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JC Geography; Unequal world Chapt 14
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- 1GNPGross National Product
Cost of all the goods & services within a country in a year. - 2Literacy rateHow many people can read & write
- 3LDCLess Developed Country
(Slowly devleoping) - 4NICNewly Industrialized country
(quickly developing) - 5Life expectancyHow long a person should live for
- 6Name 3 reasons why the world in unequally dividedColonialism
Unfair trade
Debt - 7What is colonialism?When one country takes over another in order to use its resources
- 8EmpireA collection of countries ruled by one leader. E.G. British Empire
- 9ColonistA country that has been taken over by another for its resources
- 10List 4 problems of the coffee tradeUnfair prices
Changing prices
Protectionism
Dependancy - 11What is a commodity?Anything that is sold on the world market
- 12What is a cash crop?A crop that is grown for the sole purpose of selling. It is not grown to feed the farmer.
- 13Where does coffe rank as a commodity?2nd only to oil
- 14Name 3 big coffee producing countriesBrazil
India
Mexico - 15What is Protectionism?When developed countries put taxes on manufactured coffee form developing countires to protect their own economy.
- 16What does this symbol mean?Fair trade movement
- 17Fluctuating pricesPrices go up & down
Could be due to supply & demand
A disease/failure in crops
Climate change/drought
Farmers cant plant their income - 18List 3 sources of AidBilateral
Multilateral
NGO - 19List 3 types of aidEmergency
Development
Tied
Voluntary - 20What does bilateral mean?Giving from one country directly to another
- 21What does multilateral mean?Giving aid to a 3rd party group like the United Nations who then give out the aid.
- 22NGONon Governmental Agency (charity)
Goal
Trocaire
Bothar - 23Emergency aidGiven after a natural disaster
Food, tents, medicine, clothes - 24Development aidGiven over long period of time.
Given to help develop a country.
Schools,roads, wells, hosiptals. - 25Tied aidGiven to a country with strict conditions attached.
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