Uneven Development

Question 1

causes of uneven development

3

Answer 1

• physical
• economic
• historical

Question 2

physical reasons why uneven development

Answer 2

• landlocked - no access to seaborne trade (Chad)
• diseases like malaria spread by mosquitoes, population can’t stay healthy to work (South Africa)
• extreme weather (Africa-droughts)
• lack of safe water - unhealthy, limits commercial farming, takes time to collect safe water)

Question 3

economic reasons why uneven development

Answer 3

• poverty causes poverty
• most of world’s trade btwn richer countries
• rich countries & TNCs want to pay as little as possible for raw materials which usually come from LICs - keeps prices low
• some countries hv trade surpluses or deficits leading to ‘debt traps’
• fluctuating prices for raw materials (Copper in Zambia)

Question 4

historical reasons why uneven development

2

Answer 4

• colonialism - almost all wealth from 1650-1900 went to European powers.
• since independence, some countries faced political instability and corruption and financial mismanagement

Question 5

consequences of uneven development

3

Answer 5

• wealth
• health
• international migration

Question 6

consequences of uneven development (wealth)

2

Answer 6

• NA holds 34% global wealth
• Africa holds ~1% global wealth

Question 7

consequences of uneven development (health)

3

Answer 7

• In LICs children under 15 account for 4/10 deaths and over 70s only 2/10.
• Whereas in HICs over 70s account for 7/10 deaths and only 1/100 is a child under 15.
• In LICs infectious diseases are the main killer but in HICs its chronic diseases.

Question 8

consequences of uneven development (international migration)

Answer 8

Syrian civil war 2011-present:
* by 2021 ~6.6M ppl had fled the country (25% of all refugees)
* in Lebanon, there are no formal refugee camps - +1M Syrians live in overcrowded temporary shelters.