Development Dynamics Topic 2

Question 1

Development

Answer 1

When something gets improved to make it better then it was before. The progression of something.

Question 2

Economic Development

Answer 2

Growth in countries that links to income, jobs and the purchasing power.

Question 3

Political Development

Answer 3

Growth in countries that links to government power, buildings of democracies and laws.

Question 4

Social development

Answer 4

Growth in countries that links to health, welfare, education and the power of women.

Question 5

Null Hypothesis

Answer 5

The correlation between two things.

Question 6

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Answer 6

The total value of goods produced by a country and dividing it by the population gives you GDP per capita/per person.

Question 7

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Answer 7

How much you can buy in each country.

Question 8

Human Development Index (HDI)

Answer 8

Gives a different rank order when compared with GDP and they take four development indicators and not just one.

Question 9

Birth Rate

Answer 9

The number of babies born per 1000 people per year.

Question 10

Life Expectancy

Answer 10

The average number of years a person can be expected to live to.

Question 11

Poverty Line

Answer 11

The minimum income required to meet someone’s basic needs per day.

Question 12

Literacy Rate

Answer 12

The % of people over the age of 15 who can read and write.

Question 13

Infant Mortality

Answer 13

The number of children per 1000 people who die before their first birthday.

Question 14

Access to Safe Water Supply

Answer 14

The % of the population with access to an improved piped water supply within 1km.

Question 15

RICs

Answer 15

Recently industrialising countries.

Question 16

NICs

Answer 16

Newly industrialising countries.

Question 17

LICs

Answer 17

Low income countries.

Question 18

MICs

Answer 18

Middle Income Countries

Question 19

HICs

Answer 19

High income countries.

Question 20

Natural Change

Answer 20

Natural change can be positive or negative and to work it out you do birth rate - death rate.

Question 21

Population Dependency Ratio

Answer 21

Population dependency ratio is the ratio between those of working age and those of non working age. The dependency ratio doesn’t just look at certain age groups but whether people are economically active or not. It is calculated as:
% of population aged 0-4 + % of population aged 65+
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Question 22

Fertility Rate

Answer 22

How many children there are in a family.

Question 23

Primary Products

Answer 23

Products out of the land, sea and air worth a low value.

Question 24

Cash Crop

Answer 24

Crops that are grown and sold abroad for money eg. Coffee, tea, tobacco.

Question 25

Rostow’s Theory - The Traditional Society

Answer 25

The Traditional Society - this is an agricultural economy of mainly subsistence farming, fishing, forestry and some mining. Very low labour productivity.

Question 26

Rostow’s Theory - Pre-conditions for Take off

Answer 26

Farming becomes more mechanised and building infrastructure before development can take place.

Question 27

Rostow’s Theory - Take Off

Answer 27

Manufacturing industry becomes more important. There is a better infrastructure, financial investment and culture change.

Question 28

Rostow’s Theory - The Drive to Maturity

Answer 28

New ideas and improvement in technology. Replace older industries, economic growth spreads throughout the country.

Question 29

Rostow’s Theory- High Mass Consumption

Answer 29

People have more wealth and so buy services and goods. Welfare systems are fully developed and trade expands.

Question 30

Frank’s Core Periphery Model

Answer 30

The core represents the developed countries and the periphery represents the developing countries. The periphery produce the cash crops and they are traded between the periphery and the core. The core then processes these low value products into higher value products. Frank believed that the less developed countries are weaker members of a global economy whose rules are decided by the wealthy and he believed that the poorer countries aren’t a simpler version of wealthier countries.

Question 31

Bottom Up Development

Answer 31

Experts work with communities to identify their needs, offer assistance and let people have more control over their lives and is often run by non-governmental organisations.