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WorksheetsHPA Geography 2B Reducing the development gap
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Foreign investment is one strategy to reduce the development gap. Which of these describe foreign investment?
A foreign country or TNC (transnational corporation) spends money on improving a country's infrastructure. For example, its road network.
A foreign country lends money to a country, sometimes millions of dollars, which must be paid back with interest over time.
A TNC builds a new port or airport, which will benefit their own factory in that region but will also benefit local people.
Borrowing money provides a temporary solution to financial problems, but can make long term development more difficult.
Loans are another strategy to reduce the development gap. Which of these describe loans?
A foreign country or TNC (transnational corporation) spends money on improving a country's infrastructure. For example, its road network.
A foreign country lends money to a country, sometimes millions of dollars, which must be paid back with interest over time.
A TNC builds a new port or airport, which will benefit their own factory in that region but will also benefit local people.
Borrowing money provides a temporary solution to financial problems, but can make long term development more difficult.
Industrial development (e.g. a new factory is opened) can cause a cycle of improvements such as better paid jobs, more schools and hospitals and more taxes paid. This cycle is often known by geographers as the (a) effect.
Tick all of the reasons that tourists might visit a LIC or NEE for their holidays.
Gorgeous beaches.
Spectacular landscapes.
Interesting wildlife.
High prices in bars and restaurants.
Aid that is given to a LIC or NEE following a natural disaster is known as (a) aid.
Developmental aid, which is designed to be sustainable and to improve a country's own resilience is also known as (a) term aid.
Which of the following statements describes multilateral aid.
Aid that is given directly from one country to another.
Aid that is given to an international organisation such as the World Bank, which then distributes the money to poorer countries.
The Adis Nifas irrigation scheme in Ethiopia is an example of intermediate technology. Tick the statements that describe intermediate technology.
Appropriate for the skill and knowledge of local people.
Provides employment for local people.
Uses the most high-tech solutions to problems.
Small-scale projects managed by communities.
Tick all of the statements about the advantages of trading groups (free trade) that are TRUE.
They protect farmers in HICs by applying tariffs to imported goods from LICs.
They encourage trade between member countries.
Members are able to get higher prices for their goods.
Richer countries cannot shop around for cheaper prices, potentially exploiting LICs.
Tick all of the statements about fair trade that are TRUE.
It aims to reduce the development gap by improving the quality of life for ordinary farmers.
Fairtrade is a British company.
Participating farmers must agree to use environmentally friendly methods.
Part of the profits from the trade go to the local government.
