Small loans given out, often to women in LDCs
microfinance
The service sector of the economy is also called this
Tertiary Sector
According to Wallerstein, this is the category of countries that is the most developed and exploits LDCs
Core countries
A map showing the whole world and displaying data of each country would have a ________ scale of analysis
national
This is the region of the world with the lowest rates of development
Sub-Saharan Africa
This is the term for the difference in opportunity between men and women
gender gap
Average number of children born per woman
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
These are the least developed countries according to Wallerstein, the ones exploited by the MDCs
Periphery
A map that distorts the size of countries according to data is a __________
Cartogram
A person who works in the manufacturing of auto parts works in the ______ sector
Secondary
What does NGO stand for?
Non-Governmental Organization
This is the comprehensive index for measuring development
Human Development Index (HDI)
Name one criticism of Rostow's Model
Answers will vary
The type of diffusion where a cultural trait works its way up the power order in a society, from the lowest to the highest ranks
reverse-hierarchical diffusion
Complete the following quote: "Use the ______, Luke"
Force
MDCs have more jobs in the ________ sector, LDCs have more jobs in the _________ sector
Tertiary, Primary
What does a country with a Gini Coefficient of .2 tell you?
That they have high amounts of wealth inequality
What does NIR tell you?
The growth rate of a population
This is the name of the concept that means the world feels smaller due to transportation and communication technology
Time-Space Compression
This is the model of development line that splits the world into Northern Hemisphere (MDC) and Southern Hemisphere (LDC)
Brandt's Line
This is the name when a country is reliant on their exports of certain items/products for their wealth
Commodity dependence
What are the the four elements that makeup the HDI? (need all 4 to earn the points)
Life Expectancy, Mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, Gross National Income (GNI) per capita
1. Traditional
2. Pre-Conditions to Take-off
3. Take-off
4. Drive to Maturity
5. High Mass Consumption
What are the three types of regions? Give an example of each.
Formal, Functional/Nodal and Perceptual/Vernacular
Social
Political
Environmental
Economic
Demographic
Spatial