KO - Changing Economic World

Question 1

Measuring Development

Answer 1

Development measures how economically, socially, culturally, or technologically advanced a country is. It suggests: advancement, evolution, expansion, growth, improvement, increase, maturity, progress, changes for the better.

Question 2

What is:
-GNI
-HDI
-Infant Mortality
-Literacy rate

Answer 2

-GNI = Gross National Income
-HDI = Human Development Index (health, knowledge, standard of living)
-Infant Mortality rate = The number of babies who do not survive to the age of 1 per 1000 live births
-The proportion of the adult population aged 15 years and over which is literate.

Question 3

What is standard of life

Answer 3

refers to the economic level of a person’s daily life

Question 4

What is quality of life

Answer 4

social measures of well being

Question 5

What does the Demographic Transition Model (DMT) show

Answer 5

shows how a country’s population changes as it becomes more developed from subsistence farming cultures to HICs

Question 6

Physical Environment Factors Causing Uneven Development

Answer 6

-Soil erosion, desertification, climate change, overgrazing, and infertile soils affect farming
-Areas without fertile land, natural resources, water, and energy suffer
-Natural hazards make little progress with development e.g. Haiti