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Start
Goods produced in one country and sold to another country.
Export
The market value of all goods and services produced in one
year by the residents of a country.
Gross National Product
These have high levels of wealth and well developed
technology and industry. People have a high standard of living
and services such as health care and education.
MEDCs
The fact that most people in the world today depend on the
rest of the world for survival.
Global interdependence
The average age at which members of a country’s
population die.
Life expectancy
The difference in wealth and development between different
countries e.g. the wealth and development gap between the
USA and Zimbabwe.
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Global inequality
A world financial institution which guides and/or supports
LEDCs.
World Bank
Ways of measuring a country’s level of economic and social
development, for example, the Gross National Product (GNP)
and % literacy.
Development Indicators
Factories where workers often work long hours for very low
pay. Child labour laws may be violated and conditions are
often dangerous.
Sweat shops
This is when people cannot get access to basic needs such as
food, water and shelter which are vital for survival.
Absolute poverty
International organisation which tries to regulate trade
between different countries. Sometimes accused of being
dominated by MEDCs at the expense of LEDCs.
World Trade Organisation
This policy where all barriers to trade are kept to an
absolute minimum.
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Free trade
The employment of children in any work that deprives them
of their childhood, and is mentally, physically, socially or
morally dangerous.
Child labour
These are grown only to be sold as exports, not used as food
or for other purposes by the local people.
Cash Crops
Historically, a group of countries conquered and ruled by a
single country.
Empire
Countries where the population has a lower standard of living
and access to a lower level of technology. Not all of these
are at the same level of development.
LEDCs
Large scale business organisations which have factories in
several different countries. Examples include Sony
and Toyota.
Multinational companies
The number of births per 1,000 of the population per year.
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Birth rate
The result of being poor which traps people into
continuing poverty.
Poverty cycle
Any product or process which extends the power of a human
being in terms of survival, comfort level and quality of life.
Technology
A partnership, based on agreement, transparency, and respect,
which seeks greater equity in international trade.
Fairtrade
Countries which are experiencing rapid economic growth.
They are not yet at MEDC status but have outpaced
the LEDCs.
Newly industrialising countries
All past income and resources in monetary terms. According
to the rich it does not bring happiness; according to the poor,
it brings something quite close resembling it.
Wealth
Finish
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Teaching notes
This is a useful starter or plenary which will involve the whole class.
1. Each student is handed a laminated card. This has one key term in the upper half and the
definition of a different key term in the lower half.
2. The student with the start card reads out their definition and the other students have to
listen carefully to see if their key term matches the definition ... and so on.
3. With a smaller class students can either be given more than one card or the pack can be
adjusted to remove some cards.
4. With a larger class, or to add more complexity e.g. each student has two cards, additional
key words and definitions can be added.
It is worth setting a time limit on the first run through before a second run through against the
clock. The second run through could be with the students keeping the same cards but is more of
a challenge if the loop cards are shuffled and handed out again.
Possible additional key words and definitions:

Human Development Index, a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education,
and standards of living for countries worldwide

Infant Mortality Rate, the number of infants dying before their first birthday (per 1000 live
births) per year.

Literacy Rate, the percentage of the population are able to read

Demographic Transition Model, a model using birth and death rates to determine stages of
development

Multiplier effect, the concept that any investment in an area will create further investment
etc.

Poverty threshold, set by the World Bank in 2008 as $1.25 a day

BRICS, the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

Oxfam, a charitable organisation attempting to reduce poverty in the LEDCs
Extension task

Students could be asked to provide an alternative definition for each term or could be
asked to expand on the existing definition e.g. for GNP the additional comment might be
‘GNP is usually measured in $US.’
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Answers
Start
Goods produced in one country and sold to another country.
Export
The market value of all goods and services produced in one year by the residents of a country.
Gross National Product
These have high levels of wealth and well developed technology and industry. People have a high
standard of living and services such as health care and education.
MEDCs
The fact that most people in the world today depend on the rest of the world for survival.
Global interdependence
The average age at which members of a country’s population die.
Life expectancy
The difference in wealth and development between different countries e.g. the wealth and
development gap between the USA and Zimbabwe.
Global inequality
A world financial institution which guides and/or supports LEDCs.
World Bank
Ways of measuring a country’s level of economic and social development, for example, the Gross
National Product (GNP) and % literacy.
Development Indicators
Factories where workers often work long hours for very low pay. Child labour laws may be
violated and conditions are often dangerous.
Sweat shops
This is when people cannot get access to basic needs such as food, water and shelter which are
vital for survival.
Absolute poverty
International organisation which tries to regulate trade between different countries. Sometimes
accused of being dominated by MEDCs at the expense of LEDCs.
World Trade Organisation
This policy where all barriers to trade are kept to a absolute minimum.
Free trade
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The employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, and that is
mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous.
Child labour
These are grown only to be sold as exports, not used as food or for other purposes by the local
people.
Cash Crops
Historically, a group of countries conquered and ruled by a single country.
Empire
Countries where the population has a lower standard of living and access to a lower level of
technology. Not all of these are at the same level of development.
LEDCs
Large scale business organisations which have factories in several different countries. Examples
include Sony and Toyota.
Multinational companies
The number of births per 1,000 of the population per year.
Birth rate
The result of being poor which traps people into continuing poverty.
Poverty cycle
Any product or process which extends the power of a human being in terms of survival, comfort
level and quality of life.
Technology
A partnership, based on agreement, transparency, and respect, which seeks greater equity in
international trade.
Fairtrade
Countries which are experiencing rapid economic growth. They are not yet at MEDC status but
have outpaced the LEDCs.
Newly industrialising countries
All past income and resources in monetary terms. According to the rich it does not bring
happiness; according to the poor, it brings something quite close resembling it.
Wealth
Finish
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