CCEA GCSE Geography Unit 2 Theme C Contrasts in World Development quiz

The difference in development between the world's richest and poorest countries

The distance between two cities

The difference between birth and death rates

The space between land-use zones in a city

Life expectancy

Literacy rate

GDP per capita

Infant mortality rate

It is impossible to calculate

It hides how wealth is shared and ignores health and education

It only works for small countries

It changes every day

Income, life expectancy and education

Rainfall, temperature and wind

Birth rate, death rate and migration

Land value, accessibility and building age

A corrupt government

Unfair trade

Colonialism

Frequent natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes

It gave colonies strong, balanced economies

It took raw materials and wealth, leaving weak, dependent economies

It removed all natural hazards

It guaranteed fair trade prices

It exports cheap raw materials but imports expensive manufactured goods

It bans all imports and exports

It pays farmers a guaranteed high price

It cancels the country's debt

A mountainous landscape

A tropical climate

War and corruption

Poor soils

To build schools over many years

To save lives after a disaster with food, water and shelter

To cancel a country's debt

To remove trade tariffs

It guarantees a fair price plus a community premium

It removes all their customers

It forces them to sell at the lowest price

It bans them from exporting

It increases the amount they must repay

It bans foreign investment

It frees money to spend on development instead of repayments

It raises the price of their exports

A large imported power station no one can maintain

A high-speed railway

A fleet of private jets

A simple hand pump the community can maintain

It always builds independence

It can never save lives

It removes all trade barriers

It can create dependency or be misused by corrupt governments