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Definition
| improvement in peoples quality of life |
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Term
| MEDC, LEDC, NIC, rich north, poor south |
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Definition
MEDC -more economically developed country
LEDC -less economically deveoped country
NIC -newly industrialised country
rich north/ poor south -northern hemisphere richer than southern hemisphere |
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Term
| what is the development gap |
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Definition
| the gap inbetween MEDC and LEDC quality of life |
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Term
| how can development be measured |
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Definition
1. gross national product(GNP)per capita
2. No. of people per doctors
3. Under 5 mortality rate
4. life expectancy
5. adult literacy rate
6. population growth
7. energy consumption
8. percentage of people with access to safe water
9. Percentage employed in agriculture |
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Term
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Definition
location -Africa(west)
climate -hot, humid, tropical
tourism -sunny, equaterial climate, national parks, scenic cape coast, historic monuments gold mines and safari |
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Term
| life in a ghanaian village |
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Definition
live in mud hut
wake up at 5.30am
sweep out compound
children fetch water from borehole
pumpuka for breakfast (simalar to porrige but made out of roughly ground mullet)
wash in water collected from pump children might go to school but aren't likely to have a school uniform
share classrooms with other years
most of workforce involved in farming
rural village compound surrounded by farmland
animal and fish farming
leading producers of cocoa |
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