GEOGRAPHY GCSE - THE CHANGING ECONOMIC
WORLD QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
1. Low income
country (LIC) This subdivision of countries is based on the World Bank income
and High classifications (GNI per capita), which in 2013 were Low Income $1045
income country or below, and High Income $12746 or above
(HIC)
2. Newly
emerg-ing Countries that have begun to experience high rates of economic
economies development, usually with rapid industrialisation. They differ from LICs in
(NEEs)
that they no longer rely primarily on agriculture, have made gains in
infrastructure and industrial growth, and are experiencing increasing
incomes and high levels of investment eg Brazil, Russia, China and
South Africa (the so-called BRICS countries).
3. Birth rate The number of births in a year per 1000 of the total population.
4. Commonwealth A voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states,
which were mostly territories of the former British Empire. It is home to 2.2
billion citizens. Member states have no legal obligation to one another.
Instead, they are united by language, history, culture, and their shared
values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
5. Death rate The number of deaths in a year per 1000 of the total population.
6. De-industrialisa-
tion The decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to
exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEEs.
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WORLD QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100%
1. Low income
country (LIC) This subdivision of countries is based on the World Bank income
and High classifications (GNI per capita), which in 2013 were Low Income $1045
income country or below, and High Income $12746 or above
(HIC)
2. Newly
emerg-ing Countries that have begun to experience high rates of economic
economies development, usually with rapid industrialisation. They differ from LICs in
(NEEs)
that they no longer rely primarily on agriculture, have made gains in
infrastructure and industrial growth, and are experiencing increasing
incomes and high levels of investment eg Brazil, Russia, China and
South Africa (the so-called BRICS countries).
3. Birth rate The number of births in a year per 1000 of the total population.
4. Commonwealth A voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states,
which were mostly territories of the former British Empire. It is home to 2.2
billion citizens. Member states have no legal obligation to one another.
Instead, they are united by language, history, culture, and their shared
values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
5. Death rate The number of deaths in a year per 1000 of the total population.
6. De-industrialisa-
tion The decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to
exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEEs.
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