Uneven Development Flashcards
(10 cards)
(3)
How does poor climate affect a country’s development?
Physical factor.
- Very hot/cold climate = lack of crops grown
- Fewer cash crops
- Low Income
- Government gets less money from taxes.
(2)
How can a country with few raw materials be affected by its development?
Physical factor.
- Less goods are exported
- Less income to spend on development projects.
(2)
How can a country having lots of natural disasters be affected by its development?
Physical factor.
- Infrastructure damages =
- Greater cost for rebuilding.
(3)
How can poor trade links lead to uneven development?
Economic factor
- Trades less of its goods+services
- to FEWER COUNTRIES.
- Lack of profit.
(4)
How is uneven development caused by a huge amount of debt of a country?
Economic factor
- Poor countries borrow money from other WEALTHIER countries.
- Money has to be PAID BACK
- (sometimes with interest)
- Lacks the FINANCIAL FUNDS for DEVELOPMENT.
(4)
Explain how an economy based on primary products may result in uneven development.
Economic factor
- Exporting primary products (timber)
- sold for LESS PROFIT than manufactured goods.
- prices may fluctuate
- could go lower than COST OF PRODUCTION.
(3)
Explain how colonisation can result in uneven development.
Historical factor
- Ruling another country by force
- Profits are taken by colonisers.
- e.g: Latex taken by Belgium.
(3)
Explain how conflict between countries can lead to uneven development.
Historical factor
- People are killed
- Infrastructure damaged
- Healthcare and education services are disrupted.
- Increases infant mortality rate
- Decreases literacy rate.
(2)
How does a country get affected by their wealth in uneven development?
consequence
- Impacts people’s standard of living
- wealthy people able to purchase more products/services.
- leaves a huge development gap.
(2)
How does international migration affect uneven development?
consequence
- LICS and NEEs move to HICs
- to escape conflict
- improve quality of life.
