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Ghana Flashcards

1
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What is Literacy rate?

A

-The number of adults who can read and write
-Social & economic
-Shows if people have access to a good education

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What is a LIC?

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-Less Industrialised Country / less income country
-A country with a GNI per capita of $1000 or less
Examples: chad , Ethiopia

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What is infant mortality rate?

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-the number of 0-1 year olds who die
-shows how medically developed the country is
-social

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What is Gross Domestic Product?

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-The selling price of goods made in the country
-Economic

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5
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What is MIC

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-More industrialised country
-economic

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What is HDI?

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-Ranking a country based off life expectancy, education, living standard and other development factors
-social

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What is access to safe water?

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-Percentage of people whom have access to clean water
-shows how developed the sewage is
-social

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What is life expectancy?

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-The number of years you are EXPECTED to live
-Social

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Children per woman

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-Number of children born per women
-Social
-If a woman has many children it may 1 show lack of sexual/procreational awareness or education and 2 need services to support the children this costs money and therefore affects development

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Calorie intake per capita?

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-The calories (food energy) consu,ed per person
-Social
-Indicates if a country has access to food and water

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What is the Birth rate?

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-The number of babies per 1000 women per year
-Social

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What is a HIC ?

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-A high income country
-A country with a GNI per capita of $12000 or more
Examples : Germany , USA

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13
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What is the literacy rate in Ghana

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79%

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14
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What is the GDP of Ghana ?

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$2445

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15
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What is the GDP of the uk?

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$40,284.64

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What is the life expectancy in Ghana?

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64-68 year
Average 65

17
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What is the life expectancy in the Uk?

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82 years

18
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What is the birth rate per woman in Ghana?

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3.696 births per woman

19
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What is the birth rate per woman in the UK?

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1.65 births per woman

20
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What is Ghanas HDI out of 138?

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138

21
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What is Britain’s out of 138?

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30

22
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What are the factors affecting development?

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Flooding
Terrain
Extreme climate
Tectonic hazards
Disease

23
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Disease affecting development?

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People are unable to work therefore are not making money while the country spends more money on disease

24
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Flooding affecting development?

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Crops are ruined meaning there’s less food supply which might cause people to migrate, have less trading crops and earn less money and also damage buildings

25
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Extreme climate affecting development?

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Extreme climate prevents crops from getting nutrients and water which means crops will die and there will be a food shortage.

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Tectonic hazards affecting development?

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Tectonic hazards damage buildings which costs to repair instead of the money going to causes such as education/food/health

27
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Terrain affecting development?

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-Terrain prevents transportation of goods and materials
-The money is spent on infrastructure
-Terrain is almost impossible to build or farm on

28
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How do wars affect development?

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-Causes death and destruction preventing work
-Lots of money spent on war
-Cause people to migrate away

29
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What is debt?

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Deb5 is the paying back of (owning )money to another country in which an LIC loaned money from

30
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Structure of the debt cycle?

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  1. They next year the country speed produce to their countries as usual
    2.but the prices for the these goods have dropped
  2. so it does not earn as much as it hoped
  3. Which leaves it short for important developmental matters
    5 .the county has to pay the interim loans
  4. So it borrows more money

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