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What is “literacy”?
being able to read and write
Which part of the world has a lot of countries that have a low standard of living?
A. North America
B. Europe
C. Australia
D. Africa
D. Africa
True or False.
Countries with high literacy rates are generally wealthier.
True
What is “life expectancy”?
how many years a person can live
(we calculate it by taking the average number of years people live in the country)
Literacy rate is the percentage of a country's population over the age of ______ that can read and write.
What is 15?
When a country has a high number of Doctor per 10,000, this factor will usually be high.
What is Life Expectancy?
Daily Double!!!!!
Out of all the factors that affect a countries standard of living, you want to keep this at it's LOWEST.
What is Infant Mortality Rate?
These type of countries usually have a low standard of living?
What are "Developing" or "Poor" countries?
This is the rate that children die before the age of 1 years old.
What is Infant Mortality Rate?
_____________ countries have high rates of literacy.
What is "Developed"?
What is “poverty”? Name one negative effect of poverty.
-being very poor
-negative effects: Hunger & sickness; lack of nutrition, shelter, healthcare, clean water, education, jobs, freedom
If this number if is low a countries will have a higher Infant Mortality Rate?
What are Doctors (per 10,000)?
Even though a country may be "Developed" or rich it can still have a problem with ____.
Poverty
Daily Double!!!
______________ countries usually have a low literacy rate and a low standard of living.
What are "Developing" countries?
Which part of the world has a lot of countries that have a high standard of living?
A. North America
B. Europe
C. Australia
D. Africa
A. North America
Even though it is a factor of an areas standard of living this does not really tell is a country or city has a high or low standard of living. (Ex. New York City)
What is Cars (per 1,000)?
These types of countries usually do not have high levels of industrialization; people enjoy high standard of living.
What are "Developing" Countries?