Geo Exam Review Development Examples of LEDCMEDC countries

Geo Exam Review Development • Examples of LEDC/MEDC countries • Definition of GDP (PPP) & GNP per capita & their strengths and limitations (evaluation) • Indicators of development and how they can be used to measure development (e. g. Birth rate, people per doctor) • Employment Structures (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary) & its relationship to development • The north south divide • HDI – countries with low and high HDIs and reasons for this • Describing & Explaining correlations between indicators (+ive/-ive) Trade • Why countries need to trade/ reasons for trade imbalance between LEDC & MEDC countrie • Calculating and trade balance: trade surplus & trade deficit • Trading problems for LEDC countries (e. g. imbalance/ reliance on one primary product) • Trade blocks, tariffs, quotas & arguments for and against free trade Hydrology & river landforms • Labeled flood hydrograph • Reasons for differences in flood hydrographs of drainage basins • Describing, explaining and evaluating river channel data collection methods • Processes of erosion and transportation • The drainage basin system – diagrams and definitions • Labeled watershed (Major/ minor watershed/ tributaries) • Waterfalls and rapids ((diagram & explanation) NWW: • Meanders and ox bow lakes (diagram & explanation) Pages: 278 -285 and pages 180 -189 • Floodplain and levees (diagram & explanation)

Geo Exam Review Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Define GDP per capita What does PPP mean? Why is GDP an unfair measure of development? What are employment structures, how do they relate to development? What does HDI measure? How is HDI calculated? Identify four Indicators of development and explain how they can be used to measure development (e. g. . Birth rate, people per doctor) What type of correlation would you expect between infant mortality and GNI? Why? What type of correlation would you expect between life expectancy and GNI? Why? What is the north south divide? Identify 4 LEDC and 4 MEDC countries How are levels of development different between LEDC and MEDC countries? In a developing country, what sector would you expect to find most people working in? Why is it important for countries to trade with each other? What is trade surplus? What is trade deficit?

Geo Exam Review Questions 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Explain what a trade balance is What are some of the problems for LEDC countries in trade? Give three reasons for the imbalance of trade between LEDC and MEDC countries In a developing country, what sector would you expect to find most people working in? What are trade blocks? Identify four trade blocks? What are tariffs and quotas? What commodities to MEDCs mainly trade, and what do LEDCs trade? What are the arguments for and against free trade? What is a confluence, mouth, tributary and source of a river? Define the term drainage basin Draw a labeleed diagram of the drainage basin system On the flood hydrograph, what is the rising limb? On the flood hydrograph , What is basin lag time? What factors can effect the lag time of a drainage basin? Define one process of transportation Define one process of erosion Explain how waterfalls and rapids, or meanders and ox bow lakes or flood plains and levees are formed (i. e. shaped by natural processes – use diagrams) Describe the different methods of taking measurements within the river channel What are the strengths and weaknesses of the methods described in question 34?