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The Development Gap Flashcards

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What is GDP?

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The total value of goods an services a country produces in a year

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What is GNI?

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The total value of goods and services people of that nationality produce in a year. GDP + money earned by nationals abroad

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What is GNI per head/per capita?

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The GNI divided by the population of a country

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What is Birth Rate?

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The number of live babies born per 1000 of the population per year

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What is Death Rate?

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The number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year

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What is infant mortality rate?

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The number of babies who die under 1 year old

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What is People per Doctor?

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The average number of people for each doctor

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What is Literacy Rate?

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The percentage of adults who can read and write

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What is Access to safe water?

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The percentage of people who can get clean drinking water

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What is Life expectancy?

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The average age a person can expect to live to

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What is HDI?

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A number calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate, education level and income per head

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Why are the measure of development misleading on their own?

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Because they’re averages

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13
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What 5 categories can countries be put into?

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Rich industrial countries
Newly Industrialising countries
Oil Exporting countries
Heavily indebted poor countries
Former communist countries
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14
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What improves as a country develops?

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Quality of life and standard of living

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What is standard of living?

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Someone’s material wealth, eg their income or whether they own a car

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What is quality of life?

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It includes standard of living but also other things that aren’t so easy to measure such as how safe the person’s environment is

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What environmental factors affect a country’s development?

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A poor climate
Poor farming land
Limited water supply
Lots of natural hazards
Few raw materials

AA - GEOGRPAHY - Revison (16 decks)

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