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Question 1

classifying countries

Answer 1

classifying countries into groups allows

-countries that experience similar characteristics to be grouped together
-purpose to guide policies and inventions.

Question 2

3 classification groups

Answer 2

-high income countries
-middle income countries (upper/lower)
-low income countries

Question 3

GNI per capita range

Answer 3

high income = $12 056 OR more
upper middle income = $3896-12 055
lower middle income = $996-3895
low income = $995 OR less

Question 4

poverty

Answer 4

poverty is a term commonly used to describe the lack of access to resources as a result of a lack of access to money.

Question 5

characteristics of high-, middle-, and low-income countries

Answer 5

-environmental characteristics
-social characteristics
-economic characteristics

Question 6

economic characteristics

Answer 6

-lower levels of poverty
-high average incomes

-wide range of industries
-opportunities for global trade

Question 7

extreme poverty

Answer 7

living in less than US $1.90 per day

Question 8

GDP (gross domestic product)

Answer 8

a measure that reflects the economic state of a country. GDP is the value of all goods and services produced in a country in a 12-month period.

Question 9

PPP- purchasing power parity

Answer 9

which provides a way to compare countries that have different currencies and costs of living.

PPP takes a range of factors:
-average income and the cost of living, to provide a standard comparable currency.

PPP is often expressed in US dollars (US$) or as international dollars (PPP$), which is a theoretical currency.

Question 10

GNI (Gross national income per capita)

Answer 10

the total value of goods and services a country’s citizens produce, including the value of income earned by citizens who may be working in an overseas country

Question 11

relative poverty

Answer 11

those living on less than 50 per cent of their country’s average income.

Question 12

poverty can prevent access to

Answer 12

adequate housing
education

Question 13

how is poverty measured

Answer 13

poverty is measured through GNI which has two areas of interest. that is relative and extreme poverty.

Question 14

adequate housing poverty

Answer 14

poverty can prevent people in low income countries from accessing adequate housing due to an inability to afford proper housing. As a result individuals or families will resort to living in slums. promoting the spread of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis increasing morbidity rates.

Question 15

nutritious foods poverty

Answer 15

undernutritioned is often the result of an inability to afford nutritous foods, this can decrease immune function