Measuring development and uneven development

Figure 7 is a graph showing access to clean water in different income groups of countries in 2020.

Complete Figure 7 below using the following data for low income countries.

What is the difference in access to safe water supply between high income and lower-middle income countries?

Outline the limitation(s) of one social measure of development such as access to clean water.

Explain one or more causes of uneven development.

Figure 8 is a graph showing percentage population change by age group in a rural area of the UK from 2011 to 2021.

Complete Figure 8 using the following data.

What is the range between the largest percentage increase and largest percentage decrease in population shown on Figure 8 ?

Calculate the mean population change in the 65+ age groups shown on Figure 8.

Give your answer to the nearest whole number.

Study Figure 9, some newspaper headlines about rural areas in the UK.

Suggest how population decline can lead to social and economic changes in the rural landscape in the UK.

Use Figure 9 and your own knowledge.

Study Figure 10, an article about development in Peru, a NEE in South America.

Figure 10

Use Figure 10 to suggest how economic development affects peoples’ quality of life.

Evaluate the impacts of a transnational corporation (TNC) on a host country.

Use a case study of a LIC/NEE.

Study Figure 6, a table showing the gross national income (GNI) for selected Central and South American countries in 2020.

Calculate the median value for the GNI data in Figure 6.

Study Figure 7, a world map showing countries according to World Bank income

groups.

Using Figure 7, which of the following statements is correct?

Shade one circle only.

A Africa contains all the low income countries.

B Asia contains no high income countries.

C Oceania contains no high income countries.

D South America has no low income countries.

Figure 8 is a graph showing the net migration for selected countries 2014–2019.

Complete Figure 8 below using the following data.

Suggest how international migration can be a consequence of uneven development.

Use Figure 7 and Figure 8, and your own understanding.

You have studied a LIC/NEE country.

Shade your chosen country on Figure 9 below.

Outline one way in which your chosen country is regionally important.

Explain how manufacturing industry can stimulate economic development in your chosen country.

Study Figure 10, some newspaper headlines about economic change in the UK.

Outline how globalisation has caused economic change in the UK.

Use Figure 10 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 11, photographs showing current developments in UK road and rail

infrastructure.

‘The economic future of different parts of the UK will be affected by improvements and developments in transport and infrastructure.’

Explain this statement.

Use Figure 11 and your own knowledge.

Study Figure 5, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map of an area of Southampton, a city in the UK.

Using Figure 5, give the direction from the Southampton Science Park in grid square 4018 to the university in grid square 4215.

Shade one circle only.

A North East

B North West

C South East

D South West

Using Figure 5, complete the table to give two pieces of map evidence showing why the site in grid square 4018 is a good location for the science park.

An example has been completed for you.

Study Figure 6, information about the Southampton Science Park.

Study Figure 7, a map showing birth rates in Europe (excluding Russia) in 2019.

Complete Figure 7 using the following data.

Outline one disadvantage of using birth rates as a measure of development.

Which measure of development combines income, life expectancy and education levels?

Shade one circle only.

A Gross National Income (GNI) per head

B Human Development Index (HDI)

C Infant mortality rate (IMR)

D People per doctor

Outline one physical cause of uneven development.

Study Figure 8, a table showing the debt of selected countries in 2019.

Calculate the interquartile range for the data in Figure 8.

Study Figure 9, information from a report on debt.

Suggest how debt relief can help reduce the development gap.

Use Figure 9 and your own understanding.

Suggest how economic development can bring improvements to quality of life but at a cost to the environment.

Use a case study of a LIC/NEE in your answer.

Name of LIC/NEE

Study Figure 6, a graph showing the percentage of employment in different industrial sectors in the UK.

Complete Figure 6 using the following data.

Calculate the difference between employment (%) in primary industry and secondary industry in 2016.

Shade one circle only.

A 13% B 17% C 69% D 82%

Which one of the following describes the change in employment in secondary industry from 1966 to 2016?

Shade one circle only.

A It halves B It more than halves C It stays the same D It doubles

Outline one or more reasons for the decline of traditional industries in the UK.

Study Figure 7, showing newspaper headlines.

Suggest how changing economic and political links may affect the UK’s place in the wider world.

Use Figure 7 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 8, a population pyramid for Chad (2019).

Figure 8

Complete Figure 8 using the following data.

Using Figure 8, calculate the percentage (%) of children aged 0 – 4 years old.

Shade one circle only.

A 9.0% B 9.2% C 15.6% D 18.2%

What is meant by infant mortality rate?

Study Figure 9, the Demographic Transition Model.

Figure 9

Using Figure 9, suggest how population change in Stage 3 may have economic benefits.

Describe one or more impacts that international aid has had on a named LIC/NEE country.

‘Transnational corporations (TNCs) bring more disadvantages than advantages to a host country.’

Do you agree?

Explain your answer.

Study Figure 6, a diagram showing countries and their share of world trade.

Source: howmuch.net

Using Figure 6, what is Mexico’s share of world trade?

Using Figure 6, what is the difference between China and the USA’s share of world trade?

Outline the limitations of economic measures of development.

Explain how physical and economic factors have caused uneven development.

Study Figure 7a, a graph of tourist arrivals to South Africa 2012–2023 (projected) and Figure 7b, some opinions about tourism in South Africa.

South Africa is a NEE country.

Describe the trend shown in Figure 7a.

Using Figure 7b, state one benefit of tourism to South Africa’s economy.

Tourism is an effective way of reducing the development gap.

Do you agree?

Use Figure 7a and Figure 7b and an example you have studied to explain your answer.

Study Figure 8, showing life expectancy at selected places along the East Coast main railway.

Calculate the median life expectancy shown in Figure 8.

How might the data in Figure 8 suggest a north-south divide in the UK?

Evaluate the success or likely success of one or more strategies to resolve regional differences in the UK.

Study Figure 5, a scattergraph showing Gross National Income (GNI) and birth rate for selected countries in 2016.

Plot the following data on to Figure 5.

Draw a best fit line on Figure 5.

‘Japan is in stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) and is a highly developed country.’

Explain this statement.

Use Figure 5 and your own understanding.

Outline how one historical factor can lead to uneven development.

Study Figure 6, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map of an area to the east of Sheffield, a city in the UK.

Using Figure 6, give the six-figure grid reference for the centre of the motorway junction.

Shade one circle only.

A 403870 B 423884 C 430891 D 433892

Using Figure 6, what is the straight line distance from the building labelled X to the railway station to the west?

Shade one circle only.

A 200 m B 1 km C 2 km D 4 km

Study Figure 7, a photograph of part of the area shown in Figure 6.

Using Figure 6 and Figure 7, in which direction was the photographer facing when the photograph was taken?

Shade one circle only.

A North west B North east C South west D South east

Figure 7 shows the location of Sheffield University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Use Figure 7 to describe one characteristic of the Centre’s location.

Study Figure 8, some information about Sheffield University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Suggest how the UK is moving towards a post-industrial economy.

Use Figure 8 and your own understanding.

Using a case study of a LIC/NEE, evaluate the effects of economic development on the population’s quality of life.

Study Figure 3 in the resources booklet, ‘Road development in the Peruvian Amazon’.

What does the information in the ‘Peru: development fact file’ suggest about levels of development in Peru?

Study Figure 5, a table showing the Gross National Income (GNI) data for selected countries in 2016.

Calculate the median value for the GNI data in Figure 5.

Suggest one reason why the GNI per person varies between the countries shown in Figure 5.

Give one disadvantage of using an economic measure of development such as GNI.

Study Figure 6, a diagram to explain the impact of tourism on a country.

Using Figure 6 and your own understanding, suggest how the growth of tourism in a LIC or NEE might help to reduce the development gap.

Study Figure 7 which describes the effects of an intermediate technology project in an area of Malawi, a country in Africa.

Figure 7

Bicycle Ambulances

There are two small Health Centres in the area serving 45 000 people. 1 in 6 women die in childbirth.

People have to travel vast distances to be seen by a nurse or doctor. Travel to the clinics is usually by ox and cart but this is an expensive and slow mode of transport.

A project was started to build bicycle ambulances and to provide training to the people in the area so more patients can make their way to a health centre. It is hoped that these bicycle ambulances will help save many lives.

State two challenges faced by the people living in the area described in Figure 7.

State one characteristic of intermediate technology.

Outline one way in which international aid has had an impact on a named LIC or NEE country.

Using a case study of a LIC or NEE country, explain the link between Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and industrial development in the country.

Study Figure 8, information about the planned spending on transport infrastructure in England’s regions 2016–2021.

Using Figure 8, calculate the mean planned spending per person per year 2016–2021 in the nine English regions.

Assess the importance of transport improvements to the UK economy.