Geography - Term 2 Unit 1: Development pg 56-62

Question 1

what does development mean?

Answer 1

It means becoming better, stronger and more advanced

Question 2

Give indicators of standard of living

Answer 2

Population growth, number of tv sets per 1000 people

Question 3

Define indicators

Answer 3

Info and statistics that tell us about level of development of a country

Question 4

Define standard of living

Answer 4

Amount of wealth and access to resources that people have

Question 5

What can this information be used for?

Answer 5

To calculate level of development

Question 6

Name the 3 aspects to development and explain each

Answer 6

Economic aspects:
when we talk about how wealthy person or country is, we are referring to economic aspects of development. one indicator is per capita income (average amount of money person earns per year). another important economic aspect is how country earns its money. poorer countries often earn most of money from primary activities. more developed countries from secondary activities.

social aspect:
indicators of social aspects of development include quality of life and access to goods and services. access to basic needs (e.g. clean water) also part of social aspect. more developed countries usually have strong democracies

environmental aspects:
how countries use natural resources plays big part in development. main environmental aspect of development is how sustainable level of development in country is. environmentally sustainable development causes little long-term damage to environment as possible

Question 7

define per capita

Answer 7

for each person

Question 8

Define quality of life

Answer 8

how good or bad a person’s life is; level of comfort they have

Question 9

Define infrastructure

Answer 9

installations such as roads, bridges, sewers, railways, etc.

Question 10

define sustainable

Answer 10

able to continue for a long time and be kept up

Question 11

define deplete

Answer 11

reduce resources, often to level where they don’t recover

Question 12

What is the most common statistic used to measure level of development?

Answer 12

development if gross domestic product (GDP) per capita

Question 13

define gross domestic product (GDP) per capita

Answer 13

average amount earned by a person in a year, based on amount of money produced in the country

Question 14

give reasons why GDP per capita and level of development don’t improve in some countries

Answer 14

• war
• rapid population growth rate
• paying off large debts
• lack of resources for development
• natural and human disasters (including Aids)

Question 15

define adult literacy rate

Answer 15

percentage of adult population that are able to read

Question 16

Define biased

Answer 16

strong feeling towards one result rather than another; not based on fairness

Question 17

define surplus

Answer 17

oversupply; too many for number of jobs

Question 18

what is the most common statistic for measuring development?

Answer 18

Most commonly-used statistics for measuring development is Human Development Index

Question 19

What does Human Development Index measure?

Answer 19

HDI measures well being and compared level of development of different countries (it is figure between 0 and 1, 0 being the worst)

Question 20

What are the 3 indicators used in HDI?

Answer 20

life expectancy, level of education and per capita GDP

Question 21

Define life expectancy

Answer 21

Average umber of years a person in a particular country can expect to live.

Question 22

What does per capita GDP measure?

Answer 22

Total number of goods and services produced in a country in a year divided by number of people in country (usually given in US$. over $20 000 considered to be high p/capita medium is between $3000 and $20000 and low below $3000)