer 11

• Age of marriage
• mortality rate
• fertility rate
• population structure
• dependency ratio

Question 12

What is a chloropleth map?

Answer 12

A map which uses differences in shading, colouring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.

Question 13

Pattern of highest GDP/capita states

Answer 13

Generally the smallest states like Goa have the highs te GDP/ capita. Also coastal states have high GDP/capita

Question 14

Reasons for Maharashtra high GDP

Answer 14

Many service industries
1/2 factory workers make clothing in Mumbai which makes a lot of money
2nd largest port in country

Question 15

Reasons for Bihar having a low GDP

Answer 15

1/2 of households earn less than 80p a day
Only 59% of it’s pop has electricity
86%is rural

Question 16

Facts and figures for Indias water pollution

Answer 16

Between 1991 and 2008 flow of untreated sewage has double starting at 12,000 million litres
75-80% of water pollution by volume is from domestic sewage

Question 17

Facts and figures for air pollution

Answer 17

Reduces life expectancy by 3.2 years

13 out of the worlds top 20 polluted cities are Indian

Question 18

Facts and figures for deforestation and desertification

Answer 18

25% of land is undergoing desertification
32% is facing degradation
68% of the country is prone to drought

Question 19

Facts and figures for greenhouse gases and climate change

Answer 19

India is the 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases
Indias under pressure to reduce greenhouse gases
More than 69% of Indias agriculture industry relies on the monsoon rain which has failed due to climate change in past years