AP chapter 10-VOCAB Flashcards
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| 8362537326 | development | process of improving the conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology | 0 | |
| 8362577895 | MDC | developed country | 1 | |
| 8362591612 | LDC | progress toward development | 2 | |
| 8362600796 | GNI | value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in year, including money that leaves and enters the country | 3 | |
| 8362643937 | primary sector jobs | mining, fishing, and forestry- natural resources adds value | 4 | |
| 8362679380 | secondary sector jobs | assemble raw materials , into useful product adds value | 5 | |
| 8362703312 | tertiary sector jobs | retailing, banking, law, education, government sells | 6 | |
| 8362733615 | productivity | value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it | 7 | |
| 8362831100 | value added | manufacturing is the gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials and energy | 8 | |
| 8362920082 | pupil/teacher ratio | # of students divided # teachers | 9 | |
| 8362941289 | literacy rate | % of country's people who read and write MDC> u.s -99%-100% LDC> 70% or below | 10 | |
| 8362991567 | IHDI | higher scores in IHDI mean for countries development the lower scores in IHDI mean for countries | 11 | |
| 8363039591 | GII | measures the gap in the level of achievement in three dimensions; reproductive health, empowerment, labor market | 12 | |
| 8363076559 | empowerment | ability of women to achieve to improvement in their own status achieve economic and political power | 13 | |
| 8363158370 | female labor force participation rate | FLFPR is % of women holding full- time jobs outside of home | 14 | |
| 8363180846 | maternal mortality rate | rate is the number of the women who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 15 | |
| 8363200182 | adolescent fertility rate | fertility rate is the # of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 | 16 | |
| 8363242625 | progressives | WTO- is anti-democratic b/c decisions promote interests of large corporations and not the poor | 17 | |
| 8363279158 | conservatives | WTO- compromises power and sovereignty of countries by changing taxes and laws | 18 | |
| 8363315460 | foreign direct investment | investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country | 19 | |
| 8363368762 | structural adjustment programs | LDC economic goals , strategies for achieving objectives and external finacing requirements | 20 | |
| 8363423629 | transnational corporation | company that invests and operated in countries other than where it's head quarters are located | 21 | |
| 8363451206 | fair trade | products are made and traded according to standards that protect workers and small businesses (LDC) | 22 | |
| 8363490053 | microfinance | provisions of small loans and other financial services to individuals and small businesses in developing countries that are unable to obtain loans from commerical banks | 23 |