1. Geo Exam Review NWW: Pages: 278-285 and pages 180-189 Development
Examples of LEDC/MEDC countries
Definition of GDP (PPP) & GNP per capita & their strengths and limitations (evaluation)
Indicators of development and how they can be used to measure development (e.g. Birth rate, people per doctor)
Employment Structures (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary) & its relationship to development
The north south divide
HDI – countries with low and high HDIs and reasons for this
Describing & Explaining correlations between indicators (+ive/-ive)
Trade
Why countries need to trade/ reasons for trade imbalance between LEDC & MEDC countries
Calculating and trade balance: trade surplus & trade deficit
Trading problems for LEDC countries (e.g. imbalance/ reliance on one primary product)
Trade blocks, tariffs, quotas & arguments for and against free trade
Hydrology & river landforms
Labeled flood hydrograph
Reasons for differences in flood hydrographs of drainage basins
Describing, explaining and evaluating river channel data collection methods
Processes of erosion and transportation
The drainage basin system – diagrams and definitions
Labeled watershed (Major/ minor watershed/ tributaries)
Waterfalls and rapids ((diagram & explanation)
Meanders and ox bow lakes (diagram & explanation)
Floodplain and levees (diagram & explanation)
NWW:
Pages: and pages

2. Geo Exam Review Questions
Define GDP per capita
What does PPP mean?
Why is GDP an unfair measure of development?
What are employment structures, how do they relate to development?
What does HDI measure?
How is HDI calculated?
Identify four Indicators of development and explain how they can be used to measure development (e.g.. Birth rate, people per doctor)
What type of correlation would you expect between infant mortality and GNI? Why?
What type of correlation would you expect between life expectancy and GNI? Why?
What is the north south divide?
Identify 4 LEDC and 4 MEDC countries
How are levels of development different between LEDC and MEDC countries?
In a developing country, what sector would you expect to find most people working in?
Why is it important for countries to trade with each other?
What is trade surplus? What is trade deficit?

3. Geo Exam Review Questions
Explain what a trade balance is
What are some of the problems for LEDC countries in trade?
Give three reasons for the imbalance of trade between LEDC and MEDC countries
In a developing country, what sector would you expect to find most people working in?
What are trade blocks?
Identify four trade blocks?
What are tariffs and quotas?
What commodities to MEDCs mainly trade, and what do LEDCs trade?
What are the arguments for and against free trade?
What is a confluence, mouth, tributary and source of a river?
Define the term drainage basin
Draw a labeleed diagram of the drainage basin system
On the flood hydrograph, what is the rising limb?
On the flood hydrograph , What is basin lag time?
What factors can effect the lag time of a drainage basin?
Define one process of transportation
Define one process of erosion
Explain how waterfalls and rapids, or meanders and ox bow lakes or flood plains and levees are formed (i.e. shaped by natural processes – use diagrams)
Describe the different methods of taking measurements within the river channel
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the methods described in question 34?