Themes
What does this acronym stand for PRHLM?
Place, region, Human environmental development, location, and Movement.
A process of growth and change. Improving living conditions and ensuring a better quality of life and standard of living.
Development
What does IMF stand for?
International Monetary Fund
The period from 1760 to 1820/1840.
Industrial revolution
The way people, products, information, and ideas move from one place to another.
Movement
What does HDI stand for?
Human development index
When did The Bahamas join the IMF?
August 1973
What does SHEE stand for?
social, human, economic, and environmental.
Name 3 different types of regions.
Political, Landform, Agriculture, and Culture.
What 2 countries are part of the rich north but are actual more south?
Australia and New Zealand.
What is another name for short term-aid and tied aid?
Emergency and conditional.
Richer countries house _____ of the world's population but uses _____ of the earths ______
25% 75% resources
The Great Plains used to be a wide-open area with no settlement of Farms. Today towns and cities dot the Great Plains, and much of the land is used for farming.
Human environmental interaction.
The world is divided based on wealth, what are those 2 categories?
MEDCS ( The more economically developed countries)
LEDCS ( the less economically developed countries.
List 5 types of aids.
Emergency, conditional, charitable, long-term multilateral.
A ______ relies on a healthy _______ to provide food and resources, safe drinking water and clean air for its ________.
a prosperous society, environment citizens.
Give the 2 types of locations and the difference between them.
absolute is a specific place on the earth's surface and uses grid lines.
relative is where a place is in relation to another place.
The north holds ____ of the world's population and the south hold _____ of the world's population.
1/4
3/4
Money, skilled people, and equipment for big projects are examples of what?
Long term aid
What are the 3 impacts?
Pollution, overuse of resources and climate change.