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Question 1

What is development?

Answer 1

Is a process of change where by people’s lives will get better.

Question 2

HIC

Answer 2

High Income Country

Question 3

MIC

Answer 3

Middle Income Country

Question 4

LIC

Answer 4

Low Income Country

Question 5

NEE

Answer 5

Newly Emerging Economy

Question 6

Indicators of Development
Life expectancy at birth-

What is it?

Answer 6

The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year.

Question 7

Indicators of Development:
Infant mortality-

Answer 7

The number of deaths of infants under 1 year per 1000 live birth.

Question 8

Indicators of Development:
Birth Rate-

Answer 8

Number of live babies born, per 1000 people per year.

Question 9

Indicators of Development:
What is GNI per capita-

Answer 9

The total income received by the country from its residents and businesses regardless of whether they are located in the country or abroad.

Question 10

Indicators of Development:
Fertility Rate-

Answer 10

Average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child bearing age.

Question 11

What is the stool of development?

Answer 11

It is a model of a stool with three legs. Each leg has all of the different topics a country has to develop before becoming a fully developed country.

Question 12

What are the three different legs of the stool of development?

Answer 12

• Social
• Economic
• Environmental

Question 13

Which way will the line of best fit go when there is positive correlation?

Answer 13

Right

Question 14

Which way will the line of best fit go when there is negative correlation?

Answer 14

Left

Question 15

What is human development index?

Answer 15

This is a composite score that gives each country a score of between 1 and 0.

Question 16

What does human development index take into account?

Answer 16

Adult literacy
GOP per capita
Life expectancy

Question 17

What is the development gap?

Answer 17

Difference in standard of living and well being between the worlds richest and poorest countries.

Question 18

What are the good institutions ?

Answer 18

Government (democratic elected)
Educations
Military

Question 19

What are some bad institutions?

Answer 19

Clan based thinking
Corruption- the most corrupts have $10-20 billion in offshore accounts

Question 20

What are the good culture?

Answer 20

Religion- The more religious the society the power it is.
- People believe life will be better in the next life
- USA is the exception: Mainly Protestant

Question 21

What are some bad things in geography?

Answer 21

Diseases- tselsefly, malaria
Natural resources - corruption in the DRC, stops them getting rich
Landlocked countries
Low carbohydrate plants mean not a lot of energy from food

Question 22

What are the signs when a country is developed?

Answer 22

More money invested into:
-Roads
-Hospitals
-Schools.
-Better quality of life

Question 23

What does HDI stand for?

Answer 23

Human Development Index

Question 24

What is HDI made up of?

Answer 24

-GNI per capita
-number of years of education
-life expectancy

Question 25

What 3 things does HDI look at?

Answer 25

-Health
-Wealth
-Education

Question 26

What are the causes of uneven development?

Answer 26

Historical
Political
Geographical
Socio-economic