DEVELOPMENT STUDIES EXERCISES

MODULE 1: INVESTIGATING & MEASURING

DEVELOPMENT

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 THE COMMON TASK WORDS FROM DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES QUESTIONS

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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (b) Give three reasons why political aspects of development are difficult to
measure.
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1 (a) What is development? __________________________________________________________________
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3(a) What is meant by social aspect of development?
(b) Describe three economic characteristics of developing countries.
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4 (a) What is meant by life expectancy at birth?

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(b) Describe three ways by which developing countries can improve their life
expectancy.

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5 (a) What is meant by calorie intake?
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(c) State three reasons why developing countries have high infant mortality
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(d) Suggest ways by which developing countries can reduce infant mortality MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
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(a)(i) Describe any two aspects of development other than social development.

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(ii) Suggest ways by which the government of Botswana is promoting social (ii) Suggest why development is slow in most Southern African countries.
development.
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(b)(i) Describe the economic characteristics of developed countries.
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (a)(i) Describe the geographical locations of the countries of the South.

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1 Study Fig. 1, which shows the division of the world into countries of the North __________________________________________________________________
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(ii) Describe the economic characteristics of the countries of the North.

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(b)(i) Describe the challenges faced by the countries of the South as a result of (ii) Suggest ways through which globalisation encourages development of all
globalisation. countries.

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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (a)(i) Describe the location of the Newly Industrialised Countries.

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1. Study Fig. 1, which shows the Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs), and __________________________________________________________________
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(ii) Explain the challenges which are faced by the Newly Industrialised Countries.

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(b)(i) Describe the economic characteristics of Newly Industrialised Countries (ii) Suggest actions that Less Developed Countries (LDCs) could copy from
(NICs) Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs) to speed up development.

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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (c) Give three reasons why world life expectancy is rising.
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Class Exercise 5 _______________________________________________________________ [3]
3(a) What is calorie intake?
1 (a) What is infant mortality rate?
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__________________________________________________________________ 4.(a) Define literacy rate.
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__________________________________________________________________ (b) Give three importance of literacy to development?
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5.(a) Define adult literacy rate.
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Male literacy rate is higher in most countries than female literacy rate

(b) Suggest three reasons for the difference between male and female literacy
rates
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__________________________________________________________________ (a)(i) How many non-institutional deaths in total were recorded in 2007?
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(c) Describe three factors that influence the death rate of a country. MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

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(d)Suggest three measures by which developing countries attempt to reduce high

death rate.

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(ii) Describe the ways in which the government is trying to reduce the infant (ii) Explain why countries of the South are less developed than countries of the
mortality rate in Botswana. North.
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(b)(i) Development is a process of change which involves economic, social and __________________________________________________________________
political development. Describe these aspects of development. __________________________________________________________________
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (b) State three reasons why doctor-patient ratio is worse in developing countries
than in developed countries.
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1(a) Define the term school enrolment. 3(a) What is meant by calorie intake?

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(b) Describe three causes of low school enrolment in developing countries. (b) State three reasons why there is a high average calorie intake in developed
countries.
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2(a) What is meant by doctor-patient ratio? 4(a) Define the term literacy rate.

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(b) State three reasons for high literacy rate in developed countries. Section B

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Egypt 97 94 95
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5(a) Define infant mortality rate.
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(b) Describe three ways in which developing countries can reduce infant
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Rwanda 95 97 96
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(a)(i) Which country has the lowest enrolment percentage for males? MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

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(ii) What is the total enrolment for Algeria? Name: _____________________________________ Surname:
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Class: ____________ Date:
(b) Describe two common causes of school dropouts in Botswana. __________/___________/__________
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1. Study Fig. 1 which shows some indicators to measure development.
(c) State three reasons why educating women is important for the economic
development of the country.

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(d) Suggest three ways by which governments of African countries can increase
school enrolment for girls.

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(a)(i) Explain how each indicator shown in Fig.1 is used to measure development. (b)(i) Explain how any three political indicators can be used to measure
development.
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(ii) State the disadvantage of using GNP per capita to measure development. __________________________________________________________________
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (b) Give three advantages of GNP per capita.

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1(a) What is development? 3(a) Define Gross National Product.

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(b) Describe three economic characteristics of developed countries. (b) State three reasons why GNP per capita is not a good measure of
development.
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4 (a) Define GNP per capita. Section B
6. Fig. 1 shows GNP per head (US$) and life expectancy at birth for
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(b) Give three reasons why Countries of the North have a higher GNP than those
of the South.

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5 (a) What is meant by energy use per capita? Fig.1

(a)(i) Name the country with the highest life expectancy.
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(ii) What is the GNP per head for Mexico?
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
(c) Compare three economic characteristics of developed and developing
countries. DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
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1. Fig. 1 shows a list of countries and their indicators of development. Use it to
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(d)Suggest three ways in which developing countries can use the

dependency theory to develop.
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(a)(i) Using Fig. 1 only, describe three economic characteristics of developed (b)(i) Describe the weaknesses of the dependency theory.
countries.
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(ii) Explain how developing countries can use modernisation theory in their
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (b) Describe three ways of achieving sustainable development in a country.
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1 (a) Define the modernisation theory.
3 (a) Define dependency theory.
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(b) Describe any three stages of the modernisation theory.
(b) State three policy implications of the dependency theory.
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(b) State three developments that show the growth of a global village. MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
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1(a) Define the term sustainable theory
5(a) Define populism theory.
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(b) State three sources of air pollution
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 (b) Describe three ways by which air pollution can be prevented (c) Describe three ways by which land pollution can be controlled
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Land pollution is also an obstacle towards sustainable development.
5(a) What is globalisation?
3 (a) Define land pollution. __________________________________________________________________
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(b) State three causes of land pollution. globalisation.
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 MASUNGA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (ii) Describe the benefits to the people of a country where modernisation has taken
place.
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1. Study Fig. 1, which shows some theories of development. __________________________________________________________________
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(b)(i) Describe the factors that slow down development in the developing
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(a)(i) Describe the stages of the Modernisation theory.
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(ii) Explain how social indicators are used to measure development.

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