week 7 reset Flashcards
the _________ was developed as a way of showing the how the world was geographically split into relatively richer and poorer nations.
Brandt Line
According to the Bdrant Line Model richer countries are almost all located in the ________, with the exception of__________ and _________
Northern Hemisphere
Australia and New Zealand
According to the Bdrant Line Model poorer countries are mostly located in tropical regions and in the ________________.
Southern Hemisphere
The Brandt line, proposed by ________(the German Chancellor) in ______, created a partition between the ‘_______’ North and ‘________’ South.
Willy Brandt
1980
developed
developing
It is an imaginary division that has provided a rough way of dividing all of the countries in the world in to the rich north and poor south
Brandt Line
Many countries in the poor south have become more developed since the ________and so many people now think that the Brandt line is no longer useful.
1980s
It is a measure of the amount of money earned per person in a nation or geographic region.
Per capita income
___________ can be used to determine the average per-person income for an area and to evaluate the standard of living and quality of life of the population.
Per capita income
Per capita income for a nation is calculated by dividing the country’s ________by its _______.
national income
population
In _______ Western Europe’s per capita income was ______ times bigger than Africa’s
1820
three
In the year _____ it was _______times as big
2000
13
‘BRICS’ meaning
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa
These countries, which comprise over 40% of the world’s population and account now for _______% of global GDP have seen increasingly high rates of economic growth suggesting that the cross-border activities of globalization have brought clear benefits.
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