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North-South Gap Mapping Assignment
Country Classification /
Statistical Analysis
Due Date: __________________________________ (Total Value: 55 points)
Name: ____________________________________
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Learning Outcomes:
By successfully completing this assignment, you will be demonstrating your knowledge of the following learning
outcomes:
 demonstrate an understanding of various measures of Quality of Life
 interpret aspects of global population, using vital statistics as tools
Background Information:
Most and least Livable Countries: United Nations Human Development Index, 2010
Each year since 1990, the Human Development Report has published the human development index (HDI) which
looks beyond GDP to a broader definition of well-being. The HDI provides a composite measure of three
dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated
(measured by adult literacy and gross enrolment in education) and having a decent standard of living. The index
is not in any sense a comprehensive measure of human development. It does not, for example, include important
indicators such as gender or income inequality nor more difficult to measure concepts like respect for human
rights and political freedoms. What it does provide is a broadened prism for viewing human progress and the
complex relationship between income and well-being.
Instructions:
Step One (10 points)
On the blank world map given to you, color code countries according to their level of development (use a different
color for Modern Developed Countries (MDCs), Less Developed Countries (LDCs), and Least Developed
Countries (LLDCs) on your map and include a legend to indicate what each colour represents). In order to do
this, below is an updated list of MDCs and LLDCs below, according to most recent United Nations statistics. Any
countries not listed would therefore be LDCs. If you are unsure of the location of some of these countries, look
them up in your book, on the maps you labeled or do a search online.
Note: If a country doesn’t seem to appear on your map, neatly trace it in its approximate location.
Modern Developed Countries (MDC)*
1.
Norway
12. Korea (Republic of)
23. Italy
33. Malta
2.
Australia
13. Switzerland
24. Luxembourg
34. Estonia
3.
New Zealand
14. France
25. Austria
35. Cyprus
4.
United States
15. Israel
26. United Kingdom
36. Hungary
5.
Ireland
16. Finland
27. Singapore
37. Brunei Darussalam
6.
Liechtenstein
17. Iceland
28. Czech Republic
38. Qatar
7.
Netherlands
18. Belgium
29. Slovenia
39. Bahrain
8.
Canada
19. Denmark
30. Andorra
40. Portugal
9.
Sweden
20. Spain
31. Slovakia
41. Poland
21. Hong Kong, China
(SAR)
32. United Arab Emirates 42. Barbados
10. Germany
11. Japan
22. Greece
Least Developed Countries (LLDC)*
128. Kenya
139. Togo
150. Zambia
160. Mali
129. Bangladesh
140. Comoros
151. Gambia
161. Burkina Faso
130. Ghana
141. Lesotho
152. Rwanda
162. Liberia
131. Cameroon
142. Nigeria
153. Malawi
163. Chad
132. Myanmar
143. Uganda
154. Sudan
164. Guinea-Bissau
133. Yemen
144. Senegal
155. Afghanistan
165. Mozambique
134. Benin
145. Haiti
156. Guinea
166. Burundi
135. Madagascar
146. Angola
157. Ethiopia
167. Niger
136. Mauritania
147. Djibouti
158. Sierra Leone
137. Papua New Guinea
148. Tanzania (United
Republic of)
159. Central African
Republic
168. Congo (Democratic
Republic of the)
138. Nepal
149. Côte d'Ivoire
Less Developed Countries (LDC)*
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All remaining countries
*Source: Human Development Report, 2010, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.
169. Zimbabwe
Step Two (9 points)
Look at your map carefully and answer questions:
1) Examine the map that you have colour coded. Describe the spatial patterns associated with the North-South
Gap that you see? In what areas of the world or are the majority of the MDCs found? In what areas or
regions or regions are most LDCs found? Where do you find most of the LLDCs?
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2) Explain how the spatial pattern you have identified on your map illustrates why the disparity of income
distribution and standard of living is often referred to as the North-South gap.
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3) Explain what the causes of the North-South Gap are. What do you feel is the most significant cause? Defend
your answer.
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Step Three (6 Points)
Create a definition for each of the Quality of Life Indicators in your own words.
Indicator
Birth Rate
Death Rate
Infant
Mortality
Rate
Life
Expectancy
Literacy
Rate
Per Capita
GDP
Definition - In your own words
Step Four (18 points)
Select three countries from each of the three categories. In the charts below, compare the three different groups.
Using the Quality of Life Indicators, prove how the countries you have selected belong to the category you have
chosen. In your analysis to prove why a country belongs in your chosen category, include evidence with regards
to the nation’s birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, literacy rate, and GDP per capita. Use
the data contained in the World Population Data Sheet, 2010 and what you can find on the CIA Factbook website:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
MDCs
Indictors as Evidence:
LDCs
Indictors as Evidence:
LLDCs
Indictors as Evidence:
Step Five (12 points)
1) Look at your chart and describe in detail the differences you see between the three categories of countries.
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2) What is the typical or general profile/description of an MDC?
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3) What is the typical or general profile/description of an LDC?
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4) What is the typical or general profile/description of an LLDC?
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5) So far in this assignment, you have been looking at different ways in which the world is divided. What are
some of the ways in which it is united? What do all nations and people have in common? Are these
similarities more important than the differences?
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World Map
Name: ______________________________________
Date: ____________________________