Download Developed vs Developing Group Activity 2017

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World Geography
Developed Versus Developing Countries Activity
(Answer each question completely to receive full credit)
1. Place the following terms under the appropriate column:
Industry
Commercial Farming
Low Infant Mortality Rate
High Annual Population Growth Rate
Low Birth Rate
Low Lifetime Expectancy
Women Liberated (Women’s Rights)
Low Literacy Rate
Large Middle Class
Lack of Industry
High Infant Mortality Rate
Subsistence Farming
Low Annual Population Growth Rate
High Birth Rate
High Lifetime Expectancy
Women Not Liberated
High Literacy Rate (The ability to read and write)
Small Middle Class
2. Atlas / Demographics (Atlas – pages 50-52, 56-57), write down
five countries that are examples of developed countries and
three statistics that prove your point.
3. Atlas / Demographics (Atlas – pages 50-52, 56-57), write down
five countries that are examples of developing countries and
three statistics that prove your point.
4. Answer the following questions:
Why do women in both developed and developing countries
typically live longer than men do?
What are three things developed countries have that
developing countries usually lack?
Growth rate is determined by comparing birth rate to death
rate. What important factor that is not considered and it can
significantly change a country’s population?
How can death rates be high in both developed and
developing countries?
Why does a high infant mortality rate cause a lower lifetimeexpectancy in developing countries?
Why do cultures who engage in subsistence farming typically
have higher birth rates?
What are some major differences between commercial and
subsistence agriculture?
Industry or lack of industry is a major difference in
developed and developing countries, what are some of the
major differences?
How does having a large Middle Class contribute to the
development of a country?
How does having women liberated contribute to the
development of a country?