the changing economic world

Question 1

what does development mean?

Answer 1

how a country becomes more economically and technologically advanced,** so peoples quality of life improves,** e.g educational oppurtunities.

Question 2

give 3 social measures of development

Answer 2

1. birth rate - number of births per 1000 of population per year
2. infant mortality rate- number of babies under 1 who die per 1000 live births per year
3. literacy rate- % of adults who can read and write

Question 3

give an economic measure of development

Answer 3

GNI - Gross National Income is the total value of goods and services and investement per person

Question 4

what is HDI

Answer 4

Human Development Index
healthy- life expectancy
wealthy -GNI per capita
wise - literacy rates

Question 5

What is the Fisher Clark Model?

Answer 5

The Clark Fisher model shows how countries move through three phases: pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial.

During the pre-industrial phase, most of the population works in the ** primary sector** , with only a few people working in the secondary sector.

During the industrial stage, **fewer workers are in the primary sector ** as land is being taken over by manufacturing and imports are becoming more common. There is internal rural-to-urban migration, with workers looking for secondary sector employment for a better quality of life.

During the post-industrial stage, when the country has industrialised, there is a decrease in primary and secondary sector workers but a large increase in tertiary sector workers. There is a demand for entertainment, holidays, and technologies as disposable income grows. The UK is an example of a post-industrial society.

Question 6

What is the Demographic Transition Model? DTM

Answer 6

a graph that shows how a population changes as it develops including birth rates and death rates.

Question 7

Give two links from stage one of the DTM to development

Answer 7

1. high birth rate — need children to work so family size is large because most people aresubsistence farmers — so fewer women working so lower GNI
2. High death rate — infant mortality rate is high because of a lack of money to invest in maternal services so women have many children in the hope that they survive— fewer people survive to working age so less workers so less GNI

Question 8

Give two links from stage three of the DTM to development

Answer 8

1. falling birth rates — more people work in the secondary industry so less children needed to work — women can work so generates more GNI

Question 9

Give two links from stage four of the DTM to development

Answer 9

1. rising population — better hospitals as more wealth so more investement in hospital resources and better education so more doctors — people are healthy so live for longer
2. low fluctuating birth and death rates — better living conditions as more wealth so healthier lifestyles — people remain healthy and live longer

Question 10

quick fire

what are the 3 causes of uneven development

Answer 10

1. historical
2. economic
3. physical

Question 11

summarise the historical causes for uneven development

Answer 11

• colonisation — took raw materials for free (lack of investment!!) — so less goods to sell — so less money
• colonisation — slave trade — generation of workers lost (plus bad conditions for family and other generations making them weak and unable to work) — less workers
• colonisation — divided tribes — conflict — less workers — generate less wealth.