india's inequalities

Question 1

core (haves)

Answer 1

URBAN
- industry
- government
- social elites
- financial power
- education system

Question 2

periphery (have nots)

Answer 2

RURAL
- mining
- forestry
- agriculture
- little power
- brain drain
- low wages

Question 3

4 sectors of the economy

Answer 3

primary: getting goods from ground

secondary: manufacturing

tertiary: sell manufactured goods

quaternary: finance and data information

Question 4

location of Maharashtra and Bihar

Answer 4

M –> west on the coast of India, borders with pakistan & arabian sea

B –> north east india, landlocked, borders Nepal and Himalayas (barrier for trade)

Question 5

Maharashtra’s multiplier effect

Answer 5

CORE:
- rich
- urban
- big business industry
- government headquarters
- large population

• TNCs invest in region
• Biggest investment has been in services
• Industry has grown so jobs are available
• Attracts people to region
• Other industries grow
• Population have jobs so they will spend into smaller businesses which adds to growth

Question 6

Bihar’s cycle of poverty

Answer 6

PERIPHERY:
- poor
- rural
- raw material extraction industry

• Farming in rural areas pay poor wages
• Many families don’t have the surplus money/food so they can’t spend on machinery for help to grow
• Trapped in cycle of poverty
• Women = uneducated and have many children = pressure
• Many children don’t go to school –> hard to get put of poverty

Question 7

regional disparity impact

Answer 7

• lower quality of life in periphery
• conflicts between “haves” and “have nots”
• too much urbanisation –> overcrowding and job scarcity slows down country development