1. 3 5 1 4 2 6 Starter: Write the title CONTINENTS 14th September 2014
What is a continent?
Match the numbers 1 to 6 with the continent names at the bottom of the map. 3 5 1 4 2 6
AFRICA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA
EUROPE ASIA AUSTRALASIA
EXTENSION: Which continent is missing from the map?

2. Write the title LIFE EXPECTANCY QUESTIONS: What is ‘life expectancy’?
Write out this list in order of highest life expectancy to lowest life expectancy.
Those countries with a life expectancy of MORE THAN 65 are richer. Colour these in red.
Those countries with a life expectancy of LESS THAN 65 are poorer. Colour these in blue.
Add a key to explain what the colours mean.
Why does life expectancy show if a country is rich or poor?
Country
Life Expectancy
Argentina 56
Canada 80
Ghana 55
India 60
Japan 82
Kenya
Namibia 43
Peru
Sweden 81 UK 77
USA 78

3. Write the title DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Copy out the following: A development indicator is something that shows how rich or poor a country is.
Explain how the four pictures below show a rich country.
EXTENSION:
We often use numbers to compare things. Here, we might want to compare countries. How could you measure each of these four things?
Eating burgers
Owning a car
Being able to write
Having a Playstation

4. HOW DO WE MEASURE DEVELOPMENT?
GNP - the amount of money a country earns. (per capita means per person)

5. In which range GDP is:
a) The UK? b) Brazil? c) India?

6. Life Expectancy
Life expectancy - the average age you are expected to live to.

7. What is the life expectancy of: a) The UK? b) South Africa? c) China?

8. Literacy Adult Literacy - the % of adults who can read and write.
What is the percentage of people who can read and write in:
a) The UK? b) Mozambique? c) Brazil?

9. Birth Rate
Birth Rate - the number of people born, per 1000, per year.

10. Birth Rate
What is the birth rate of:
a) The UK? b) India? Angola?

11. Death Rate
Death rate - the number of people who die, per 1000, per year.

12. Death Rate
What is the death rate of:
a) The UK? b) South Africa? c) Mexico?

13. Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
Country
GNP
($ per capita)
Life expectancy
Birth rate (per 1000)
Death rate (per 1000)
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
Adult literacy (%)
Japan
32,380 80 10 7 4
100
USA
29,340 76 15 8 99 UK
21,400 77 12 11 6
Italy
20,250 78 9 98
South Korea
7,970 72 97
Brazil
4,570 67 21 53 84
India
430 63 27 69
Bangladesh
350 58 28 40

14. Bar graph to show development

15. Scatter graph to show development