social studies unit 2 terms

Question 1

An individual’s perception of their position in life and their well-being. It includes everything from a person’s health to their happiness, social relationships, and economic standing. Individuals tend to have different perspectives on what a good quality of life includes.

Answer 1

Quality of Life

Question 2

Factors that may influence your quality of life.

Answer 2

Indicators

Question 3

Many factors involved in assessing quality of life can be measured and empirically determined.

Answer 3

Quantitative Data

Question 4

A country’s level of happiness. Collecting all forms of data and making objective observations will give social scientists a better understanding of the quality of life in Canada and around the world.

Answer 4

Qualitative Indicators

Question 5

Refers to a region’s material wealth and trade.

Answer 5

Economic Development

Question 6

Pollution rates, percentage of protected forest or ocean environments, recycling facilities, ecological footprint, air quality.

Answer 6

Environmental

Question 7

The type of government in a region, level of corruption, effectiveness of electoral system, and the rule of law.

Answer 7

Political

Question 8

The level of education, healthcare, life expectancy, and infant mortality in a society.

Answer 8

Social Development

Question 9

Referring to how much wealth a country has.

Answer 9

Level of Economic Development

Question 10

These countries generally have stronger economies, are wealthier, and have a higher quality of life.

Answer 10

More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs)

Question 11

These countries generally have weaker economies, are less wealthy, and have a lower quality of life.

Answer 11

Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs)

Question 12

An indicator, sign, or measure of something. An example is the HDI.

Answer 12

Index

Question 13

It combines life expectancy (social), education (social), and per capita income (economic) to create an index to represent the data collected per country.

Answer 13

Human Development Index (HDI)

Question 14

The average predicted lifespan of a person based on year of birth and other factors including gender.

Answer 14

Life Expectancy

Question 15

If two things correlate, a change in one thing results in a similar or opposite change in another thing.

Answer 15

Correlated

Question 16

Measured over a period of time.

Answer 16

Longitudinal

Question 17

The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year.

Answer 17

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Question 18

A country’s GDP divided by its population. Per capita means per person. It is an indicator of average wealth per person in a nation.

Answer 18

GDP per Capita

Question 19

Changes in GDP and GDP per capita each year.

Answer 19

Annual Economic Growth

Question 20

A measure of the inequality of wealth. It records the gap in income between the country’s richest people and its poorest.

Answer 20

Gini Index

Question 21

A measurement of how much the prices of goods, services and wages increase each year. High inflation (above a few percentage points) can be a bad thing) and suggests a government that lacks control over the economy.

Answer 21

Inflation

Question 22

The number of people who cannot find work.

Answer 22

Unemployment number

Question 23

Shows the division of a country’s economy between primary, secondary and tertiary industries.

Answer 23

Economic Structure