Geography Standard of living Voacb

Question 1

Developed Countries

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Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life and standard of living

Question 2

Developing Countries

Answer 2

Countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life and standard of living

Question 3

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Answer 3

GDP is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country

Question 4

Per capita

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Per Person

Question 5

Purchasing Power

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The ability to spend money

Question 6

Standard of Living

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refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people. It is usually measured by real income per person, although sometimes other measures may be used; (examples are access to certain goods (such as number of refrigerators per 1000 people), or measures of health such as life expectancy).

Question 7

Demographer

Answer 7

A geographer who studies information about human populations

Question 8

Demographics

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Information about human populations

Question 9

Human Development Index

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HDI is a number that measures economic and human well-being on a scale of 0 to 1. It combines life expectancy, literacy and purchasing power into one number.

Question 10

Life Expectancy

Answer 10

How long a person is expected to live To calculate average life expectancy, a wide variety of characteristics can be looked at, including gender, hospitals and medical care available in the country, genetics, and lifestyle habits including smoking, drinking, eating, exercise, and sleep patterns that are common in the country of residence.

Question 11

Literacy Rate

Answer 11

The percent of people in a country who can read and write on a functional level

Question 12

Percent of population under age 15

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Developing countries with a high percentage of young people may have trouble providing enough jobs, schools and food. They may also risk overpopulation.

Question 13

Rural population

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The percentage of people living in cities with a population less than 2,000

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Urban population

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The percentage of people living in cities with a population of 2,000 or more

Question 15

Capital Resource

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Things that are produced by people and used over and over again to produce other goods and services (Computers, machines, tools…)

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Consumption

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The use of goods and services by consumers, businesses, and governments

Question 17

Human Capital

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A set of skills a person acquires through education, training or experience which helps them create a good or provide a service. The more human capital a person possesses the more their market value increases.

Question 18

Human Resource

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Human effort directed to the production of goods and services. (People who work are human resources)

Question 19

Natural Resource

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Something found in nature that people use to produce goods and services. (e.g. land, trees, animals, mineral deposits, soils, etc…)

Question 20

Opportunity Cost

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The highest valued alternative that is given up when a choice is made

Question 21

Productive Resource

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Any resource that is used to produce a good or provide a service. These include any type of human, natural and capital resources.

Question 22

Scarcity

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The condition where people cannot have all the goods and services they want. It results from the imbalance of unlimited wants and limited resources. (Not enough)

Question 23

Crops

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A group of plants grown by people for food or other use (especially large scale farming or horticulture)

Question 24

Human Environment Interaction

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How humans use, adapt, and change their environment (HEI)

Question 25

Subsistence Farming

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Farming in which people raise only enough food for their families

Question 26

Technology

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The skills or knowledge to use knowledge and science to make products or meet goals

Question 27

Topographic

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Physical Features