Geography - Development 2

• What does MEDCs stand for and what does it mean?

  More Economically Developed Countries - Countries with advanced economies, high standards of living, and strong infrastructure.
• What does LEDCs stand for and what does it mean?

  Less Economically Developed Countries - Countries with lower levels of industrialization, lower human development index scores, and lower standards of living.
• Whats GDP and what does it stand for?

  Gross Domestic Product, which is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a specific period.
• which term refers to the gap between the rich and poor, often measured by disparities in income, education, and access to resources.

  Economic Divide
• Example of a MEDC country?


  United States
• Example of a LEDC?


  Nigeria
• What is the word used to describe the least amount of money someone needs to live decently? Governments often figure this out to see who's poor?

  Poverty Line
• Which term describes the condition where individuals live on less than $1.90 per day struggling to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing?

  Extreme Poverty
• What's the word for making sure we have good, clean ways to get rid of our poop and keep things hygienic? Usually, this means having toilets and systems for sewage?

  Waste disposal system
• Which term refers to the availability and accessibility of clean, safe water?

  Water supply
• What is a latrine?

  A basic human-made facility for human waste disposal, usually without a flush mechanism , and mostly common in rural areas
• Which terms best describes individuals who are unable to find employment?

  Unemployment
• What are wages?

  Salaries and earnings for labor
• name of the system that collects, transports, process's, and disposes waste materials?

  Waste disposal systems
• which term refers to money set aside or saved incase of an emergency?

  emergency savings
• What does HDI stand for - what does it measure?

  Human development index, and it measures the overall population of citizens that have access to education, life expectancy, and per capita income ( health, wealth, and education )
• life expectancy meaning?

  the average age people can expect to live to
• what does literacy measure?

  the percentage of the adult population who can read.
• food supplies measures...?

  the average number of calories a person intakes each day.
• population per doctor measures...?

  the average amount of people for each doctor in a country
• infant mortality measures..?

  the number of children out of every 1000 who die before the age of one.
• what are some development indicators?

  GDP, Literacy, Food supply, Infant mortality, life expectancy, and population per doctor.
• Why are some MEDCs decreasing in population?

  Expenses of raising a child, women finding more job opportunities, men and women being to preoccupied with their jobs.
• What's the word for feeling happy and satisfied, which can be affected by things like how we live, how much money we have, and the world around us?

  Prosperity and happiness
• meaning of connectivity in geography?

  connections between countries through trade
• Which term refers to efforts made to protect and conserve natural resources and maintain environmental quality?

  Environmental conservation and preservation
• what does " responsible productions and consumption " mean in geography?

  efficient use of resources in manufacturing processes
• crime levels meaning?

  incidents of criminal activity within a specific area
• problem when using hdi as a measure of development?

  it oversimplifies complex development issues and its biased towards urban areas
• countries with low HDI score and high HDI score?

  high: US low: afghanistan
• HIGHEST country in the WORLD with the highest HDI score?

  Switzerland
• Meaning of maternal mortality rate?

  The number of women who die due to pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births
• reasons for uneven development in the world?

  farmland, colonization, government, natural resources, wars and conflicts, and coastlines.
• What is cash crop?

  An agriculture farming crop that is used to sell profit
• how does corruption affect development of a country?

  The government cash drops, meaning the country wont be able to expand on their land and construct buildings.
• what is the problem with over population?

  creates challenges like strain on resources, like food and water, and puts pressure on the environment. It can lead to issues like overcrowding, increased pollution, and limited access to essential services like healthcare and education.
• what is the problem with under population?


  Having too few people around can make it hard for the economy to grow and for services like healthcare to work well. It also means there might not be enough working-age people to support the needs of an aging population.