GEO test notes

GDP per capita

The total GDP of a country divided by the number of citizins in that country (average inome in a country)

LEDC

Less Economically Developed Countries

MEDC

More Economically Developed Countries

NIC

Newly Industrial Countries

GDP Gross Domestic Product

The total value of all products and services produced by a country

Life expectancy

the expected age a person is going to reach in a country

Primary Sector

Working with the raw materials of the earth

Secondary Sector

Making a product turning raw materials into a finished product

Tertiary Sector

Providing a service

Employment

Having a job

Development

Level of Growth and change

Poverty cycle

A cycle where LDC life in and is hard to break

Infant mortality rate

The % of deaths in 1,000 Babies under the age of 1

Human Development Index

A index where you can see the level of development between countries

Literacy Rate

The % of people that can read and write

Basic necessities

The basic things a human needs to survive

Immigrant

A person from a country that is living in a different country

Emigrant

A person who has left their own country to live in another country

Migration

Moving from one country to another country to live

Absolute Poverty

not having the basic things a human needs to survive

Regional disparity

Uneven difference in development regions

The North

old name to describe the rich part of the world

The South

Old name used to describe the poor part of the world

Rural-urban migration

moving to an urban city from the countryside

Slums

An area where the living conditions are very poor, low quality housing

Economic migration

choosing to move to improve the standard of living by gaining a better paid job.

Wealth

The amount of money someone has

Indicator

It needs to be measure that you can use to measure things with/ a factor

Education

Getting knowledge

Healthcare

The prevention of illness and taking care of people

Famine

A situation where someone suffers from lack of food

Corruption

The abuse of power

Integration

The process of mixing and becoming a new society

Informal sector

A job where the employment are not registered and does not have to pay tax

Unfair trade

When one trading part is not fairly treated

Civil wars

A war between groups in a country

Relative poverty

Poverty is the condition in which people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the society in which they live.

Sanitation

Facilities that make it healthier to live such as running water and flushing toilets

Neo-colonialism

a new form of colonialism in which poor countries are still dependent on rich countries for certain things e.g. trade

Protectionism

when countries protect their own economic market by banning or restricting with taxes on foreign goods.