Human Wellbeing and Geographies

Define 'human wellbeing'

• Having enough money to buy goods and services

• The idea of being well

• The ability to access things humans need in order to live happy and healthy lives

• The ability to access education and health services

Which of the following is NOT a factor of wellbeing?

• Income

• Housing

• Health

• Height

Define 'absolute poverty'

• It is extreme poverty - with a severe lack of basic human needs

• Lacking food

• People lacking minimum income needed to achieve average standard of living

• When you are broke

Which of the following is NOT a cause of poverty?

• Natural disasters

• People being lazy and not working

• Conflict

• Corrupt governments

What is demographics?

• The total monetary value of all the goods and services

• Compares two piece of information on a map

• The statistical data of a population and particular groups within it

• Give a quick impression of a spatial patterns

What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?

• An indication of the amount of people who can read

• It analyses health, education and living standards

• It measures the happiness in a country

• Provides a measure of the total value of goods and services produced in a year

What does the OECD better life index measure?

• It is holistic and measures many variables; some include housing, income, jobs and health.

• It just measures happiness

• It measures GDP and health

• It measures health, education and living standards

Which of the following is NOT an aim of the UN?

• Promote human rights

• Secure international peace

• Eliminate pandemics

• Eliminate poverty

What are the current goals of the UN called?

• Millennium development goals

• No poverty

• Develop a global partnership for development

• Sustainable development goals

Define 'spatial inequality'

• Poverty and social exclusion

• The difference between the size of a town

• When places have the same access to resources or services

• The unequal distribution of resources or services according to location