Karnataka

Question 1

What is aid

Answer 1

giving of good or services - usually from MEDCs to LEDCs

Question 2

What type of time periods are there for aid

Answer 2

Short and long term aid

Question 3

What are the types of aid ( 3 )

Answer 3

1/ Bilateral aid
2/ Multilateral aid
3/ Non-governmental aid

Question 4

What is meant by bilateral aid

Answer 4

Aid given directly from one government to another

Question 5

What is meant by multilateral aid

Answer 5

Aid given through an agency such as the world bank, this agency then distributes the money appropriately

Question 6

What is meant by non governmental aid

Answer 6

Is given to charities such as oxfam and unicef

Question 7

What is meant by tied aid

Answer 7

Aid that has conditions, such as repayments

Question 8

Points in favor of aid ( 6 )

Answer 8

1/ Emergency aid in times of disaster can reduce the harm
2/ Development projects such as provision of clean water can increase living standards
3/ Can benefit the economy when supplying natural resources and power
4/ Help create jobs and infrastructure via aided industry development
5/ Aid agriculture benefited by resources
6/ Provision of medical treatment

Question 9

Points against aid ( 4 )

Answer 9

1/ Aid can increase the dependency of LEDCs on MEDCs
2/ Profits from large projects can go to MNCs and donors
3/ Aid does not always reach the people who need it and can be kept by corrupt officials
4/ Aid can be spent on unnecessary projects in urban areas

Question 10

Where is Karnataka

Answer 10

Southwest India, on the Arabian sea

Question 11

What are 3 problems in Karnataka

Answer 11

1/ Lack of electricity
2/ Too much reliance on LPG gas - expensive and unsustainable
3/ Lack of clean water in rural areas - disease arises

Question 12

Define sustainable in the context of geography

Answer 12

Meeting the needs to the present generation and the future generation.

Question 13

What are 3 appropriate technologies implemented in KARNATAKA

Answer 13

1/ Solar panels
2/ Sanja chula cooking stove
3/ Rope pumps

Question 14

Explain: solar panels

Answer 14

Provided by SELCO. They are bought by the community in a self-help scheme. Cost $400 but saves money on expensive kerosene lamps

Question 15

Explain: Sanja Chula cooking stove

Answer 15

Cooking stove which uses bio-fuel. Used in schools so saves the school moolar. Bio-fuel purchased from local farms

Question 16

Explain: Rope pumps

Answer 16

Take water from within the deep groundwater store. This water is much cleaner as it has been filtered.

Question 17

Why are solar panels appropriate and advantageous ( 3 )

Answer 17

1/ Don’t pollute the environment while the old kerosene lamps did
2/ Children can study longer and therefor get better education etc
3/ Businesses can stay open longer

Question 18

Why is the sanja chula cooking stove appropriate and advantageous ( 3 )

Answer 18

1/ Schools can buy more and better supplies with the money they save
2/ Farmers waste is sold so they make more mahoolar
3/ Carbon neutral

Question 19

Why are rope pumps appropriate and advantageous ( 2 )

Answer 19

1/ Diseases prevented as people are no longer drinking contaminated water
2/ Saves time as people do not have to travel as far to find water