L1 what is development ap

What is development?

What is development?What is an LEDC/MEDC?

How can we measure development?

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What is development?• Development is about the improvement of place. It should hopefully improve the quality of life for people in that country.

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How easy is it to decide which are the most and leastdeveloped countries in the world?

Are these countries rich or poor? Come and label them

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COLOUR IN RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES ON YOUR A5 MAPCANADARICH

How easy is it to decide which are the most and leastdeveloped countries in the world?

The Brandt Line

‘Rich’ North

‘Poor’ South

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ADD THE BRANDT LINE ON YOUR A5 MAP

More Economically Developed Countries (MEDC)

Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDC)

What is an MEDC or LEDC?

• Generally the countries in the ____________ half of the

world are more developed than the ____________ in the

southern half. The ________ line separates out the more

and less economically developed countries. The More

________________ Developed Countries (MEDC’s) are

usually in the ‘_____’ North and the Less Economically

________________ Countries are in the ‘Poor’ South.

Developed Rich Economically Brandt Northern Countries

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How can we measure development?

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What are some of the differences between this persons life and ours?

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Gross Domestic Produce per person (US$) – i.e. the average amount of money each person earns in that country

How can we measure development?

• Development indicators can tell how developed a country is. There are a number of hints that mean we can understand how rich or poor (developed) a country is. These include

1.

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What the diet is like for people (Daily calorie consumption.

How many doctors there are (Number of doctors per 1000 people).

How long people live for (Life expectancy).

If people can read or right (adult literacy rate).

If people have access to clean water. How much money people

earn (Gross Domestic Product per person).

What can you see in the photo that tells you that this country is less developed than our own?

GDP POPULATION

UK $34,000 61M

Madagascar $1000 22M

South Africa $10,000 49M

Australia $40,000 21M

Brazil $10,000 198M

Japan $32,000 127M

Proportional bar map (an overlay

map)1. Copy down the table of

data into your books2. Now use this data to draw a

bar graph USING TWO DIFFERENT COLOURS – ONE FOR EACH BAR

3. Then cut out each bar and stick them onto the A4 map as near to the country as possible,

Here’s one I made earlier…

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KEY

POPULATIONGDP per person

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