Uneven Development and Sustainable Environments

Question 1

Primary

Answer 1

Growing or extracting raw materials.

Question 2

Secondary

Answer 2

Manufacturing and processing goods.

Question 3

Tertiary

Answer 3

Providing a service.

Question 4

Quaternary

Answer 4

Providing information services.

Question 5

Public Sector

Answer 5

People employed by the national, regional or local government.

Question 6

Private Sector

Answer 6

People who are self-employed or work for a larger company/organisation that is not controlled by the government.

Question 7

Site

Answer 7

The land on which the industrial unit is to be built.

Question 8

Situation

Answer 8

The land surrounding the site.

Question 9

Imports

Answer 9

Goods that a country buys in from other countries.

Question 10

Exports

Answer 10

Goods that a country sells to other countries.

Question 11

Quota

Answer 11

A limit placed on the quantity of goods that a country may export to another.

Question 12

Import duty

Answer 12

A tax or tariff that must be paid by a company when exporting its goods to a country.

Question 13

Subsidy

Answer 13

A payment a country makes to its own producers to make them more competitive against imported goods.

Question 14

Bilateral Aid

Answer 14

Aid given by the government of one country to the government of another.

Question 15

Non-government Aid

Answer 15

Aid given by independent organisations, often charities, which collect donations to use in countries and groups that need help.

Question 16

Emergency Aid

Answer 16

Help given to affected areas immediately following a disaster. It concentrates on providing basic necessities like food, shelter and medical help.

Question 17

Multilateral Aid

Answer 17

Aid given by governments to large international organisations which help then decide how the aid should be distributed.

Question 18

Aquifer

Answer 18

A large store of underground water, usually contained in porous rocks.

Question 19

Groundwater

Answer 19

Water in the ground below the water table.

Question 20

Adult Literacy

Answer 20

The percentage of people over 16 years old in a country or region that can read and write

Question 21

Arable Farming

Answer 21

The type of farming that involves growing crops

Question 22

The Brandt Report

Answer 22

A report produced in 1980 that divided the world into More Economically Developed Countries

Question 23

Economic recession

Answer 23

A period of decline during which some industrial activity closes, people become unemployed and the negative multiplier operates

Question 24

European Union

Answer 24

A free-trade area established within the member countries in 1993

Question 25

Fair Trade

Answer 25

Fair trade means that the producer receives a guaranteed and fair price for their product regardless of the price on the world market.

Question 26

Favela

Answer 26

A Brazilian shanty town or squatter settlement

Question 27

Formal employment

Answer 27

Official jobs with set hours and rates of pay. People who are formally employed pay direct taxes to the government.

Question 28

Free trade

Answer 28

The movement of goods and services within a country or trade group which does not require the payment

Question 29

Globalisation

Answer 29

The expansion of a company from its original country to a position where it has branches in many countries. These have an important influence on world trade.

Question 30

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Answer 30

The total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in one year by all the people living in that country.

Question 31

GNP (Gross National Product)

Answer 31

The total value of all the goods and services produced by the people of a country in one year whether or not they are living there at the time.

Question 32

Informal employment

Answer 32

Unofficial jobs that have no set hours or rates of pay. People who are informally employes may avoid paying tax and are usually self employed.

Question 33

Infrastructure

Answer 33

The structure of communications and services and required to support economic development e.g power supplies.

Question 34

Intermediate aid

Answer 34

Help usually given by organisations in MEDC's to people living LEDC's. It often involves small-scale, labour intensive schemes aimed at providing a sustainable future.

Question 35

MNC (multi-national companies)

Answer 35

Large companies with a branch in more than one company. Decisions are made at a headquarters in one of those countries.

Question 36

Negative Multiplier effect

Answer 36

A downwards spiral of events that follow the decline of investment

Question 37

Positive Multiplier Effect

Answer 37

An upwards spiral of events that follow a major investment in a region