Geography - key words

Question 1

LEDC?

Answer 1

Less Economically Developed Country (poor)

Question 2

MEDC?

Answer 2

More Economically Developed Country (rich)

Question 3

NIC?

Answer 3

Newly Industrialised Country (getting rich quickly)

Places like India and China are NIC’s

Question 4

Pros and Cons?

Answer 4

The goods and bads

Question 5

Adult literacy?

Answer 5

Percentage of people who can read and write

Question 6

Desertification?

Answer 6

Land slowly turning to desert

Question 7

globalization?

Answer 7

Changes environment/people’s lives on a global scale

Question 8

GNP?

Answer 8

Gross national product

Total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year divided by total population

Question 9

Infant mortality?

Answer 9

Average number of deaths of children under 1 per 1000 live births

Question 10

Life expectancy?

Answer 10

How long the average person in a country is expected to live to.
(MEDCs will have higher life expectancy’s than LEDCs)

Question 11

Informal sector

Answer 11

Self employed and don’t get taxed

Question 12

Free trade?

Answer 12

2 countries which trade without restrictions

Question 13

MNCs?

Answer 13

Multi National Companies

World wide companies

Question 14

NGOs?

Answer 14

None government organizations

Charities are the main example of NGOs

Question 15

Multiplier effect?

Answer 15

People get paid more meaning they spend more which increases national income and lives can be improved with that money

Question 16

Private sector?

Answer 16

A company part of the national economy not under control by the government

Question 17

Public sector?

Answer 17

A company part of the national economy that is under control by the government
(schools, hospitals, etc.)

Question 18

Sustainable development?

Answer 18

Development of a country without depletion of natural resources

Question 19

Urban and rural?

Answer 19

Urban = Cities
Rural = Countryside/towns

Question 20

Brain drain?

Answer 20

The emigration of highly trained/qualified people from a particular country

Question 21

Emergency aid?

Answer 21

Assistance given by organizations/other countries after man made or natural disasters.

Question 22

Economic migrant

Answer 22

Moving from one country to another to improve standard of living

Question 23

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

Answer 23

Number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births