Global development

Question 1

What financial sectors are there

Answer 1

Primary- extract raw materials which are used to provide services or create products, eg oil, crops, gold

Secondary- Manufactures the raw material from primary sector into more valuable items eg turning gold into jewellery

Tertiary- involves selling services and products from primary and secondary industries, eg jewellery retailer

Quaternary- consists of information technology industries, eg research and development, ICT or customer service

Question 2

advantage to the development of a non- renewable resource

Answer 2

Coal- can be found all over the world so is easily accessible, therefore the costs of using coal will be lessened, especially since how efficient it is at producing energy

Question 3

Main industries of India

Answer 3

• Agriculture especially for spices and grain
• ICT
• Manufacturing
• Textiles

Question 4

biotic/ abiotic definition

Answer 4

biotic- factors due to living organisms

abiotic- factors due to non living stimuli

Question 5

equation for percentage change

Answer 5

((new value- old value)/ old value )x100

Question 6

what is HDI, what categories do different countries fit into

Answer 6

a score less than 1 to evaluate the standard of living of a population

developing country >0.550
emerging country between 0.550 and 0.799
developed country 0.799

Question 7

causes of development inequalities

Answer 7

• Climate-> determins what crops and how well crops can grow in an area (could be a source of income)
• Access to resources (gold/ silver/ oil, etc) have value
• Coastal or landlocked (trade easier or harder)
• Colonialism (countries used other countries resources, etc)

Question 8

Consequences of uneven development

Answer 8

• Builds upon wealth gap
• LICs will have lower quality of life than population of HICs
• Different health levels (access of water/ food/ doctors)