Test 1 Flashcards
What does developing south and developed north mean?
The developing/developed line is a line that was made by a geographer to describe a separation of development in countries compared to others
What does development mean?
Freedom and equal rights,
can afford good amounts of food,
high education levels,
good living conditions,
long lifespan and
overall happiness of a place
What are social indicators?
A set of indicators of the people and employments and just development in terms of the people
Give an example of social indicators?
Social indicators are for example
Health
Happiness
Education
Good jobs
And patients per doctor
What are economic indicators?
A set of how well the businesses and the economy is and just development in terms of the wealth and power of the nation
What would be an example of an economic indicator?
GDP (the amount someone makes for the economy)
Wealth
Success
Sell rates
Profits made
Good buissinesses
What is used to measure development?
Money/wealth
Life expectancy
Education
Living standards
Name the main islands of Japan?
Hokkaido
Honshu (largest)
Shikoku
Kyushu
(+okinawa)
Name the main seas near Japan?
The Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan
Seto inland sea
Name the main city’s of Japan
Tokyo , Yokohama
Osaka , Nagoya
Name the main mountains in Japan?
Asahi dake
Mount Fuji
Yariga take
What is life like in the country side?
Traditional
Children at expected to take care of their parents when they are older
Main jobs would be agricultural like farming
What is life like in the city’s?
Crowded
Loyal to family’s and places of work often keeping the same job through their whole life
School and education is very important
What problems are the countrysides overcoming?
Children who are meant to take care of their parents when family are leaving for main city’s and therefore the family’s Fonteyn have anyone to take care of them
What problems are the city’s overcoming?
Overcrowding
Overworking
Pricey living
Very expensive
In the rain and temp graphs what are the different ways of measuring?
The lines in the graph are the temperature and the bars are the rainfall amount
What do developing countries graphs look like?
They are middle age heavy and have a higher percentage in 30s to fourties’ due to them living longer
What do developing countries graphs looks like like?
The are very bottom heavy often in a pyramidal shape because they are more likely to die earlier due to less health care and they have a very high birthrate and infant death rate
Name a few Japanese brands and what they sell or do?
Nintendo (games)
Sony (tech)
Nissan (cars)
Toyota (cars)
Etc..
Where are businesses often located and why
In main cities as they are
the closest to customers and resources
And nearer to transpositions like trains and have more accessible roads for the workers and also they are near the main shipping places
Name a few things Japan imports?
Iron
Coal
Wheat
Copper ore
From Australia and canada
Name a few things Japan exports?
Cars
Steel
Machine tools
Plastics
Electronic goods
To the US, South Korea, and the UK
What does Japan do more of in terms of exports and imports?
Exports as Japan gains more money from them in comparison with imports being $240 billion a year and exports being $300 billion a year with exports making $60 billion more than imports
What is gdp and gnp like what they stand for?
GDP - gross domestic product
GNP - gross national product
