TOPIC 9: DEVELOPMENT
PRACTICE
1. Study Fig. 1.1, which shows information about two indicators of development, literacy and life
expectancy, in five parts of the world.
Fig. 1.1
(i) What is meant by literacy?
(ii) Identify the following from Fig. 1.1:
- the area with the highest life expectancy in 1990
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- the increase in the literacy percentage in South Asia between 1990 and 2016.
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(iii) Explain why life expectancy varies in countries at di erent levels of economic
development.
(iv) State two other indicators of development. For each one, explain why it is a useful
indicator of the level of development of a country.
Indicator 1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Indicator 2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Study Fig. 2.1, which shows information about the employment structure of Cameroon, Italy
and Japan
Fig. 2.1
(i) Give 2 examples of a worker in each sector.
(ii) Complete the pie graph in Fig. 5.1 to show the following information for Japan:
Secondary employment = 25%
(iii) Describe three di erences between the employment structure of Cameroon and
Italy.
(iv) Explain why the percentage of the population employed in the primary sector
reduces as a country develops.