The cards Question In geography, what is inequality? Tap to flip Answer The uneven distribution of resources, opportunities and living conditions. Question What is GDP per capita? Tap to flip Answer The total monetary value of all goods and services a country produces in a year, divided by its population. Question Is everyone in the UK wealthier than everyone in Kenya? Tap to flip Answer No. The UK's average income is higher, but incomes vary widely in both: Kenya has very wealthy people and the UK has people on very low incomes. Question Why do average incomes give only a limited picture of a country? Tap to flip Answer They shape our perceptions of a country but tell us little about what the place is really like. Question In geography, what is development? Tap to flip Answer The improvement in people's quality of life within a country or region. Question Give one category that inequality can be grouped into. Tap to flip Answer Any of: economic, social, political, digital or environmental. Question Is inequality only about the uneven distribution of wealth? Tap to flip Answer No. It covers resources, opportunities and living conditions, not just wealth. Question What does 'sustainable' mean? Tap to flip Answer Meeting the needs of today without damaging the needs of future generations. Question What is a development indicator? Tap to flip Answer A measurable piece of data used to assess and compare levels of development between countries or regions. Question What is a composite indicator of development? Tap to flip Answer A measure that combines several individual indicators to give a fuller picture of development. Question Why is the HDI seen as more effective than GDP per capita for measuring development? Tap to flip Answer It includes a measure of health and education, not just wealth. Question Why are indicators of happiness and ecological footprint useful for measuring development? Tap to flip Answer They go beyond simply measuring wealth. Question What is GIS? Tap to flip Answer A geographic information system: a computer system that captures and displays geographic data to help understand spatial patterns. Question In geography, what is deprivation? Tap to flip Answer A lack of the basic needs and services people need to live a safe and healthy life. Question What can GIS be used to analyse across a transect in a city? Tap to flip Answer Deprivation. Question What is the GINI coefficient? Tap to flip Answer A measure of inequality on a scale between zero and one. Question Overall, has the world become wealthier or poorer over time? Tap to flip Answer Wealthier. Question In most places, what has happened to life expectancy and average expected years of schooling over time? Tap to flip Answer They have increased. Question Despite rising wealth, what has grown in many countries? Tap to flip Answer Inequality. Question What does 'landlocked' mean? Tap to flip Answer A country with no coastline. Question In geography, what is relief? Tap to flip Answer The physical shape of the land in an area, including its height and steepness. Question Give one physical factor that can be a barrier to development. Tap to flip Answer Any of: relief, natural resources, natural hazards, climate or location. Question Why are HICs often more able than LICs to overcome physical barriers to development? Tap to flip Answer They have more financial resources. Question Can physical geography fully explain a country's economic development? Tap to flip Answer No. It is one factor; others such as history and politics often have a greater influence. Question What is colonialism? Tap to flip Answer A system where powerful countries control others for power, land and resources. Question What is the difference between imports and exports? Tap to flip Answer Imports are goods or services a country buys from other countries; exports are those it sells to other countries. Question What is voluntary migration? Tap to flip Answer When people choose to migrate to improve their income and quality of life. Question What is a refugee? Tap to flip Answer A person who has been forced to leave their country and cannot return home safely. Question On average, in which direction are people more likely to migrate between countries of different income? Tap to flip Answer From lower-income countries to higher-income countries. Question Where do most refugees who must leave quickly go? Tap to flip Answer To a neighbouring (bordering) country. Question What is gender inequality? Tap to flip Answer When people have different rights, responsibilities and access to resources because of their gender. Question What is political representation? Tap to flip Answer When different groups of people have a voice in government or decision-making, such as being able to vote or become leaders. Question Give one way progress towards gender equality is being made in some places. Tap to flip Answer Any of: laws, education or activism. Question What does 'anthropogenic' mean? Tap to flip Answer Caused by human activity. Question Historically, which have produced more greenhouse gases: high income or low income countries? Tap to flip Answer High income countries. Question Why are low income countries often more vulnerable to climate change? Tap to flip Answer They have fewer resources to adapt to its impacts. Question What do people calling for climate justice want? Tap to flip Answer That poorer and more vulnerable people are not unfairly affected by climate change. Question What is debt relief? Tap to flip Answer When debt is cancelled or reduced. Question What is Fairtrade? Tap to flip Answer An organisation that works to improve the income and lives of farmers in lower income countries by making trade fairer. Question Give one strategy used to reduce the development gap. Tap to flip Answer Any of: investment, aid, debt relief or Fairtrade. Question What is grassroots development? Tap to flip Answer When local people work together to solve problems and make their communities better. Question In development, what is empowerment? Tap to flip Answer Giving people the confidence, skills and control they need to make decisions and improve their own lives. Question Was grassroots development invented by Western thinkers? Tap to flip Answer No. Many communities have practised it for centuries using their own knowledge and solutions. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Geography Unit Global inequalities and development: how does life vary around the world? 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Show the other sources (10) Primary source Strategies to support development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Grassroots movements and development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Perspectives on inequality and development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Measuring and mapping development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source GIS: Analysing inequality at different scales (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Changes in wealth and quality of life over time (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Physical geography and development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Past and present causes of inequality (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Inequality and migration (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Gender and inequality (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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