PART 1 Flashcards

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De-Industrialisation

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the decline of a country’s manufacturing industry due to an exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEE’s.

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Demographic Transition Model

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a model showing how a country should develop over time in terms of birth rate, death rate and total population size.

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Development

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the progress of a country in terms of economic growth, uses of technology and human welfare.

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Development Gap

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the difference is standards of living and wellbeing between the worlds richest and poorest countries.

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European Union

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an organisation made up from 28 European countries, including the uk, formed to reduce trade barriers and improve cooperation.

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Globalisation

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the process which has a more connected world, with increases in the movements of goods (trade) and people (migration and tourism) worldwide.

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industrial structure

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the relative proportion of the workforce employed in these sectors of the economy - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary.

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