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General Vocab
Economic Measures
Poverty Indicators
Critical Thinking
Geographic Terms
100

The status of a person who owns a lot of goods, sometimes superfluous

Wealth

100

What does GDP stand for?

Gross Domestic Product

100

Average period a person can expect to live

Life expectancy

100

Has the poverty rate increased or decreased in the last 30 years?

Decreased

100

Grouping of countries with developed economies

Global North

200
Basic physical and organizational structures for society (e.g. buildings, roads, schools) 
Infrastructure
200

A person's or a group's level of wealth. It can be low, medium or high

Standard of living

200

What does HDI stand for?

Human Development Index

200

What are three different scales at which we can contrast wealth?

between countries (global)
within a country (national)
between two regions (regional/national)
between two neighborhoods (local)
between two people (local)

200

What was the system of racial segregation in South Africa?

Apartheid

300

The status of a person who does not have enough resources to live properly in their environment.

Poverty

300

This is the Latin phrase "for each person"

per capita

300

Percentage of the population that can read and write

Literacy rate

300

If a country has a Gini Coefficent of .9, is it very equal or unequal?

Unequal

300

List all 5 BRICS countries

Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa

400

Improving the living conditions of the entire population in a fair way and without threatening the environment.

Sustainable Development

400

When the standard of living gap between rich and poor is very large

Social Enquality

400

What are the three dimensions measured by the MPI?

Health, Education, Living Standards

400

What does the HDI measure that the MPI does not?

Wealth produced per capital (GNI)

400

What measures income inequality within a region?

The Gini Coefficient

500
What is public health?

All the measures implemented in a country to improve or protect the health of the population.

500

What's the difference between GDP and GNI?

GNI = income earned (including remittances)

GDP = goods produced 

500

What are 3 of the 6 living standards measured by the MPI?

water
sanitation
electricity
cooking fuel
housing
assets

500

Why is GDP not always a good measure of wealth?

It doesn't calculate economic disparity.

500

Which countries have the highest and lowest GDP in the word?

Luxembourg / Tuvalu