1.5 The Netherlands: winners and losers

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

What are we going to do today?

starter: Poor or rich?

Instruction 1.5 The Netherlands: winners and losers

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

What are internal causes

1. natural and human causes in a country
2. location of a country to its neighbour
3. Colonial past of a country
4. place of a country within the worldsystem

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

exploitation colonies

1. Internal: natural causes
2. Internal: human causes
3. External: colonial past
4. External: role of the country in the world economy

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

degree of inequality

1. Internal: natural causes
2. Internal: human causes
3. External: colonial past
4. External: role of the country in the world economy

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

landlocked countries

1. Internal: natural causes
2. Internal: human causes
3. External: colonial past
4. External: role of the country in the world economy

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

political system

1. Internal: natural causes
2. Internal: human causes
3. External: colonial past
4. External: role of the country in the world economy

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

age structure

1. Internal: natural causes
2. Internal: human causes
3. External: colonial past
4. External: role of the country in the world economy

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.

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.

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?

Next week

Homework: 1.5

 During class: Practical assignment