Key Words Flashcards
What does HDI stand for?
Human Development Index
What does GNI stand for?
Gross National Income
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
What does infant mortality mean?
How many infants die before the age of 1 (per 1000)
What does HIC stand for?
High Income Country
What does LIC stand for?
Low Income Country
What does NEE stand for?
Newly Emerging Economy
What does infrastructure mean?
Facilities & Services
What does sanitation mean?
The cleanliness of an area
What does migration mean?
Moving from one place to another
What does urbanisation mean?
The growth of towns & cities
What does rural mean?
Countrysides
What does urban mean?
Towns & cities
What does densely populated mean?
A high population in an area
What does sparsely populated mean?
A low population in an area
What is a megacity?
A city with 10 million or more people living there
What does demographic mean?
Population
What is a DTM (Demographic Transition Model)
A graph to show how birth & death rate have influenced the total population
What does deprivation mean?
To deny someone access to something
What are the four layers of the Earth?
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
What are the four plate boundaries?
Collision, Destructive, Conservative, Constructive
What is a tectonic plate?
Pieces of the Earth’s crust, that slowly move during a long period of time
What is a climate?
The pattern of weather over 30 years
What is weather?
The daily conditions of the atmosphere
