North-South Gap Mapping Assignment Country Classification / Statistical Analysis Due Date: (Total Value: 55 points) Name: Date: Learning Outcomes: By successfully completing this assignment, you will be demonstrating your knowledge of the following learning outcomes: demonstrate an understanding of various measures of Quality of Life interpret aspects of global population, using vital statistics as tools Background Information: Most and least Livable Countries: United Nations Human Development Index, 2010 Each year since 1990, the Human Development Report has published the human development index (HDI) which looks beyond GDP to a broader definition of well-being. The HDI provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and gross enrolment in education) and having a decent standard of living. The index is not in any sense a comprehensive measure of human development. It does not, for example, include important indicators such as gender or income inequality nor more difficult to measure concepts like respect for human rights and political freedoms. What it does provide is a broadened prism for viewing human progress and the complex relationship between income and well-being. Instructions: Step One (10 points) On the blank world map given to you, color code countries according to their level of development (use a different color for Modern Developed Countries (MDCs), Less Developed Countries (LDCs), and Least Developed Countries (LLDCs) on your map and include a legend to indicate what each colour represents). In order to do this, below is an updated list of MDCs and LLDCs below, according to most recent United Nations statistics. Any countries not listed would therefore be LDCs. If you are unsure of the location of some of these countries, look them up in your book, on the maps you labeled or do a search online. Note: If a country doesn t seem to appear on your map, neatly trace it in its approximate location.
Modern Developed Countries (MDC)* 1. Norway 12. Korea (Republic of) 23. Italy 33. Malta 2. Australia 13. Switzerland 24. Luxembourg 34. Estonia 3. New Zealand 14. France 25. Austria 35. Cyprus 4. United States 15. Israel 26. United Kingdom 36. Hungary 5. Ireland 16. Finland 27. Singapore 37. Brunei Darussalam 6. Liechtenstein 17. Iceland 28. Czech Republic 38. Qatar 7. Netherlands 18. Belgium 29. Slovenia 39. Bahrain 8. Canada 19. Denmark 30. Andorra 40. Portugal 9. Sweden 20. Spain 31. Slovakia 41. Poland 10. Germany 11. Japan 21. Hong Kong, China (SAR) 22. Greece 32. United Arab Emirates 42. Barbados Least Developed Countries (LLDC)* 128. Kenya 139. Togo 150. Zambia 160. Mali 129. Bangladesh 140. Comoros 151. Gambia 161. Burkina Faso 130. Ghana 141. Lesotho 152. Rwanda 162. Liberia 131. Cameroon 142. Nigeria 153. Malawi 163. Chad 132. Myanmar 143. Uganda 154. Sudan 164. Guinea-Bissau 133. Yemen 144. Senegal 155. Afghanistan 165. Mozambique 134. Benin 145. Haiti 156. Guinea 166. Burundi 135. Madagascar 146. Angola 157. Ethiopia 167. Niger 136. Mauritania 137. Papua New Guinea 138. Nepal 147. Djibouti 148. Tanzania (United Republic of) 149. Côte d'ivoire 158. Sierra Leone 159. Central African Republic 168. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 169. Zimbabwe Less Developed Countries (LDC)* All remaining countries *Source: Human Development Report, 2010, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.
Step Two (9 points) Look at your map carefully and answer questions: 1) Examine the map that you have colour coded. Describe the spatial patterns associated with the North-South Gap that you see? In what areas of the world or are the majority of the MDCs found? In what areas or regions or regions are most LDCs found? Where do you find most of the LLDCs? 2) Explain how the spatial pattern you have identified on your map illustrates why the disparity of income distribution and standard of living is often referred to as the North-South gap. 3) Explain what the causes of the North-South Gap are. What do you feel is the most significant cause? Defend your answer.
Step Three (6 Points) Create a definition for each of the Quality of Life Indicators in your own words. Indicator Definition - In your own words Birth Rate Death Rate Infant Mortality Rate Life Expectancy Literacy Rate Per Capita GDP
Step Four (18 points) Select three countries from each of the three categories. In the charts below, compare the three different groups. Using the Quality of Life Indicators, prove how the countries you have selected belong to the category you have chosen. In your analysis to prove why a country belongs in your chosen category, include evidence with regards to the nation s birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, literacy rate, and GDP per capita. Use the data contained in the World Population Data Sheet, 2010 and what you can find on the CIA Factbook website: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ MDCs Indictors as Evidence: LDCs Indictors as Evidence:
LLDCs Indictors as Evidence: Step Five (12 points) 1) Look at your chart and describe in detail the differences you see between the three categories of countries. 2) What is the typical or general profile/description of an MDC?
3) What is the typical or general profile/description of an LDC? 4) What is the typical or general profile/description of an LLDC? 5) So far in this assignment, you have been looking at different ways in which the world is divided. What are some of the ways in which it is united? What do all nations and people have in common? Are these similarities more important than the differences?
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