How Uneven Development Happened (OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds)): Flashcards
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Uneven development meaning
Uneven development meaning
Development levels vary significantly across the world
4 physical factors influencing development
4 physical factors influencing development
Large population, warm climate, flat fertile land, resources
Why physical factors don't fully explain development
Why physical factors don't fully explain development
Some countries w/ advantages stay poor; others w/o become rich
Colonialism definition
Colonialism definition
Europeans explored, traded, conquered & ruled other world regions
What are colonies?
What are colonies?
Territories under political & economic control of foreign power
Commodities extracted from colonies (5 examples)
Commodities extracted from colonies (5 examples)
Sugar, cotton, rubber, coffee, minerals
How colonialism benefited Europe
How colonialism benefited Europe
Gave access to cheap raw materials & fuelled industrialisation
How colonialism harmed colonised regions
How colonialism harmed colonised regions
Resources extracted, local industries suppressed, wealth left
Colonial economic cycle
Colonial economic cycle
Colonies: raw materials → Europe: manufactured → profits stayed
Lasting legacy of colonialism
Lasting legacy of colonialism
Ex-colonies still export commodities, import manufactured goods