India & Global Development : Key Words

Question 1

Define : geopolitics

Answer 1

Politics and international relations, influenced by geographical factors

Question 2

Define : peninsula

Answer 2

Surrounded by bodies of water on three sides (like India)

Question 3

Define : primary sector

Answer 3

Getting raw materials from the land e.g., farming, forestry.

Question 4

Define : secondary sector

Answer 4

Making products out of raw materials e.g., food processing, car manufacturing.

Question 5

Define : tertiary sector

Answer 5

Providing a service e.g., doctors, teachers.

Question 6

Define : quaternary sector

Answer 6

ICT and research e.g., computer software designers, research scientists.

Question 7

Define : disposable income

Answer 7

Income remaining after taxes, rent, etc. have been paid

Question 8

Define : landscape degradation

Answer 8

Human-involved processes acting upon the land negatively effect its environment

Question 9

Define : public sector

Answer 9

Revolve around the government, control management and ownership (e.g., NHS)

Question 10

Define : private sector

Answer 10

Revolve around individuals and groups motivated by profit

Question 11

Define : privatisation

Answer 11

Transference of a company or industry to the private sector, from the public sector

Question 12

Define : barriers to trade

Answer 12

Government constraints on the flow of international goods and services

Question 13

Define : TNC’s

Answer 13

A company that operates on a global scale with HQ in developed country and other parts elsewhere

Question 14

Define : FDI

Answer 14

foreign direct investment : an investment from one country and organisation, directly to another

Question 15

Define : multiplier effect

Answer 15

Not only improves employee lives, but has a knock-on effect, e.g., money being spent on local businesses

Question 16

Define : economic leakage

Answer 16

Profits that are made in one country are lost in another, often richer, country