Revision 4.2 and planning

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Homework check

Are pupils are being numbered

Homework check

These numbers come show their work: 

3, 13, 16, 21 and 25

Also the ones from last week who had some work to do ...

Measuring prosperity and well-being

What is the GDP per person?

1. How much the population money people earn in total.
2. The total income of a country, divided by the population.
3. How much money people get on their bank account, on average.
4. How much people pay for taxes, that the government uses for roads, schools and hospitals.

What is the best description of life expectancy?

1. The average age of the population
2. How healthy the population is
3. How many years someone is expected to live, at birth
4. How many people in the population are 80+ years

What is the literacy rate of a country?

1. % of the population older than 15 that can read and write
2. % of the population older than 15 that cannot read and write
3. % of the population that finishes primary school
4. % of the population that finishes secondary school

Human development indicators

Signals that show how good or bad the life situation is of a human. What is their well-being:

1. Life expectancy  (levensverwachting) = the average number of years that a person can expect to live.
2. Purchasing power (koopkracht) = how much can you buy in a country for one dollar/euro.
3. Literacy rate (alfabetiseringsgraad) = the number of people in a country that can read and write.

GDP per person

Life expectancy

Litaracy rate

Make the correct combinations. What influences the GDP per person, life expectancy and litaracy rate?

If people earn more, this number rises.

If more children can go to school, this number rises.

If food is healthy and drinking water is clean, this number rises.

We also talked about Labour force

Primary sector

High % of labour force in rich countries

Secundairy sector

Tertiairy sector

High % of labour force in poor countries