Theme 4 - Development

Question 1

What are the 5 Environmental reasons for the development gap?

Answer 1

1. A poor climate
2. Poor farming land
3. Limited water supplies
4. Lots of natural hazards
5. Few raw materials

Question 2

What are the 3 Social reasons for the development gap?

Answer 2

1. Drinking water
2. The place of women in society
3. Child education

Question 3

What are the 3 Economic reasons for the development gap?

Answer 3

1. Poor trade links
2. Lots of debt
3. An economy based on primary products

Question 4

What is Bilateral aid?

Answer 4

Aid given directly to the recipiant

Question 5

What is Multilateral Aid?

Answer 5

Where aid is given indirectly through an international organisation that distributes the aid

Question 6

What is short term aid ?

Answer 6

Short term aid is money or recourses that help the recipient countries cope during emergencies eg. Floods

Question 7

What are the advantages of short term aid ?

Answer 7

The aid has an immediate impact so more people will survive the emergency

Question 8

What are the disadvantages of short term aid?

Answer 8

1. The stage of development of the recipient country remains the same
2. Aid may not reach those who need it because of things like theft and transportation problems

Question 9

What is long term aid ?

Answer 9

Long term aid is money or resources that help recipient countries to develop

Question 10

Give two examples of long term aid

Answer 10

1. Dams and wells to improve clean water supplies.

2. Schools to improve literacy rates

Question 11

What is an advantage of long term aid?

Answer 11

Over time recipient countries become less reliant on foreign aid as they become more developed

Question 12

What is a disadvantage of long term aid ?

Answer 12

It can take a while before the aid benefits a country

Question 13

Why is development so hard to measure?

Answer 13

Development is hard to measure because it includes a lot of factors

Question 14

What is the Gross domestic product (GDP)?

Answer 14

The total value of goods and services a country produces in a year. It is a measure of wealth

Question 15

What is GDP per capita?

Answer 15

Also called GDP per head which is a measure of wealth

Question 16

What is Birth rate?

Answer 16

The number of live babies born per thousand of the population per year

Question 17

What is Death rate?

Answer 17

The number of deaths per thousand of the population per year

Question 18

What is Infant mortality rate?

Answer 18

The number of babies who die under 1 year old, per thousand babies born

Question 19

What is people per doctor?

Answer 19

The average number of people for each doctor, this is a measure of access to health care

Question 20

What is Literacy rate?

Answer 20

The percentage of adults who can read and write, this measures the access to education

Question 21

What is access to clean water?

Answer 21

The percentage of people who can get clean drinking water, this is a measure of sanitation

Question 22

What is life expectancy? And what is it a measure of ?

Answer 22

The average age a person can live to, it is a measure of quality of and access to healthcare

Question 23

What is the physical quality of life index (PQLI)

Answer 23

This is a number calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate and infant mortality rate

Question 24

What is calorie intake? And what does this measure?

Answer 24

The average number of calories eaten per day, this measures access to a healthy and varied diet

Question 25

What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?

Answer 25

A number which is calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate, education level (eg. A degree) and income per capita