Topic 2

Question 1

Define development

Answer 1

Development is when how a country gets higher on the Human Development Index

Question 2

Compare the three different aspects of development

Answer 2

Emerging
Developing
Developed

Question 3

Write 4 key words doe each development indicator below
GDP
GDP per capita
GNI
Doctors
GINI
Gender
HDI
Corruption

Answer 3

Total, value, goods, manufacturing
Total, value, per person, country
Difference, income, of all people, everywhere
Medicine, ex/imports, local, commute
Men, women, ratio, children, elderly
4 factors, development, total country
Openness, voting, people, rites

Question 4

Will a developed country have a high or low score for the below
GDP
GDP per capita
GNI
Doctors
GINI
Gender
HDI
Corruption

Answer 4

High
High
High
High
High
Even
Low
Low

Question 5

Explain why HDI is considered a composite indicator of development

Answer 5

It has more than one factor that is used to order the number of countries in order of all the factors for example if they have good numbers of all of the factors then they will be lower on the scale however if they have poor factors then they will be high meaning that they are emerging or developing

Question 6

Explain why solely using GDP might give an inaccurate view of development

Answer 6

GDP is gross domestic products is the total value of all the goods which is not a good view as a company could be raising it by a lot where as the rest of the country is doing horribly

Question 7

Write out 4 key words for each dmographic indicator listed below
Birth rate
Death rate
Fertility
Infant mortality
Maternal mortality
Life expectancy
Will these increase or decrease with development

Answer 7

Births per thousand women- decrease
Death rates per 1000 people - decrease
Number of pregnancy per 1000 women - decrease
1st birthday, living, more - increase
Women living after birth - increase
Expected years of life - increase

Question 8

Compare how demographic data changes as a country develops

Answer 8

The changes will be that there will be less young children with more young working adults and less elderly but they will live longer

Question 9

Explain why fertility rte decreases as a country develops.

Answer 9

It decrease because it gts really expensive to have a baby where the land is expensive and as a country develops the land will get really expensive

Question 10

Explain how social factors ( health and education ) have caused global inequalities in development.

Answer 10

Richer wealth means more disposable wealth meaning that they can spend more this creates inequalities because they can buy more land meaning other people will have less land meaning they will not develop as much as richer people

Question 11

Explain how historexplain how historical factors ( colonialism) have caused global inequalities in development

Answer 11

This has more connections to other places which creates inequalities because trade will be cheaper and you can trade to other countries as well meaning development is easier and maybe quicker

Question 12

Explain how economic and political factors (THCs, neo-colonialism, governance, trade) have caused global inequalities

Answer 12

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Question 13

Compare how demographic data changes as a country develops

Answer 13

The changes will be that there will be less young children with more young working adults and less elderly but they will live longer

Question 14

Explain why fertility rte decreases as a country develops.

Answer 14

It decrease because it gts really expensive to have a baby where the land is expensive and as a country develops the land will get really expensive

Question 15

Explain how social factors ( health and education ) have caused global inequalities in development.

Answer 15

Richer wealth means more disposable wealth meaning that they can spend more this creates inequalities because they can buy more land meaning other people will have less land meaning they will not develop as much as richer people

Question 16

Explain how historexplain how historical factors ( colonialism) have caused global inequalities in development

Answer 16

This has more connections to other places which creates inequalities because trade will be cheaper and you can trade to other countries as well meaning development is easier and maybe quicker

Question 17

Explain how economic and political factors (TNCs, neo-colonialism, governance, trade) have caused global inequalities

Answer 17

This restricts methods of trading and ease of trading meaning that trade will be harder and more money will be needed to be spent meaning that money will be lost meaning that it will be harder for the country to develop

Question 18

Assess the significance of economic and political factors in affecting how a developed a country is

Answer 18

The economy should be good with less corruption. The economy if the country means that money is being spent well and if not the country is jot as developed. The corruption rate should be low as voting should be open to all the people and the voting should be counted fairly. Other factors may be important but not as much of the economy and corruption

Question 19

How do global inequalities in development affect peoples’ lives in developing countries

Answer 19

The core and developed countires may take advantage of developing and periphery countries by buying materials for less money meaning that the developing countries will have less money to invest into the countries development

Question 20

List the stages of Rostow’s modernisation theory

Answer 20

Traditional society
Preconditions for take off
Take off
Drive to maturity
High mass consumption

Question 21

Explain changes in economy that occur at the take off stage

Answer 21

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Question 22

Explain how demographic factors have prevented development in Malawi

Answer 22

Infant mortality means that the children will not be as likely to live to the age of one year old meaning that jobs will not be take by those kids when they grow up meaning that taxes will not be paid to the government meaning that less money will be invested into the country
Dependancy ratio is how many elderly and young people work compared to all the people working and normal working age. The lower this number is the better but Malawi has a high number as money is needed by everyone so the young and elderly have to work

Question 23

Explain one way which topography affects economic development

Answer 23

Steep land is a problem especially for countries in traditional society as they need land to grow food on and as steep land has very little soil less things can be grown and this means that less can be sold also steep hills are prone to have land slides meaning that crops that they are growing to sell will be gone meaning that they will have to restart as their source of money will have to be reset

Question 24

Franks theory

Answer 24

More manufactured goods are being given to the periphery as imports also the exports are worth less compared to the imports meaning that they sre losing money

Question 25

Explain take off

Answer 25

Growth is rapid and investments and technology creates new manufacturing industries. Take off requires investments from profits earned from over seas trade. The economy will be affected positively as more money take off requires that they are exporting more than they are importing