1.5 The Netherlands: winners and losers

What are we going to do today?

starter: Poor or rich?

Instruction 1.5 The Netherlands: winners and losers

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What are we going to do today?

starter: Poor or rich?

Instruction 1.5 The Netherlands: winners and losers

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Poverty line
When you want to make a statement regarding the potential wealth or poverty of a country then think of the internal and external causes for poverty.

When are people poor? Poverty line = less than 1.25 dollar a day

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What are internal causes
A
natural and human causes in a country
B
location of a country to its neighbour
C
Colonial past of a country
D
place of a country within the worldsystem

Slide 3 - Quiz

To which cause for level of development does the following term belong?

exploitation colonies
A
Internal: natural causes
B
Internal: human causes
C
External: colonial past
D
External: role of the country in the world economy

Slide 4 - Quiz

To which cause for level of development does the following term belong?

degree of inequality
A
Internal: natural causes
B
Internal: human causes
C
External: colonial past
D
External: role of the country in the world economy

Slide 5 - Quiz

To which cause for level of development does the following term belong?

landlocked countries
A
Internal: natural causes
B
Internal: human causes
C
External: colonial past
D
External: role of the country in the world economy

Slide 6 - Quiz

To which cause for level of development does the following term belong?

political system
A
Internal: natural causes
B
Internal: human causes
C
External: colonial past
D
External: role of the country in the world economy

Slide 7 - Quiz

To which cause for level of development does the following term belong?

age structure
A
Internal: natural causes
B
Internal: human causes
C
External: colonial past
D
External: role of the country in the world economy

Slide 8 - Quiz

Let's see what we can find!
Pick a country: Netherlands, Austria, Morocco, Russia, China, Bolivia, Brazil.
  • See what you can find regarding internal and external causes for poverty.
  • Find a picture from within the country that depicts globalisation.

Use the atlas and internet (write down your sources!).
You have about 15 minutes.

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Learning objectives
  • You know which factors explain why the Eindhoven region has developed into a brainport.
  • You understand why east Groningen is one of the least economically developed regions in the Netherlands and Eindhoven one of the most succesful.
  • You can asses whether the Netherlands benefits from a more closed or more open world economy.

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Learning objectives
  • Which factors explain why the Eindhoven region has developed into a brainport?
  • Why is east Groningen is one of the least economically developed regions in the Netherlands and Eindhoven one of the most succesful?
  • Would the Netherlands benefit from a more closed or more open world economy?

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Next week
Homework: 1.5
 During class: Practical assignment

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