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Geography Unequal World Flashcards

To revise key vocabulary in the unequal world topic

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Development

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How progressed a country is in terms of economy, technology and human welfare

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Standard of Living

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The physical things, like money and assets

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LIC

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Low Income Country

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Quality of Life

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The things you can’t see: like happiness and safety

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NEE

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Newly Emerging Economy

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HIC

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High Income Country

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GNI Per Head

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Describes a country’s level of development, using imports, exports and services

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HDI

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A development indicator that considers GNI, life expectancy and years of education

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Birth Rate

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Births per 1000 of the total population

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Death Rate

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Deaths per 1000 of the total population

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Infant Mortality Rate

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Number of babies below the age of 1 that die per 1000 babies below the age of 1

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People Per Doctor

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The number of doctors per 1000 people

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Literacy Rate

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The percentage of the population who have basic reading and writing skills

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Life Expectancy

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From birth, the age an average person can expect to live

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Access To Safe Water

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Percentage of the population with regular access to germ and disease-free water

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Climate Related Disease

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Countries with climates suitable for diseases eg hot and humid with mosquitoes for malaria

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Poor Governance

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Countries with a bad government which spends money on things that don’t help/hinder development eg weapons

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Debt

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Countries have to pay other countries money that they owe eg many LICs in the 60s and 70s

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Poor Water Quality

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Countries can have infected water which means people are sick and can’t work

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Goods Sold

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Countries may not have useful products to export and have to import products, costing money eg only having low value raw materials

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Water Supply

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Countries may not have a good water supply so citizens have to leave work to search for water

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Landlocked With Bad Neighbours

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Countries have to rely on their neighbours to get water access and also can’t get money from water-based activities

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Lack of Natural Resources

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Countries with few resources may find it hard to create products to sell

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Weather Hazards

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Weather disasters like hurricanes could occur, which kill people and makes them lose their homes so they can’t work

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Colonialism
Countries may have been colonised and the empires used many local resources and killed/enslaved people eg British Empire
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Cycle of Poverty
Once some people are in poverty, they and their descendants may find it difficult to escape poverty, so the country has lots of poor people
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Climate
Climate can make a country too hot and dry or too wet and cold
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War
War kills people, and ruins the economy because lots of money is spent on war and people also have to rebuild, leaving no room for other things like healthcare
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Rapid Population Growth
The country's money must be spent on food/services and there may not be enough healthcare/education
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Absolute Poverty
Living on <$1 a day
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Relative poverty
Very poor compared to the local average
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Corruption
When a leader runs a country and benefits themself, not the country's population
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Fairtrade
A company that gives cocoa/banana/clothes farmers a reasonable price and a Fairtrade premium
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Fairtrade premium
An extra piece of money Fairtrade farmers can use for the benefit of the community for every certain amount of cocoa they produce
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Middleman
Someone who buys cocoa from farmers to give to the company
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Investment
Larger companies can locate part of their business in other countries. Locals get jobs and they build roads, internet cables and factories
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Aid
When one of more countries gives money or materials to another country. The money is often tied
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Tied
Money given from aid can only be spent on certain things
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Intermediate Technology
Using tools and techniques suitable for their country of use eg basic tools for countries that can’t uphold expensive machinery
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Debt relief
Organising debt so the payments are more manageable
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Microfinance Loans
Where small manageable loans are given to LICs for development projects
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Bilateral Aid
Country- country aid
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Voluntary Aid
Charity- country aid
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Multilateral Aid
Global organisation- country
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NGO
Non-government organisation
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Top-bottom development
Large scale development projects
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Bottom-up development
Small, local development projects
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Shops
Places that sell products
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Importers
People who bring the cocoa to the companies
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Companies
Company that makes chocolate
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Farmer
Person who grows cocoa
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Buyer
Person who buys products
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Hippo Roller
Device that helps people collect water
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International Migration
People move to from poor places to more developed places
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Lack of social opportunity
Children in poorer areas get suck in poverty and can't get out
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Political instability
Civil wars and riots occur more often when the richer are much richer than the poor
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Aid dependency
Many LICs are heavily in debt because they borrowed money
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Development Gap
The difference in standard of living and quality of life between the world's richest and poorest countries
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SDG
Sustainable development goals set by the UN to improve the world
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What are the sustainable development goals?
17 goals set by the UN to help countries develop sustainably
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Name strengths /weaknesses of 2 social development indicators
Death Rate- it shows amount and quality of doctors, and also could imply how good the safe access to water or GNI is but doesn't show how good their life was Life Expectancy- shows doctors and implies water and money but does not regard the quality of their lives
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Name strengths /weaknesses of 2 economic development indicators
GNI per head- shows how much money a country has but doesn't show quality of life or life expectancy Economy of Country- Shows how much money a country has, however it does not show how much money each person has
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