Grade 9 Geo Development

Question 1

What are the social indicators that measure the quality of life

Answer 1

Life expectancy
Literacy rates
Infant mortality rates

Question 2

What are the environmental indicators that measure the human impact on the envirpment

Answer 2

Percentage of polluting gasses in the atmosphere
The quantity of non renewable resources

Question 3

What is HDI

Answer 3

It is the Human Development index which is used to measure wealth, health and education.

Question 4

How do we measure HDI

Answer 4

It is calculated using GDP per capita, literacy rates and average years of schooling and life expectancy.

Question 5

What is globalization.

Answer 5

The economic, social and technological exchange between countries

Question 6

What is alternative development

Answer 6

Focused on economic growth through the use of technology and industry.

Question 7

What happens in alternative development

Answer 7

Uses modern technology and industrialization.
Local people have limited participation
May increase inequalities
Aims to empower people

Question 8

What is sustainable development

Answer 8

Development that meets people’s needs in the present without making it difficult for people in the future