superpowers Flashcards
what makes a country a superpower
gdp per capita - gross domestic product
hdi - human development index
literacy rate - percentage of people over 15 who can read + write
infant mortality rate - number of deaths per 1,000 under 1 year old
economic strength
military
current superpower nations
china
russia
norway
physical characteristics of russia
lakes
rivers
mountains
what natural resources does russia have
oil and gas - 25% of worlds
minerals - 1/6 worlds
timber - 1/5 comes from siberian forests
life in rural
wider range if available goods
homes are bigger
more activities to take part in
life in urban
better jobs
quality of health care
62,000 libraries
impacts of rural to urban migration
it will become over crowded and cause lots of homelessness
job availability will shrink and shrink
pollution
conflict between russia and ukraine
ukrainian leader called of a deal with eu, people protest, new leader signs the deal, purim illegally invades south ukraine
physical characteristics of china
large rivers
mountains
pacific ocean
why do people go to chongqing
everyone moves their to look for jobs amd the move from the countryside to the city
effects of one child policy
helping slow down the increase in population
female population decreasing
lots of homeless kids
advantages of three gorges dam
better/easier trading route
contributes to 3% of china’s electricity
gave lots of people building jobs
disadvantages of three gorges dam
caused yangtze dolphin to go extinct
very expensive - £22.5 billion
loss of farmland and houses