Global Inequalities And Theories Flashcards
What is a poor climate?
If a country has a poor climate they won’t be able to grow much. This reduces the amount of food produced. People will also have fewer crops to sell, so less money to spend on goods and services which reduces their quality of life.
What is a poor farming land?
If the land in a country is steep or has poor soil or even no soil then they won’t produce a lot of food.
What does limited water supplies result has?
Some countries don’t have a lot of water. This makes it harder for them to produce a lot of food.
What are natural disasters?
Its affects people’s lives or properties e.g earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eurptions, floods. When natural hazards do affect people’s lives or property they’re called natural disasters.
What are the effects with only a few raw materials?
Countries without many raw materials like coal, oil tend to make less money because they’ve got fewer products to sell. This means they have less money to spend pn development.
Write 3 political factors that slow development.
1) If a country has an unstable goverment it might not invest in things like healthcare, education and improving the economy.
2) Some goverments are corrupt. This means that some people in the country get richer (by breaking the law) while the others stay poor and have a low quality of life.
3) if there’s a war in a country, thr country loses money that could be spent on development - equipment is expensive, buildings get destroyed and fewer people work.
What are the economic factors affecting development?
- Poor trade links
- Lots of debt
- An economy based on primary products.
What are the social factors that affect development?
- Drinking water
- The place of women in society
- Child education
An economic facor affecting development of what are poor trade links is?
If a country has poor trade links, it won’t make a lot of money, so there’ll be less to spend on development.
An econmic factor affecting development of Lots of debt can result has…
Very poor countries borrow money from other countries and international organisations e.g to help cope with the aftermath of a natural disaster. This money has to be paid back. Any moeny a country makes is used to pay back the money, so isn’t used to develop.
An econmic factor effecting development of an econmy based on primary products are?
Countries that mostly export primary products (raw materials like wood, metal and stone) tend to be less developed. This is because you don’t make much profit by selling primary products. This means people don’t make much money, so the goverment has less to spend on development.
A social factor affecting development of drinking water is that…..
A country will be more developed if it has clean drinking water available. If the only water people can drink is dirty then they’ll get ill. Being ill a lot reduces a person’s quality life. Ill people can’t work, so they don’t add money to the economy. So a country that has unsafe drinking water will end up with more ill people so less money to develop.
The social factor affecting development of the place of women in society is that….
A country will be more developed if a women have an equal place with men in society. Women who have an equal place in society are more likely to be educated and to work. If so women have a better quality of life and the country has more money to spend on development.
A social factor affetcing development of child education is that…..
The more children that go to school, the more developed a country will be. This is because they’ll get a better education so they will get better jobs results of the person’s quality of life improves and increases the money the country has to spend on development.
What is fair trade?
Fair trade is all about getting fair trade for goods produced on poorer countries e.g coffee. Companies who want to sell products labelled as fair trade have to pay producers a fair price
