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Unit Six: Industrialization and Development
Chapter 9: Introduction
1. Define Development__________________________________________________________________
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2. What economic challenge do MDCs face in this age of globalization?__________________________
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3. What economic challenge do LDCs face in this age of globalization?__________________________
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Key Issue 1: Why Does Development Vary Among Countries?
4. List the three factors of development:
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5. How does the United Nations (UN) determine the Human development Index (HDI)?_____________
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6. Which countries typically have the highest HDI?___________________________________________
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7. Which countries typically have the lowest HDI?____________________________________________
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8. Define GDP:_________________________________________________________________________
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9. Point out an average GDP for an MDC and an average GDP for an LDC:
MDC____________________________________ LDC_____________________________________
10. What is a weakness of GDP as a development index or measure?____________________________
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11. Development can also be measured by the types of jobs available in a country. Define each of the
following job types::
11.a._ Primary_________________________________________________________________________
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11.b._ Secondary_______________________________________________________________________
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11.c._ Tertiary_________________________________________________________________________
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12. Explain the map figure 9-3 on page 285:_________________________________________________
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13. Explain the graph figure 9-4 on page 286:________________________________________________
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14. Define productivity and explain how it applies to development:_____________________________
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15. How do raw materials figure in to a country’s development?________________________________
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16. What nonessential consumer goods do geographers study to measure development?___________
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Social Indicators of Development
17. What are three social indicators of a country’s development? (Look at the maps as well)?
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Demographic Indicators of Development
18. What are three demographic indicators of a country’s development? (Look at the maps as well)?
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Key Issue 2: Where are More and Less Developed Countries
Distributed?
19. Look at the map figure 9-10 on page 293. Above which latitude are the majority of more
developed countries (MDCs) located?______________________________________________________
20. In terms of development, what is the north south split?____________________________________
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More Developed Regions
21. Identify three characteristics of the following more developed regions:
a. Anglo-America (HDI .94)
b. Western Europe (HDI .92)
c. Eastern Europe (HDI .78)
d. Japan (HDI .93)
e. South Pacific: (HDI .93)
Less Developed Regions
22. Identify two characteristics of the six regions listed below:
a. Latin America (HDI .78)
b. East Asia (HDI .72)
c. Southeast Asia (HDI .71)
d. Middle East (HDI .66)
e. South Asia (HDI .58)
f. Sub-Saharan Africa (HDI .47)
Key Issue 3: Why Do Less Developed Countries Face Obstacles
to Development?
23. Explain the chart figure 9-12 on page 302:_______________________________________________
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24. Define the self sufficiency approach to development and give an example country that used this
approach to develop.___________________________________________________________________
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25. What are the main problems with the self sufficiency approach?_____________________________
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26. Explain the development through international trade approach to development:_______________
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27 Identify the five stages of W.W. Rostow’s model of development.____________________________
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Stage One:
Stage Two:
Stage Three:
Stage Four:
Stage Five:
28. Explain how each of the following used the international trade approach to develop:
a. Petroleum-rich Persian Gulf States:
b. The Four Asian Dragons:
29. Explain two problems with the international trade approach of development:
29.a._ Problem 1_______________________________________________________________________
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29.b._ Problem 2_______________________________________________________________________
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30. What is the role of the WTO in international development?_________________________________
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31. What are the two main sources of funds for development for LDCs and what problem does each
have?
31.a._ Source 1_______________________________________________________________________
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29.b._ Source 2_______________________________________________________________________
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