HUMS ) THD O NDEC Flashcards

1
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What is the language most commonly used?

A

French

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2
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What is the capital city?

A

Kinshasa

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3
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What are the main imports?

A

equipments goods, food and chemicals

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4
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What are the main exports?

A

copper, cobalt and gold

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5
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How big is it compared to other countries

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2nd largest country in Africa, 11th largest in the world

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6
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What are common geographical features?

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large river basin, high plateaus and mountain ranges.

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7
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How big is it?

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2.345 million km

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8
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Where is it located?

A

Central Africa

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9
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What is the population?

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95.89 million

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10
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What is the population demographic (below 14)?

A

47%

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11
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What is the population demographic (15-65)?

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50%

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12
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What is the population demographic (above 65)?

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3%

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13
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What is the chosen Wellbeing Index?

A

Human Development Index

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14
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What is the Human Development Index?

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Measures quality of life by life expectancy, years of schooling and standard of living. Measured in decimal from 0-1.

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15
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What is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s score in the index.

A

0.571

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16
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How does the index rank?

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middle ground of African countries, low medium of all countries.

17
Q

What is the wellbeing indicator?

A

life expectency

18
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What is life expectancy?

A

How long someone is expected to live in a country.

19
Q

Life expectancy score?

A

61.60 years

20
Q

How has it changed?

A

Increased since 1950s, continued to increase.

21
Q

Average increase over year.

A

0.46

22
Q

What factors led to life expectancy increase?

A

increase health care budget, vaccinated children and non for profits.

23
Q

What is local problem?

A

Conflict and Violence

24
Q

Affect of local problem?

A

Leads to ongoing violence making residents unhappy, scared and dislike living there.

25
Q

What caused the local problem?

A

inequality and government corruption

26
Q

What is the solution?

A

promote inclusivity, strengthen government(anti-corruption laws) and have government address ethnic tension

27
Q

How does the solution work?

A

helped South Africa, Georgia and Ruwanda