AFRICA 5B

Match the term with the correct definition: 1) the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. 2) average number of additional years that a person of a given age can expect to live. 3) the average amount of money a person makes per year in a country. 4) the percentage of a country’s people who can read and write.

• Gross Domestic Product per capita

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Life Expectancy

• Literacy rate

• Birth rate

People of Sub-Saharan Africa nations considered underdeveloped are most likely involved in which type of economic activity?

Using the chart above, which country would seem to have the HIGHEST per capita GDP?

Using the chart above, which countries seem to have the LOWEST standard of living?

• Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria

• Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe

• Rwanda, South Africa, Nigeria

• Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia

Using the countries in the chart above, rank the six countries from (1) most developed to (6) least developed. Write the name of the country on the line.

Now that you have ranked the countries, determine their level of development and standard of living. Countries are either developed with a high standard of living, developing with a rising standard of living or undeveloped with a low standard of living. Then explain why you believe the countries are at the levels that they are at based on what you have learned in class.

Explain why people in many Sub-Saharan African countries have a low standard of living and poor quality of life.

Provide three to five methods or solutions to improve the situation. Explain carefully your position and answers.