Social 3201 Flashcards
What is quality of life?
the standard of health, comfort and happiness experienced by an individual or group.
What are 4 issues of quality of life
Economic
Social
Political
Environmental
Define The 4 issues
Economic Issues – complex problems that involve money, wealth, employment or people’s access to things they need or want in life.
Social Issues – complex problems that involve education, health, equality, population, and other factors that influence people’s opportunities in society.
Political Issues – complex problems that involve how people make decisions in groups and can involve government, laws, human rights, and safety.
Environmental Issues – complex problems that involve people’s interactions with the natural world, including land use, water use, energy, and climate.
What are the 2 indicators to compare countries
1.The Human Development Index
2.Level of Economic Development
What is human development index (HDI)
uses life expectancy, access to education, and GDP per capita to determine how well off people are in a country or region.
Define life expectancy
It is the average age people can expect to live and is related to health outcomes.
Define GDP per capita
GDP per capita is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year divided by the population. This shows average wealth production per person.
What does a high HDI mean?
A high HDI means
greater attainment of life expectancy
better education
Higher GDP per capita indicators
Most rich countries = > than 0.9000.
What are the categories of the Level of Economic development?
There are two categories used in this model:
More Economically Developed Countries (MEDC) – these countries generally have stronger economies, are wealthier, and have a higher quality of life.
Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDC) – these countries generally have weaker economies, are less wealthy, and have a lower quality of life.
MEDC tend to be in northern regions, and LEDC in southern. This is referred to as the
North/South divide.
What are the different measures of global involvement?
Freedom House rating, Infant mortality rate, GDP, GDP from agriculture, Visiting tourists as a percentage from population, Oil consumption per Capita, Human Development Index, Number of Mcdonalds location, Corruption Perception Index and Internet users
Classify the following into their categories: Freedom House rating, Infant mortality rate, GDP, GDP from agriculture, Visiting tourists as a percentage from population, Oil consumption per Capita, Human Development Index, Number of Mcdonalds location, Corruption Perception Index and Internet users
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What is economic development? Social development? Political development? and environmental development?
Economic development – a region’s material wealth and trade.
Social development – the level of education, healthcare, life expectancy, and infant mortality in a society.
Political development – the type of government in a region, level of corruption, effectiveness of electoral system, and the rule of law.
environmental indicators are also useful in evaluating quality of life. This can include factors such as ecological footprint and air quality.
What is ecological footprint
A measure of sustainability used to demonstrate the ecological pressure created by the residents of a country on the land.
What are inventions/innovations?
Inventions/Innovations:
Providing for the basic needs of survival
Improving upon successful methods to make people’s experiences more comfortable or positive
Have all innovations had a positive effect on quality of life?
The answer to this question depends largely on perspective and the example we are discussing.
For example, last year we learned about the cotton gin, a device produced during the Industrial Revolution that helped increase the amount of cotton that could be picked by more easily removing the seeds.
This improved quality of life for those who owned the devices (greater income) and those who wanted to buy cheaper cotton clothing.
A significant unintended consequence of the cotton gin was the increase in slavery that occurred, as entrepreneurs (especially in the American South) sought to reduce production costs by using slavery instead of paid labour. This greatly reduced the health, wealth, freedom (and quality of life) of slaves.
Manhattan Project as innovation
Manhattan Project
the research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs.
intended to end the Second World War, even though they would result in terrible destruction and create the longstanding tensions of the Cold War.
