Development of Countries

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Development of Countries

• PowerPoint goal
• Apply different measures to see how
  developed a country is

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Directions
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2. Answer the questions as you work through the
presentation.
3. Hand in the question sheets w/ your answers.
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Study Question 1 Generally, what is true about
the size of a countys GDP if it has many people
when you compare it to a country with very few
people?
Study Question 2 Generally, how good of an
indicator is GDP to tell if a country is
developed ?
Study Question 3 Generally, how good of an
indicator is GDP per capita to
tell if a country is developed ?
Study Question 4 Can the size (area) of a
country tell you if it is developed? EXPLAIN why
or why not.
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Study Question 5 Can a country's debt tell you
if it is developed or not? EXPLAIN why or why not.
Study Question 6 Can a country's population
tell you if it is developed or not? EXPLAIN why
or why not.
Study Question 7 Can a country's population
growth tell you if it is developed or not?
EXPLAIN why or why not.
Study Question 8 How can a country's industries
tell you about how developed a country is?
EXPLAIN
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Measure 1
Which of the following is a more developed
country?
country A
country B
14.6 Trillion GDP
4.16 Billion GDP
You cant tell!!!
Which of these is a more developed country?
country A
country B
125,803 GDP per capita
46,442 GDP per capita
USA
Lichtenstein!!
This is a VERY developed wealthy country!!
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Measure 1
What is the difference between the data on the
TOP and the data on the BOTTOM?
country A
country B
14.6 Trillion GDP
4.16 Billion GDP
GDP The total of goods and services a country
produces in a year
country A
country B
125,803 GDP per capita
46,442 GDP per capita
GDP per capita The total of goods and services
a country produces in a year divided by the
population (an average)
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Measure 1
Study Question 1 Generally, what is true about
the size of a countys GDP if it has many people
when you compare it to a country with very few
people?
country A
country B
14.6 Trillion GDP
4.16 Billion GDP
GDP The total of goods and services a country
produces in a year
country A
country B
125,803 GDP per capita
46,442 GDP per capita
GDP per capita The total of goods and services
a country produces in a year divided by the
population (an average)
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Measure 1
Study Question 1 Generally, what is true about
the size of a countys GDP if it has many people
when you compare it to a country with very few
people?
country A
country B
14.6 Trillion GDP
4.16 Billion GDP
GDP The total of goods and services a country
produces in a year
country A
country B
125,803 GDP per capita
46,442 GDP per capita
GDP per capita The total of goods and services
a country produces in a year divided by the
population (an average)
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Measure 1
Study Question 1 Generally, what is true about
the size of a countys GDP if it has many people
when you compare it to a country with very few
people?
Study Question 2 Generally, how good of an
indicator is GDP to tell if a country is
developed ?
Study Question 3 Generally, how good of an
indicator is GDP per capita to
tell if a country is developed ?
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Measure 2
Which of the following is a more developed
country?
country A
country B
3,794,101 sq miles
62 sq. miles
You cant tell!!!
USA
Lichtenstein
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Measure 2
Study Question 4 Can the size (area) of a
country tell you if it is developed? EXPLAIN why
or why not.
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Measure 3
Which of the following is a more developed
country?
country A
country B
National debt of
12,856,329,864,990
National debt of 238,864,990
USA
Mexico
What can debt tell you about a countrys
development?
Do developed countries always have more debt?
Lichtenstein
National debt 0
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Measure 3
Study Question 5 Can a country's debt tell you
if it is developed or not? EXPLAIN why or why not.
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Measure 4
Which of the following is a more developed
country?
country A
country B
300,000,000 people
34,000 people
You cant tell!!!
USA
Lichtenstein
Does this mean that developed countries always
have more people?
China
1, 300,000,000 people
Though not fully developed China has become the
third largest economy in the world (soon to
replace Japan right below US!!)
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Measure 4
Study Question 6 Can a country's population
tell you if it is developed or not? EXPLAIN why
or why not.
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Measure 5
Which of the following are more developed
countries?
country B
country A
country C
country D
- .05 growth in population
- 2 growth in population
1 growth in population
2 growth in population
Mexico
Germany
Japan
Pakistan
(NOT developed)
(developed)
(developed)
(NOT developed)
What does the general trend seem to be?
How can you figure out if the population of a
country is growing?
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Measure 5
Study Question 7 Can a country's population
growth tell you if it is developed or not?
EXPLAIN why or why not.
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Measure 6
Which of the following are more developed
countries?
country A
country C
country B
country D
Exports prescription drugs, engineering
services, computer software
Exports plastic molded products, farm equipment
Exports metals, cocoa, lumber
Exports oil
Answers
(developing)
(MOST developed)
(NOT developed)
(probably not developed)
What does the general trend seem to be?
What would be the correct order for the stages
of economic development?
?
services
agriculture
manufacturing
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Measure 6
Study Question 8 How can a country's industries
tell you about how developed a country is?
EXPLAIN