World Regional Geography

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Assignment 2 - Economic Geography
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BACKGROUND

Economic geography is one of our four class themes:

  1. physical geography
  2. cultural geography
  3. economic geography
  4. historical geography

In this activity we will review the most commonly used "Measures of Economic Development". As you study these measures I want you to learn what the numbers mean. What is a high number? What is a low number? What does a high number mean (is the country MORE developed (MDC) or LESS developed (LDC)? The online lecture "Measures of Economic Development" will get you started, but you will have to spend some time examining the data of various countries. the online lecture attempts to the world into the More Developed Countries (MDCs) and the Less Developed Countries (LDCs). This is admittedly simplistic. Figure I-10 ("States and Economies of the WORLD") in our textbook uses the United Nations categories:

  1. High Income Economies
  2. Upper Middle Income Economies
  3. Lower Middle Income Economies, and
  4. Low Income Economies

You should be able to tell if the data suggests that the country may be an MDC (More Developed Country) or an LDC (Less Developed Country).

For example:

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INSTRUCTIONS

 

 

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Mark L. Healy
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